CD 1
1. Introduction
2. Act I Tableau 1, "Cesarius's Shop": Scene 1
3. Act I Tableau 1, "Cesarius's Shop": Scene 2
4. Act I Tableau 1, "Cesarius's Shop": Scene 3
5. Act I Tableau 1, "Cesarius's Shop": Scene 4
6. Act I Tableau 1, "Cesarius's Shop": Scene 5
7. Act I Tableau 2, "The Main Square in Ghent": Loure
8. Act I Tableau 2, "The Main Square in Ghent": Marche
9. Act I Tableau 2, "The Main Square in Ghent": Après la Marche
10. Act I Tableau 2, "The Main Square in Ghent": Divertissement: No. 1
11. Act I Tableau 2, "The Main Square in Ghent": Divertissement: No. 2. Pas de trois
12. Act I Tableau 2, "The Main Square in Ghent": Divertissement: No. 3. Pas de deux
13. Act I Tableau 2, "The Main Square in Ghent": Divertissement: No. 3b. Pas de deux
14. Act I Tableau 2, "The Main Square in Ghent": Divertissement: No. 4. Valse
15. Act I Tableau 3, "Beatrix's Bedroom": Andantino moderato
CD 2
1. Act II Tableau 1, "Boudoir in the Palace of the Marquis in Venice": Scene 1
2. Act II Tableau 1, "Boudoir in the Palace of the Marquis in Venice": Scene 2
3. Act II Tableau 1, "Boudoir in the Palace of the Marquis in Venice": Scene 3
4. Act II Tableau 1, "Boudoir in the Palace of the Marquis in Venice": Scene 4
5. Act II Tableau 1, "Boudoir in the Palace of the Marquis in Venice": Scene 5
6. Act II Tableau 2, "Ball Room in the Palace": Pas comique
7. Act II Tableau 2, "Ball Room in the Palace": Cracovienne
8. Act II Tableau 2, "Ball Room in the Palace": Pas seul
9. Act II Tableau 2, "Ball Room in the Palace": Pas de Béatrix
10. Act II Tableau 3, "Ball Room": Galopp Final
11. Act II Tableau 3, "Ball Room": Après le Galopp
12. Act III Tableau 1, "The Park of the Marquis's Villa": Allegro moderato marcato
13. Act III Tableau 1, "The Park of the Marquis's Villa": Pas seul
14. Act III Tableau 1, "The Park of the Marquis's Villa": Danse
15. Act III Tableau 1, "The Park of the Marquis's Villa": Après la Danse
16. Act III Tableau 1, "The Park of the Marquis's Villa": Allegro moderato
17. Act III Tableau 2, "A Boudoir in the Palace": Andantino moderato
18. Act III Tableau 2, "A Boudoir in the Palace": Allegro mosso
19. Act III Tableau 3, "The Square in a Village near Ghent": No. 1. Andantino non troppo -
20. Act III Tableau 3, "The Square in a Village near Ghent": No. 1. Allegro louré
21. Act III Tableau 3, "The Square in a Village near Ghent": No. 2. Andante - Allegro -
22. Act III Tableau 3, "The Square in a Village near Ghent": No. 2. Après le Divertissement comique
After increasing successes with ballets, melodramas and theatrical works, Adolphe Adam won widespread acclaim with Giselle (highlights can be heard on 8.572924). A year later he wrote La Jolie Fille de Gand, which was received just as enthusiastically by audiences and critics alike. This delightful ballet-pantomime with trademark thematic brilliance is set in Ghent and Venice, its plot one of abduction and romance. Adam’s score, which features the use of cornets and the tuba-like ophicleide, displays a more daring sense of colour than that of Giselle.