Great French Classics

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1La Mer : De l’aube à midi sur la mer
orchestra:
Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra (MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Max Pommer (conductor)
recording of:
La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, L. 109: I. "De l'aube à midi sur la mer" (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1903 until 1905)
arrangement of:
La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, L. 109: I. “De l’aube à midi sur la mer”
part of:
La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, L. 109 (catch‐all for arrangements)
Claude Debussy9:19
2La Damnation de Faust : Danse des follets (Dance of the Sylphs)
recording of:
La Damnation de Faust : Troisième Partie : Scène 12. Menuet des Feux follets … « Maintenant, chantons à cette belle … » (Méphistophélès)
composer:
Hector Berlioz (French composer)
librettist:
Hector Berlioz (French composer) and Almire Gandonnière (librettiste français)
part of:
La Damnation de Faust, op. 24: Troisième Partie
Hector Berlioz2:23
3Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture
recording of:
Orphée aux enfers : Ouverture (Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture)
additional composer:
Carl Binder (in 1860)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
part of:
Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld, opéra féerie in four acts, 1874)
part of:
Orphée aux Enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld, opéra bouffe in two acts, 1858)
part of:
Orpheus in der Unterwelt (opéra-féerie in 4 Akten, 1871)
part of:
Orpheus in the Underworld
Jacques Offenbach9:31
4Joyeuse Marche – March Française
recording of:
Joyeuse marche (for orchestra)
composer:
Emmanuel Chabrier (composer) (in 1888)
Emmanuel Chabrier3:42
5Danse macabre
recording of:
Danse macabre, op. 40 (symphonic poem for orchestra)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (in 1874)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 16) and Works of Camille Saint-Saëns by opus number (number: op. 40)
is based on:
Danse macabre (song for voice and piano)
quotes music from:
Missa pro defunctis: Sequentia “Dies irae” (plainchant)
Camille Saint‐Saëns7:14
6Le Prophète : Coronation March
recording of:
Le Prophète: Acte IV No. 24 Marche du sacre (La Marche du couronnement)
composer:
Giacomo Meyerbeer (composer) (until 1849-04-16)
part of:
Le Prophète: Acte IV
Giacomo Meyerbeer5:50
7The Tales of Hoffmann : Barcarolle
recording of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle, catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
arrangement of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III. “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Nicklausse, Giulietta)
Jacques Offenbach3:31
8Carmen : Habanera
recording of:
Habanera (from Carmen) (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
arrangement of:
Carmen : Acte I. No. 5 Habanera « L’amour est un oiseau rebelle » (Carmen, chœur)
is based on:
Carmen : Acte I. No. 5 Habanera « L’amour est un oiseau rebelle » (Carmen, chœur)
Georges Bizet2:09
9Coppélia : Notturno
recording of:
Coppélia : Ballet Suite: Notturno
composer:
Léo Delibes (French composer)
part of:
Coppélia : Ballet Suite
Léo Delibes2:27
10The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
recording of:
L’Apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
composer:
Paul Dukas (French composer) (from 1896 until 1897)
Paul Dukas11:51
11La Valse
recording of:
La Valse (for orchestra)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (from 1919 until 1920)
publisher:
Ed. Durand & Cie (1909–1947) and Soc. Arima (rights society?)
part of:
Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 72)
Maurice Ravel12:43

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