Tchaikovsky 'The Maid of Orleans' - Entr'acte & Minstrels' Chorus

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Channel: adam28xx · 2011 · Music

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This music comes before Act 2 of Tchaikovsky's "The Maid of Orleans." A stirring Entr'acte, which quotes the Hymn in Act 1, leads into a Minstrels' Chorus. The scene is set in the Castle of Chinon where King Charles VII's minstrels sing a sad refrain: "Days and years scurry by and everyone is hurrying to the grave; the grave is nearby, beneath the hill, but fate has many sorrows in store for us. But heaven has given us a magic flower, to bring us happiness ..."

This comes from the Melodya LP set conducted by Rozhdestvensky which, as far as I know, has never been reissued on CD!

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