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French Ballet Music

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, L'Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Manuel Rosenthal, Georges Prêtre, John Lanchbery, Sir Charles Mackerras

Release Date: 8th Nov 2010
Catalogue No: 6486562
Label: Warner Classics
Series: Ballet Edition
Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne

Work length41:49

$26.00

$34.00

Orchestre de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo
Manuel Rosenthal
Recorded: 1976-05-24
Recording Venue: 20-24 May 1976: Palais Garnier, Monte Carlo

Overture (La Vie Parisienne)

Track length2:21

$1.30

$1.70

Allegro moderato (Mesdames de la Halle)

Track length1:11

$1.30

$1.70

Polka (Voyage dans la Lune)

Track length1:42

$1.30

$1.70

Ländler (Lieschen et Fritzchen)

Track length1:48

$1.30

$1.70

Mazurka (La Vie Parisienne)

Track length2:37

$1.30

$1.70

Valse (La Vie Parisienne)

Track length2:18

$1.30

$1.70

Entrée du Brésilien (La Vie Parisienne)

Track length1:13

$1.30

$1.70

Polka (La belle Hélène)

Track length1:47

$1.30

$1.70

Valse (Orphée aux enfers)

Track length3:29

$1.30

$1.70

Marche (Tromb-al-Cazar)

Track length1:39

$1.30

$1.70

Valse (La Vie Parisienne)

Track length1:52

$1.30

$1.70

Entrée du Brésilien (La Vie Parisienne)

Track length0:14

$1.30

$1.70

Valse (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)

Track length2:11

$1.30

$1.70

Duel (composed Rosenthal)

Track length2:36

$1.30

$1.70

Valse (La Périchole)

Track length3:16

$1.30

$1.70

Prélude au Can-Can (composed Rosenthal)

Track length0:28

$1.30

$1.70

Can-Can, Scène 1 (Orphée aux enfers)

Track length2:05

$1.30

$1.70

Can-Can, Scène 2 (Polka de Orphée aux enfers)

Track length1:38

$1.30

$1.70

Can-Can, Scène 3 (potpourri)

Track length2:06

$1.30

$1.70

Can-Can, Scène 4 (Orphée aux enfers - La Vie Parisienne - Les Contes d'Hoffman)

Track length5:18

$1.30

$1.70

Poulenc: Les Biches

Work length34:07

$11.70

$15.30

Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra
Georges Prêtre
Recorded: 1980-11-25
Recording Venue: 24-25 November 1980, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Ouverture

Track length3:30

$1.30

$1.70

Rondeau

Track length3:36

$1.30

$1.70

Chanson dansée

Track length4:07

$1.30

$1.70

Adagietto

Track length3:49

$1.30

$1.70

Jeu

Track length3:51

$1.30

$1.70

Rag-Mazurka

Track length6:21

$1.30

$1.70

Andantino

Track length3:30

$1.30

$1.70

Petite chanson dansée

Track length1:49

$1.30

$1.70

Finale

Track length3:34

$1.30

$1.70

Messager: The Two Pigeons - Ballet in two acts (1984 Digital Remaster), Act I (An attic studio in Paris)

Work length17:02

$9.10

$11.90

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
John Lanchbery
Recorded: 1983-01-01
Recording Venue: 18 & 19 July 1983, Guildhall, Southampton

Introduction - The Young Man and the Young Girl

Track length4:02

$1.30

$1.70

Entrance of Neighbour and Friends

Track length3:17

$1.30

$1.70

Dance of the Two Pigeons (Allegretto)

Track length3:45

$1.30

$1.70

Coda (Allegro vivo)

Track length0:57

$1.30

$1.70

The Young Man sees the gypsies outside and invites them in

Track length1:21

$1.30

$1.70

Dance of the Gypsies (Pesante alla marcia)

Track length3:10

$1.30

$1.70

The Gypsy Girl flirts with the Young Man

Track length0:30

$1.30

$1.70

Messager: The Two Pigeons - Ballet in two acts (1984 Digital Remaster), Act I (An attic studio in Paris), Theme and Variations

Work length5:17

$6.50

$8.50

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
John Lanchbery
Recorded: 1983-01-01
Recording Venue: 18 & 19 July 1983, Guildhall, Southampton

Introduction (Andantino)

Track length1:46

$1.30

$1.70

Gypsy Girl's Variation (Poco più vivace)

Track length0:55

$1.30

$1.70

Young Girl's Variation (Allegro non troppo)

Track length0:45

$1.30

$1.70

The Gypsy Girl intervenes (Vivace)

Track length0:23

$1.30

$1.70

Gypsy Girl's Solo (Moderato) - Coda (Presto)

Track length1:28

$1.30

$1.70

Messager: The Two Pigeons - Ballet in two acts (1984 Digital Remaster), Act I (An attic studio in Paris): The gypsies leave - Finale

Work length4:01

$1.30

$1.70

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
John Lanchbery
Recorded: 1983-01-01
Recording Venue: 18 & 19 July 1983, Guildhall, Southampton

Messager: The Two Pigeons - Ballet in two acts (1984 Digital Remaster), Act II, Scene 1 (A gypsy encampment)

Work length22:04

$10.40

$13.60

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
John Lanchbery
Recorded: 1983-01-01
Recording Venue: 18 & 19 July 1983, Guildhall, Southampton

Introduction

Track length3:23

$1.30

$1.70

Waltz (Tempo di valse)

Track length3:38

$1.30

$1.70

Dance of the Gypsy Girls (Allegretto ben moderato)

Track length2:37

$1.30

$1.70

Gypsy Girl's Solo (Moderato)

Track length1:56

$1.30

$1.70

Young Man's Solo (Maestoso)

Track length0:53

$1.30

$1.70

Hungarian Dance (Allegretto pesante)

Track length3:59

$1.30

$1.70

General Dance (Presto)

Track length3:09

$1.30

$1.70

Finale (Allegro)

Track length2:29

$1.30

$1.70

Messager: The Two Pigeons - Ballet in two acts (1984 Digital Remaster), Act II: Interlude (Andante)

Work length1:33

$1.30

$1.70

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
John Lanchbery
Recorded: 1983-01-01
Recording Venue: 18 & 19 July 1983, Guildhall, Southampton

Messager: The Two Pigeons - Ballet in two acts (1984 Digital Remaster), Act II, Scene 2 (The attic studio): The Young Man returns to the Young Girl

Work length9:05

$1.30

$1.70

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
John Lanchbery
Recorded: 1983-01-01
Recording Venue: 18 & 19 July 1983, Guildhall, Southampton

Meyerbeer: Les Patineurs - Suite from the ballet (2005 - Remaster)

Work length13:02

$6.50

$8.50

Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded: 1958-11-12
Recording Venue: 12 November 1958, Kingsway Hall, London

I. Allegro moderato e pesante, un poco più mosso

Track length3:28

$1.30

$1.70

II. Andante espressivo

Track length2:22

$1.30

$1.70

III. Allegretto scherzoso

Track length1:43

$1.30

$1.70

IV. Andantino

Track length1:59

$1.30

$1.70

V. Allegro con spirito

Track length3:30

$1.30

$1.70

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Following the huge success of the previous release of outstanding ballet product, including the magnificent 50 CD box set A FESTIVAL OF BALLET, the ten BALLET EDITION albums and I LOVE BALLET, EMI Classics presents a further eight albums of ballet music.

These 2CD mid-price sets, drawn from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics, present a selection of the best-loved and most popular ballet music by the great composers, performed by the world’s leading artists.

This album brings together four delightful ballets that sum up all the qualities that people associate with France and particularly Paris, namely gaiety, sophistication, romantic love and joi-de-vivre. Gaiety abounds in Offenbach’s frothy music that the conductor Manuel Rosenthal arranged for Leonide Massine’s ballet Gaîté Parisienne. Poulenc’s score for Les Biches perfectly encapsulates the mood and spirit of the madcap 1920s in France, and Messager’s charming music for The Two Pigeons paints a glowing picture of young love in the studio of a Parisian artist. The final ballet, Les Patineurs uses music by the French operatic composer Meyerbeer as a vehicle for Frederick Ashton’s light-hearted evocation of fun and games on the ice of a frozen pond in winter.

French Ballet Music

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