BBC Philharmonic / Tortelier: French Bonbons Orchestral & Concertos Chandos

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FERDINAND HEROLD

Overture to 'Zampa'

7:59

CHARLES-FRANCOIS GOUNOD

March funèbre d'une marionette

4:18

AMBROISE THOMAS

Overture to 'Mignon'

8:13

JULES MASSENET

'Le dernier sommeil de la Vierge' from 'La Vierge' (Légende sacrée)

3:27

AMBROISE THOMAS

Gavotte from 'Mignon'

2:04

ADOLPHE ADAM

Overture to 'Si j'étais roi'

7:15

EMMANUEL CHABRIER

Habanera

4:15

DANIEL-FRANCOIS-ESPRIT AUBER

Overture to 'Le Cheval de bronze'

7:20

JULES MASSENET

Mélodie - Elégie

2:02

(arr. H. Mouton)

Peter Dixon cello

JACQUES OFFENBACH

(arr. Haensch)

10.

Overture to 'La belle Hélène'

8:41

JULES MASSENET

11.

Méditation from 'Thaïs'

4:45

Yuri Torchinsky violin

AIMÉ LOUIS MAILLART

12.

Overture to 'Les Dragons de Villars'

6:18

JACQUES OFFENBACH

13.

Entr'Acte et Barcarolle from 'Les Contes d'Hoffmann'*

3:18

EMMANUEL CHABRIER

14.

Joyeuse marche

3:36

: 74:31

Choral: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir *

Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic

Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier

12-14 January and 9 February 1999

a winning selection of familiar and neglected orchestral showpieces from 19th-century France. Under yan Pascal Tortelier, the BBCis on top form Full marks for initiative, performance and recording. Classic FM Magazine - April 2000

This disc is a delight from beginning to end, and is recommended without reservation. Andrew Quint - Fanfare - July/August 2000

Fun Pieces like the overtures to Herold’s opera Zampa, and to Auber’s The Bronze Horse are regularly overlooked on CD. Yan Pascal Tortelier and the BBC Philharmonic are sparkling and idiomatic in these and a dozen other items" ****

The Guardian - 4 February 2000

Editor’s Choice The BBC Philharmonic is on top form (the strings and brass both deserve accolades) and the Chandos recording is top-drawer, vivid resonant and glowing. All in all, a programme to cheer you up on a bleak winter’s dy. Just try La belle Hélène and you’ll be wond over. Ivan March - Gramophone magazine - March 2000

Critics’ Choice Yan Pascal Tortelier’s sparkling cornucopia, with the BBC PO - very much in the Beecham tradition of French Bonbons’: overtures by Adam, Auber, Hérold, Thomas and Offenbach - the delectable La Belle Hélène included - all given demonstration Chandos sound. Gramophone magazine - January 2001

This is delectable music, sizzling entertainment for a sophisticated bourgeoisie a real toe-tapper that deserves to be a runaway success. Hugh Canning - The Sunday Times - 30 January 2000

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