Classical Music from the Belle Epoque Ballo Excelsior

Classical Music from the Belle Époque
Ballo Excelsior (Excerpts)

Music: Romualdo Marenco
Libretto: Luigi Manzotti
Adaptation: Bruno Nicolai, Fiorenzo Carpi (for the 1967 performance in Florence)

Olsztyn Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Silvano Frontalini
Licensed by Edi-Pan S.r.l., Roma

Tracklist:
0:00:00 La Fama (Danza)
0:01:09 Entrata della Civiltà
0:04:06 Il Risorgimento (Valzer)
0:08:33 Il Risorgimento (Galop)
0:11:26 Preludio - Oscurantismo - La Luce
0:17:58 Danza Cosmopolita
0:19:27 Danza col Turco
0:20:03 Danza col Messicano (Bolero)
0:21:00 Danza con l'Inglese
0:22:08 Il Battello – Brindisi - Postigliona
0:26:08 Sulle rive del Weser (Mazurka)- Postigliona
0:32:38 Oscurantismo – Luce e Gloria
0:37:21 Rataplan
0:38:17 Marcia delle Nazioni (Quadriglia) - Apoteosi finale

The Belle Époque is the term often given to a period dated between 1880 and the outbreak of World War I in 1914, characterised by optimism, peace, economic prosperity, and technological, scientific, and cultural innovations. In this era the arts markedly flourished, with numerous masterpieces of literature, music, theatre, and visual art gaining extensive recognition. The "Excelsior Ball" by Luigi Marenco is one such masterpiece. Premiered at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano in 1881, it became extremely popular among the rising bourgeoisie. This is the only existing recording of the Ball, courtesy of Edi-Pan S.r.l., Rome.