"[...] Salome's Dance projects the morbid sensuality that inspired King Herod's desire for his stepdaughter and the stepdaughter's desire for the death of Jochanaan, the holy man who spurned her. The music, whose orchestration and rhythm at the outset suggest the Oriental setting of the Hebrew court, occurs as an interlude in Strauss' Salome, an opera based on Oscar Wilde's play. The work was considered highly immoral at the time of its creation and was for many years banned from the Metropolitan Opera House. Later generations realized that immorality is an odd label to pin on a work that is, basically, a biblical story set to music.[...]" Hans Fantel, cité des notes publiées au verso de la pochette du disque Columbia Masterworks MS 6822 (dont provient cette restauration). Pour plus de détails sur le symbolisme de la danse de Salomé - ou des sept voiles - voir par exemple cette page de Wikipedia.
Voici donc...
Richard Strauss, Danse de Salomé (Danse des sept voiles), Op. 54, TrV 215, Orchestre Philharmonique de New York, Leonard Bernstein, New York, Manhattan Center, 12 octobre 1965
