Georges Bizet: Symphony in C Major; Carmen Suite No. 1; L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1 & 2

Review: Classica (in French) Review: MusicWebInternational Georges Bizet Symphony in C Major 1. Allegro vivo 2. Adagio 3. Allegro vivace 4. Finale. Allegro vivace Carmen Suite No. 1 5. Prélude: Act I 6. Aragonaise: Interlude (Entr’acte) before ACT IV 7. Intermezzo: Interlude before Act III 8. Les Dragons d’Alcala: Interlude before Act II 9. Les Toréadors: Theme from Prélude to Act I L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1 10. I. Prélude, Allegro deciso 11. II. Minuet, Allegro giocoso 12. III. Adagietto 13. IV. Carillon, Allegro moderato L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2 14. I. Pastorale, Andante 15. II. Intermezzo, Andante moderato con moto 16. III. Minuet, Andantino quasi Allegretto 17. IV. Farandole, Allegro deciso Georges Bizet © Georges Bizet may be considered an unlucky man, and also an unlucky composer. As for anyone who dies young, that is tragedy enough, and heavy smoker Bizet was but thirty-six when a second heart attack claimed him, and he also passed away believing that his opera Carmen was a failure; of course it has gone on to become one of the most popular and enduring of stage-works. Born in Paris in 1838, the composer-to-be was registered as Alexandre César Léopold Bizet if christened as Georges. His father, Adolphe, was a hairdresser and a wigmaker who went on to be a singing teacher; and Georges’s mother, Aimée (née Delsartes) was a skilled pianist. Musically precocious, Georges, aided by his parents’ occupations, took a keen interest in the music heheard in the house and he was also able to prove himself adept enough to enter the Paris Conservatoire shortly before his tenth birthday, for which the Conservatoire’s rules were broken to allowsuch an early admission. RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 2016 CATALOGUE NUMBER: DACOCD 775 EAN: 5709499775004 Download BOOKLET (PDF)   Related