Composer: Jeanne Danglas, Clémont Philibert Léo Delibes, Théodore Dubois, Charles François Gounod, Ernest Guiraud, Victorin de Joncières, Jules Emile Frederic Massenet, Philippe Musard, Charles Camille Saint-Saëns, Isaac Strauss, Ambroise Thomas, Emile Waldteufel
Orchestra: Les Siècles
Conductor: François-Xavier Roth
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Bru Zane
Catalogue: BZ2005
Release: 2023
Size: 1.22 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Massenet: Le Carillon: Valse au cabaret
02. Hervé: Espagnoles et Séguedille
03. Danglas: L’Amour s’éveille: Valse
04. Strauss: Hébé-Polka
05. Dubois: La Farandole: Valse des âmes infidèles
06. Waldteufel: Grande Vitesse, Op. 146
07. Gounod: Faust, Ballet: V. Les Troyennes
08. Joncières: Le Chevalier Jean, Ballet: Valse
09. Saint-Saëns: Le Timbre d’argent: Valse
10. Waldteufel: Les Patineurs – Valse, Op. 183
11. Thomas: Raymond Overture
12. Guiraud: Valse de Colin-Maillard (from Gretna Green)
13. Musard: Ouistiti-Polka
14. Delibes: Coppelia: Valse lente
15. Strauss: Orphee aux enfers – Quadrille
16. Hervé: Valse du mal de mer
17. Waldteufel: Bella bocca Polka, Op. 163
The dance permeated every layer of Romantic society. From popular dance halls to courtly salons, people showed their public face, enjoyed themselves and met one another in waltz time or to the rhythms of the quadrille or the polka. At the same time, ballet gained unprecedented fame on the stage of the Paris Opéra. The music that accompanied this frantic round in France has long been neglected, whereas the Viennese have never ceased to celebrate their waltzes. Under the expert baton of François-Xavier Roth, the orchestra Les Siècles has set out to rediscover this French repertory using historical instruments. Their album explores the output of both established composers – Camille Saint-Saëns, Ambroise Thomas, Charles Gounod, Jules Massenet – and their colleagues who specialised in Terpsichorean entertainment, including Philippe Musard, Isaac Strauss, Émile Waldteufel and Hervé.