Le carnaval de Londres, Op 172 (Milhaud)
from Milhaud: Le Carnaval d'Aix & other works (CDH55168)
1 Bal – Ouverture [1'27]
2 Polly [1'50]
3 Peachum [1'05]
4 Mrs Peachum [0'47]
5 Filch [0'32]
6 Danse de Filch [0'33]
7 Deuxième Danse de Filch [1'17]
8 Mazurka [1'06]
9 Lucy [1'52]
10 Masques [0'49]
11 Mackie (Macheath) [1'26]
12 Chelsea [1'08]
13 Sur la Tamise (On the Thames) [1'41]
14 Gigue [0'29]
15 Romance [0'54]
16 Danse des gueux (Beggars' dance) [1'05]
17 Rosy [1'14]
18 Amoureux (Lovers) [1'41]
19 Jeannette pat' en l'air [0'26]
20 Cabaret [0'22]
21 Deuxième gigue [0'27]
22 Valse [0'45]
23 Arrêt du cortège (The procession stops) [1'04]
24 Petite marche [1'01]
25 La tour de Londres (The Tower of London) [1'08]
26 Final [1'40]
27 minutes 49 seconds 26 tracks
‘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)
‘I know of no finer introduction to Milhaud's lighter orchestral work’ (International Record Review)