The poem`s content is based on the Greek myth about the son of Helios, who failed to control the sun chariot.
Trying to save the Earth from incineration, Zeus strikes Phaethon with lightning.
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The poem`s content is based on the Greek myth about the son of Helios, who failed to control the sun chariot.
Trying to save the Earth from incineration, Zeus strikes Phaethon with lightning. The piece opens with a rapid rhythm (the gallop of horses), conveying the excitement and inexperience of the young hero. The climax comes with the thunderbolt`s strike (a sharp chord from the entire orchestra), followed by a mournful epilogue. Õ Close Show records by: listenings count | performer's rating | alphabetical 
Decca, 1980.
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Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Florida, USA // CD realized: 1991
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Paris 1976
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Mexican State Symphony Orchestra, Bruce Polay - conductor. Teatro San Benito, Mexico City, 18 July 2010, live.
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Recorded 2012, Essex, Colchester, England
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1956
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recorded in Lille in 2016.
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Recorded: 19-23 August, 2013, at Malmö Concert Hall, Malmö, Sweden.
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Recorded: October 1971, Paris.
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Recorded in Basel.
From a CD released in 2023.
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