French Ballet Music of the 1920s
L’Éventail de Jeanne, ballet in one act by ten French composers; Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel, ballet in one act by members of the group Les Six
Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon
The zany exuberance of Les mariés, concocted by five of Les Six in the 1920s, is infectiously captured in this colourful reissue, as is L'éventail, a contemporaneous ten-composer collaboration. — More…
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Ravel: L'Éventail de Jeanne
- Geoffrey Simon, Philharmonic Orchestra
I. Fanfare
II. Marche
III. Valse
Darius Milhaud, Georges Auric: Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel
- Geoffrey Simon, Philharmonic Orchestra
Ouverture. Le 14 juillet
Marche nuptiale
Discours du général. Polka