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CHSA 5379
French Orchestral Favourites
CD UPC: 0095115537923
Release Date: May 2026
Originally recorded in January 2025
Release Date: May 2026
Originally recorded in January 2025
Composer
Paul Dukas
Paul Dukas
Composer
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Composer
Emmanuel Chabrier
Emmanuel Chabrier
Composer
Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
Composer
Camille Saint-Saëns
Camille Saint-Saëns
Composer
Georges Bizet
Georges Bizet
Conductor
John Wilson
John Wilson
Orchestra
Sinfonia of London
Sinfonia of London
Producer (November 2023)
Jonathan Cooper
Jonathan Cooper
Producer (other sessions)
Brian Pidgeon
Brian Pidgeon
Engineer
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Assistant Engineer
Alexander James
Alexander James
Venue 7 November 2023, 12 January 2024, 30-31 July 2024 and 7 January 2025
St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London
St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London
Genre:
Symphonic repertoire
Classical
Symphonic repertoire
Classical
Available: 1/MAY/2026
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PAUL DUKAS
1.
L’Apprenti sorcier (1896-97)
10:35
in F minor • in f-Moll • en fa mineur
Scherzo d’après un ballade de Goethe
(The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Scherzo after a Ballad by Goethe)
Assez lent – Vif – Premier Mouvement – Vif – Vif – Poco animando – Più animando – Au mouvement – Poco stringendo – A tempo – Stringendo – A tempo – Serrez un peu le mouvement – Plus animé – Toujours plus animé – Très vif – Retenu – Plus retenu –
Revenez au mouvement initial – A tempo – En animant un peu – Toujours plus animé – Très légèrement retenu – A tempo – Sans presser – En serrant – Plus animé – En animant toujours – Assez lent (Mouvement de l’introduction) – En retenant un peu – Vif
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
2.
Clair de lune (c. 1890, revised 1905)
4:31
from Suite bergamasque
Orchestrated 1994 by John Wilson
Andante très expressif – Tempo rubato – Peu à peu crescendo et animé – Un poco mosso – En animant – Calmato – Tempo I – Morendo jusqu’à la fin
EMMANUEL CHABRIER
3.
Joyeuse Marche (1883, orchestrated 1888)
3:58
(Marche française)
Orchestration by the composer of Rondo for piano four hands (1883, revised 1885)
À Vincent d’Indy
Tempo di marcia, molto risoluto e giocoso – Sans presser – Sans presser
MAURICE RAVEL
4.
Une Barque sur l’océan, M 43/ 3 (1904–05)
6:54
No. 3 from Miroirs
À Paul Sordes
Orchestrated 1906 by the composer
Très souple de rythme
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
5.
Danse macabre, Op. 40 (1874)*
6:35
Poème symphonique d’après une poésie de Henri Cazalis
(Symphonic Poem after a piece of poetry by Henri Cazalis)
based on material from the orchestral song of the same name (1872)
John Mills violin
Mouvement modéré de Valse – Poco stringendo – Animato – Tempo I
GEORGES BIZET
Suites from ‘Carmen’ (c. 1885)*
35:39
Excerpts originally arranged by Ernest Guiraud (1837)
Edited (c. 1905) by Fritz Hoffmann based on Bizet’s orchestration of the original operatic score (1873 – 74)
Presented complete in an order chosen by John Wilson
6.
Les Toréadors (theme from Prelude to Act I and Procession of the Toreadors, Act IV, ‘Les voici! voici la quadrille des Toreros!’). Allegro giocoso
2:06
7.
Prélude (motive from Prelude to Act I). Andante moderato
1:30
8.
Aragonaise (Entr’acte before Act IV). Allegro vivo
2:11
9.
Les Dragons d’Alcala (Entr’acte before Act II). Allegro moderato
1:51
10.
Habanera (Carmen’s aria, Act I, ‘L’amour est un oiseau rebelle’). Allegretto quasi Andantino
2:00
11.
La Garde montante (Children’s chorus, Act I, ‘Avec la garde montante,nous arrivons, nous voilà!’). Allegro. Mouvement de Marche –Même mouvement
3:49
12.
Intermezzo (Entr’acte before Act III). Andantino quasi Allegretto
2:20
13.
Marche des Contrebandiers (Opening chorus, Act III, ‘Écoute, écoute, compagnon!’). [ ] – Allegro moderato
4:29
14.
Séguedille (Carmen’s aria, Act I, ‘Près des remparts de Séville’). Allegretto
1:48
15.
Chanson du Toréador (Escamillo’s introduction and aria, Act II, ‘Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre... Toréador, en garde!’). Allegro molto moderato
2:36
16.
Nocturne (Micaëla’s aria, Act III, ‘Je dis que rien ne m’epouvante’). Andante molto – Allegro molto moderato – Tempo I
5:11
John Mills violin
17.
Danse bohême (Gypsy Dance, Act II, ‘Les tringles des sistres tintaient’). Andantino quasi Allegretto – A Tempo animato – Più mosso – Presto
5:05
TT 68:35
Conductor: John Wilson
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London
Charlie Lovell-Jones • John Mills* leaders
