About This Song
About "Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Bacchanale" by Eugene Ormandy
Saint-Saëns’s Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila is a riot of exotic color and rhythmic frenzy. Ormandy whips the orchestra into a sensual, almost dangerous revelry, brass and percussion blazing. Beneath the festive surface, the music seethes with betrayal and doom—a party at the edge of a cliff.