Hyperion Records | Milhaud: Carnaval d'Aix

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CDH55168
(Originally issued on CDA66594)
Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Recording details: January 1992
Blackheath Concert Halls, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Christopher Palmer
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: June 2004
Total duration: 76 minutes 14 seconds

PREIS DER DEUTSCHEN SCHALLPLATTENKRITIK

'I know of no finer introduction to Milhaud's lighter orchestral work' (International Record Review)

'What delightful music this is' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'C'est un genre 'lollipops' que Ronald Corp nous confectionné avec un heureux tour de main' (Répertoire, France)

'This is a cracker of a disc, full of vitality, fabulous tunes, lashings of uncontrollable high spirits. All the players enter into the spirit of the music - tremendous fun' (Gramophone)

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

Carnaval d'Aix

New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)

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		Le carnaval d'Aix, Op 83b
1		Movement 01: Le corso [1'20] Jack Gibbons (piano)
2		Movement 02: Tartaglia [1'20] Jack Gibbons (piano)
3		Movement 03: Isabelle [1'30] Jack Gibbons (piano)
4		Movement 04: Rosetta [2'21] Jack Gibbons (piano)
5		Movement 05: Le bon et le mauvais tuteur [2'00] Jack Gibbons (piano)
6		Movement 06: Corviello [0'34] Jack Gibbons (piano)
7		Movement 07: Le capitaine Cartuccia [2'14] Jack Gibbons (piano)
8		Movement 08: Polichinelle [0'30] Jack Gibbons (piano)
9		Movement 09: Polka [1'28] Jack Gibbons (piano)
10		Movement 10: Cinzio [1'35] Jack Gibbons (piano)
11		Movement 11: Souvenir de Rio. Tango [2'05] Jack Gibbons (piano)
12		Movement 12: Final [1'39] Jack Gibbons (piano)
		L'apothéose de Molière, Op 286
13		Movement 1: Tumulté dans l'Olympe précédant l'arrivée de Molière [2'21]
14		Movement 2: Molière reçu par les Muses [2'22]
15		Movement 3: Hommage de Lully et des Violons du Roy [1'15]
16		Movement 4: Molière welcomed by his characters 1 [2'07]
17		Movement 5: Molière welcomed by his characters 2 [0'42]
18		Movement 6: Allegresse générale [1'05]
		Le carnaval de Londres, Op 172
19		Movement 01: Bal – Ouverture [1'27]
20		Movement 02: Polly [1'50]
21		Movement 03: Peachum [1'05]
22		Movement 04: Mrs Peachum [0'47]
23		Movement 05: Filch [0'32]
24		Movement 06: Danse de Filch [0'33]
25		Movement 07: Deuxième Danse de Filch [1'17]
26		Movement 08: Mazurka [1'06]
27		Movement 09: Lucy [1'52]
28		Movement 10: Masques [0'49]
29		Movement 11: Mackie (Macheath) [1'26]
30		Movement 12: Chelsea [1'08]
31		Movement 13: Sur la Tamise (On the Thames) [1'41]
32		Movement 14: Gigue [0'29]
33		Movement 15: Romance [0'54]
34		Movement 16: Danse des gueux (Beggars' dance) [1'05]
35		Movement 17: Rosy [1'14]
36		Movement 18: Amoureux (Lovers) [1'41]
37		Movement 19: Jeannette pat' en l'air [0'26]
38		Movement 20: Cabaret [0'22]
39		Movement 21: Deuxième gigue [0'27]
40		Movement 22: Valse [0'45]
41		Movement 23: Arrêt du cortège (The procession stops) [1'04]
42		Movement 24: Petite marche [1'01]
43		Movement 25: La tour de Londres (The Tower of London) [1'08]
44		Movement 26: Final [1'40]
45		Le bœuf sur le toit, Op 58 [19'57]