Louis Fremaux & City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Massenet Le Cid: Ballet Music

High Quality Pure Analogue 180g Vinyl LP!
The City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra perform Le Cid by Jules Massenet conducted by Louis Frémaux.
One often looks in vain for the name Jules Massenet in the more popular concert guides. But once you have listened to these enchanting miniatures, you will doubtless agree that the French composer should not be absent from any musical guide. The ballet suite to the four-act opera "Le Cid" from 1885, which lauds the Spanish heroes in the war against the Moors, consists of a series of traditional dances from various regions of the Iberian Peninsula. Scintillating melodies sparkle with lively motion right from the very first in the series of dances, "Castillane". This is followed by a series of highly contrasted little movements whose characteristics cover a wide range of expression - from crashing and robust in the "Aragonaise", via bright, warbling and whistling in the "Aubade", and on to the symphonic and lyrical "Catalane". The suite is brought to an end with the fresh and joyous "Navarraise" in a short and vibrant Finale.
The high school of orchestration is also evident in the "Scenes pittoresques", which open with marching walking dance, followed by the "Air de Ballet", a gently circling movement interwoven with airy woodwind sounds. After bell-like pastorale ("Angélus"), dance-like sweeping sounds in rich sound and fat fanfares in a "Fête bohème", which lives up to its name.
Jules Massenet: "Le Cid" (ballet music), "Scènes pittoresques", "Le dernier sommeil de la vierge" from "La Vierge" - the City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Louis Frémaux.
This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head.

Features:

• 180g High Quality Vinyl
• Pure Analogue
• Made from the original, analogue master tapes
• Faithful reproduction of original artwork and label
• Pressed at Pallas in Germany

Musicians:

• City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
• Louis Fremaux, conductor

Selections:

Side A
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
"Le Cid" Ballet Music
1. Castillane
2. Andalouse
3. Aragonaise
4. Aubade
5. Catalane
6. Madriene
7. Navarreise
Side B
Scenes Pittoresques
1. Marche
2. Air De Ballet
3. Angelus
4. Fete Boheme
Jules Massenet 5: The Last Sleep Of The Virgin from "La Vierge"

Recording: 1971 by Stuart Eltham
Production: Brian Culverhouse