Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suites & music by Faure & Gounod

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GEORGES BIZET / GABRIEL FAURE / CHARLES GOUNOD
Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suites & music by Faure & Gounod
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kazuki Yamada

[ Pentatone SACD / SACD ]

Release Date: Monday 23 December 2013

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This is the first album of a series of three which feature ballet/theatre/dance music.

The first one comprises music by French composers amongst them the very popular Arlésienne suites by George Bizet in performances by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande which has a long standing reputation for its performances of French music.

Next years this album will be followed by an album with ballet/dance/theatre music by German composers, and in 2015 by Russian composers.

Tracks:

Georges Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

I. Prelude
II. Minuetto
III. Adagietto
IV. Carillon

Georges Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 (arr. E. Guirand for orchestra)

I. Pastorale
II. Intermezzo
III. Minuetto
IV. Farandole

Gabriel Faure: Masques et bergamasques Suite, Op. 112

I. Ouverture: Allegro molto vivo
II. Menuet: Tempo di minuetto - Allegretto moderato
III. Gavotte: Allegro vivo
IV. Pastorale: Andantino tranquillo

Charles-Francois Gounod: Faust

I. Les Nubiennes
II. Adagio
III. Danse Antique
IV. Variations de Cleopatre
V. Les Troyens
VI. Variations du Miroir
VII. Danse de Phryne