[ Chandos Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 6 March 2005
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'…these pieces are full of imagination and fun. Geoffrey Simon and the Philharmonia Orchestra give a very good account of themselves and the Chandos recording is little short of spectacular.'
- The Penguin Complete Guide to Compact Discs
'All this music, Gallic in its unsentimental clarity, demands the cleanest and crispest playing, and
this the Philharmonia Orchestra admirably supplies.'
- Gramophone
'…these pieces are full of imagination and fun. Geoffrey Simon and the Philharmonia Orchestra give a very good account of themselves and the Chandos recording is little short of spectacular.'
- The Penguin Complete Guide to Compact Discs
'The performances under Geoffrey Simon are excellent. They deserve nothing but praise.'
- New York Times
L'Éventail de Jeanne - Ballet in One Act by ten French composers
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
1 Fanfare 1:24
Pierre-Octave Ferroud (1900-1937)
2 Marche 3:12
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)
3 Valse 3:44
Alexis Roland-Manuel (1891-1966)
4 Canarie 2:11
Marcel Delannoy (1898-1962)
5 Bourrée 3:20
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
6 Sarabande 3:30
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
7 Polka 2:14
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
8 Pastourelle 1:58
Georges Auric (1899-1983)
9 Rondeau 3:28
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
10 Kermesse-Valse 4:54
Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel 20:50
Ballet in One Act by members of the Groupe des Six from the spectacle by Jean Cocteau
Georges Auric
11 Ouverture. Le 14 juillet 2:29
Darius Milhaud
12 Marche nuptiale 1:57
Francis Poulenc
13 Discours du général
Polka pour deux cornets à pistons 0:45
14 La Baigneuse de Trouville
Carte postale en couleurs 2:03
Darius Milhaud
15 Fugue du Massacre 1:47
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)
16 Valse des dépêches 2:33
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
17 Marche funèbre 3:46
Germaine Tailleferre
18 Quadrille. Pantalon - Été - Poule - Pastourelle - Final 3:03
Georges Auric
19 Ritournelles 2:01
Darius Milhaud
20 Sortie de la noce 0:24