The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Product Details
Orchestra: Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones
Composer: Philip Feeney
Audio CD (August 15, 2000)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Black Box Classics
Condition: Used (Very Good)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM20.00


Track Listings
1. Prelude: The Cathedral of Notre Dame
2. Palais de Justice: the Play and the Ugly face Dance
3. Quasimodo
4. dance of the Pope of Fools
5. Bonfire Dance (Esmeralda)
6. Entrance of Frollo
7. 1st Love Pas de Deux (Esmeralda and Phoebus)
8. The Court of Miracles
9. The Pillory
10. In the House of Fleur de Lys
11. Chansons de Femme (Fleur)
12. Chanson de Rencontre
13. Esmeralda's Solo
14. The Pomme d'Eve Tavern
15. 2nd Love Pas de Deux (Esmeralda and Phoebus)
16. Frollo's attempt to murder Phoebus
17. Esmeralda's Nightmare
18. The Belfry of Notre Dame
19. Carillon - Quasimodo's Solo
20. Pas de Trois (Esmeralda, Quasimodo and Frollo)
21. Frollo's last appeal to Esmeralda
22. Execution and Finale


In the grotesque bell-ringer "Quasimodo", Victor Hugo created one of the most vivid characters in classic fiction. Quasimodo's doomed love for the beautiful gypsy girl Esmerelda is an example of the traditional love theme of beauty and the beast. Yet, set against the massive background of Notre Dame de Paris and interwoven with the sacred and secular life of medieval France, it takes on a larger perspective. The characters come to life: the poet Gringoire, the tormented priest Claude Frollo, the upright, fun-loving captain Phoebus and above all Quasimodo and Esmerelda themselves. It is a tale peppered with humour but fuelled by the anguish which unfolds beneath the bells of the great cathedral of Paris.
The sound is great, and the orchestration is something to hear.


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