The Artistry of Akira Ifukube 3: MAI - Akira Ifukube Orchestral Works

Ballet, "Salome": Prelude

Ballet, "Salome": Scene. A Great Terrace in the Palace of Herod

Ballet, "Salome": The Slaves of Salome, Jews, Nazarenes, Etc.

Ballet, "Salome": Noise in the Banqueting Hall

Ballet, "Salome": Enter Herod, Herodias, and All the Court. / "Where Is Salome? Where Is the Princess?" (Herod)

Ballet, "Salome": Enter Salome

Ballet, "Salome": Herod Looks All the While at Salome.

Ballet, "Salome": Herod, Salome, Herodias I

Ballet, "Salome": Herod, Salome, Herodias II

Ballet, "Salome": "I Am Waiting Until My Slaves Bring Perfumes to Me and the Seven Veils and Take From Off My Feet My Sandals." (Salome) / (Slaves Bring Perfumes and the Seven Veils and take the Sandals Off Salome)

Ballet, "Salome": "I Am Ready, Tetrach." (Salome) / (Salome Dances the dance of the Seven Veils.) / First Dance

Ballet, "Salome": Second Dance

Ballet, "Salome": Third Dance

Ballet, "Salome": Fourth Dance

Ballet, "Salome": Fifth Dance

Ballet, "Salome": Sixth Dance

Ballet, "Salome": Seventh Dance

Ballet, "Salome": The Executioner Goes Down Into the Cistern.

Ballet, "Salome": Salome Leans Over the Cistern.

Ballet, "Salome": A Huge Black Arm, the Arm of the Executioner, Comes Forth From the Cistern, Bearing on a Silver Shield the Head of Jokanaan.

Ballet, "Salome": Salome Seizes It. Herod Hides His Face in His Cloak. Herodias Smiles and Fans Herself. The Nazarenes Fall on Their Knees and Begin to Pray.

Ballet, "Salome": "I Will Not Look at Things. I Will Not Suffer Things to Look at Me. Put Out the Torches. Hide the Moon." (Herod)

Ballet, "Salome": The Slaves Put Out the Torches. The Stars Disappear. A Great Cloud Crosses the Moon and Conceals It Completely. The Stage Becomes Quite Dark. The Tetrach Begins to Climb the Staircase.

Ballet, "Salome": Salome Is Moonlit.

Ballet, "Salome": Kill That Woman! (Herod)

Ballet, "Salome": The Soldiers Rush Forward and Crush Beneath Their Shields Salome, Daughter of Herodias, Princess of Judea.

Prelude du Soldat