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Includes works by Bizet, Debussy, Duparc, Fauré, Franck, Offenbach, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Strauss, Stravinsky.
Performers include Accentus, Anne-Sofie von Otter, Bernard Haitink, Schlomo Mintz, Manuel Rosenthal, Isabelle Moretti, Arditti String Quartet.
Includes works by Bizet, Debussy, Duparc, Fauré, Franck, Offenbach, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Strauss, Stravinsky.
Performers include Accentus, Anne-Sofie von Otter, Bernard Haitink, Schlomo Mintz, Manuel Rosenthal, Isabelle Moretti, Arditti String Quartet.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Gaîté Parisienne: Overture from "La vie parisienne" by Jacques Offenbach
Conductor:
Manuel Rosenthal
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: France
Length: 2 Minutes 46 Secs.
Notes: 'Gaîté Parisienne' is a pastiche of various works by Jacques Offenbach, selected and arranged as a ballet score by Manuel Rosenthal.
2.
Carmen: Les tringles des sistres tintaient "Gypsy Song" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Martine Olmeda (Mezzo Soprano),
Maryse Castets (Soprano),
Béatrice Uria-Monzon (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Alain Lombard
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: France
Length: 5 Minutes 0 Secs.
Language: French
Notes: Composition written: France (1873 - 1874).
3.
Jeux d'eau by Maurice Ravel
Performer:
Hüseyin Sermet (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1901; France
Length: 6 Minutes 36 Secs.
4.
Les angélus by Claude Debussy
Conductor:
Laurence Equilbey
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Accentus Chamber Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1891; France
Length: 2 Minutes 26 Secs.
Language: French
Notes: Arranger: Clytus Gottwald.
5.
L'invitation au voyage by Henri Duparc
Performer:
Bernard Kruysen (Baritone),
Noel Lee (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1870; France
Length: 4 Minutes 13 Secs.
Language: French
6.
Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet by Maurice Ravel
Performer:
Pascal Moraguès (Clarinet),
Isabelle Moretti (Harp),
Dominique Desjardins (Double Bass),
Michel Moraguès (Flute)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Parisii String Quartet
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1905; France
Length: 11 Minutes 3 Secs.
7.
Pelléas et Mélisande: Mes longs chevaux by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Laurent Naouri (Baritone),
Wolfgang Holzmair (Baritone),
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink
Orchestra/Ensemble:
French National Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1893-1902; France
Length: 6 Minutes 13 Secs.
Language: French
Notes: This selection is presented in excerpted form.
8.
Préludes, Book 1: no 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Noel Lee (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1909-1910; France
Length: 3 Minutes 34 Secs.
9.
Fantasie for Violin and Harp, Op. 124 by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:
Isabelle Moretti (Harp),
Gérard Poulet (Violin)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1907; France
Length: 12 Minutes 10 Secs.
10.
Clair de lune, Op. 46 no 2 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Bernard Kruysen (Baritone),
Noel Lee (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; France
Length: 1 Minutes 43 Secs.
Language: French
11.
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8: 1st movement, Allegretto ben moderato by César Franck
Performer:
Boris Petrov (Piano),
Marie-Annick Nicolas (Violin)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886; France
Length: 6 Minutes 14 Secs.
12.
Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Performer:
Michel Béroff (Piano),
Michel Moraguès (Flute),
Paul Meyer (Clarinet)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Arditti String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1889; Vienna, Austria
Length: 11 Minutes 24 Secs.
Notes: Arranger: Arnold Schoenberg.
13.
L'histoire du soldat: The Soldier's March by Igor Stravinsky
Performer:
Carole Bouquet (Spoken Vocals),
Daniel Breszynski (Trombone),
Pascal Moraguès (Clarinet),
Marc Bauer (Cornet),
Shlomo Mintz (Violin),
Vincent Pasquier (Double Bass),
Sergio Azzolini (Bassoon)
Conductor:
Shlomo Mintz
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1918; Switzerland
Length: 1 Minutes 46 Secs.
Language: French
Sound Samples
Gaite Parisienne (arr. M. Rosenthal): Gaite Parisienne: Ouverture (arr. M. Rosenthal)
Carmen (Opera Comique version): Carmen, Act II: Chanson Boheme: Les tringles des sistres tintaient (Opera Comique version)
Les angelus (arr. C. Gottwald): Les angelus (arr. for choir)
L'Invitation au voyage (version for voice and piano)
Pelleas et Melisande (Pelleas and Melisande): Act III Scene 1 (excerpts)
Preludes, Book 1: No. 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin
Fantaisie in A major, Op. 124
Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2
Violin Sonata in A major, M. 8: IV. Allegretto poco mosso
Kaiser (Emperor), Op. 437 (arr. A. Schoenberg)
Histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale): Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale), Part I: Marche du soldat
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