Composer: Darius Milhaud, Igor Stravinsky
Performer: Rex Lawson
Orchestra: Orchestre National d’ile de France
Conductor: Enrique Mazzola
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: NoMadMusic
Size: 696 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Darius Milhaud: La Bien-Aimée, Op. 101
01.Ouverture: Sposalizio/ Liszt
02. Valse – Impromptu/ Liszt
03. Valse III/ Schubert, Liszt
04. Première valse oubliée/ Liszt
05. Valse VI/ Schubert, Liszt
06. Final: Grand galop chromatique/Liszt
Igor Stravinsky: L’Oiseau de feu
(Suite pour orchestre de 1945)
07. I. Introduction
08. II. Danse de l’Oiseau de feu
09. III. Variations de l’Oiseau de feu
10. IV. Pantomime I
11. V. Pas de deux. l’Oiseau de feu et Ivan Tsarévitch
12. VI. Pantomime II
13. VII. Scherzo. Danse des Princesses
14. VIII. Pantomime III
15. IX. Khorovode des Princesses
16. XI. Danse infernale de Kachtcheï et de ses sujets
17. XII. Berceuse
18. XIII. Finale
19. La Bien-Aimée, Final: Grand galop chromatique, bonus
After two albums devoted to Italian bel canto and De Falla’s Spain respectively, the Orchestre national d’Île-de-France heads to France and invite us to dance with a third collection dedicated to ballet music created at the Paris Opera. Rare and unfairly overlooked, La Bien aimée is a gem of collage technique, Milhaud’s work juxtaposing the music of Schubert and Liszt and arranging it for pianola (player piano) and orchestra. Meanwhile, Stravinsky’s Firebird, that incontrovertible masterpiece, transports us to the enchanting world of Russian fairy tales under Enrique Mazzola’s exalted baton.