A French Romance

Catalog Number: DE3202
Label: Delos
Format: CD

Composers: Camille Saint-Saëns, Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, Gabriel Fauré, Georges Bizet, Maurice Ravel
Directors: James DePreist
Performers: Carol Rosenberger, Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo

Available: 8
Price: $15.99

Works of: Georges Bizet, Claude Debussy, Camille Saint-Saëns, Maurice Ravel, Gabriel Fauré and Erik Satie

Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo
James DePreist, conductor
Carol Rosenberger, piano

A French Romance... the very words conjure up images we all assocate with France -- our first visit to Paris, the verdant countryside, the gardens, the food, the chateaux, the art, and the uniquely romantic quality of French music. It sounds like no other and could not have been written by a composer of any other nationality.

This collection of favorite works by six great French composers not only displays their special "Frenchness" in sound and sentiment but also give us -- the listeners -- a short survey in the diversity of French romantic music. It is, by turn, lyric, pensive, contemplative, sensuous, sophisticated, and often glittery. One hearing and you'll be ready to book a flight on the Concorde or even suffer through a frequent-flyer bonus flight to renew acquaintance with the reality of France and French Romance.

	Track Listing	Time
1	Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1, III. Adagietto	2:57
2	Debussy: Clair De Lune (Orch. N. Leyden)	5:07
3	Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 2 In A Minor, Op. 55, II. Adagio	2:56
4	Ravel: Piano Concerto In G Major, II. Adagio Assai	9:16
5	Fauré : Pelleas Et Melisande, Op. 80, I. Prelude	5:55
6	Satie: Gymnopedie No. 3 (Orch. C. Debussy)	2:40
7	Debussy: Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune	8:26
8	Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye, V. Le Jardin Feerique (Orch. M. Ravel)	3:26
9	Bizet: Symphony No. 1 In C Major, II. Adagio	10:08
10	Fauré : Pavane, Op. 50	6:35
11	Satie: Gymnopedie No.2 (Orch. R. Manuel)	2:40
12	Ravel: Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte (Orch. M. Ravel)	5:53