034571174891
034571173238

Franã§aix: Orchestral Music

Thierry Fischer: Ulster Orchestra

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA67489

Release Date:  01 March 2005

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571174891

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

Release Date:  01 April 2002

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571173238

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

  • Description

    The third in our series of orchestral recordings featuring music by Jean Françaix perfectly encapsulates the world of this humorous, civilized and quintessentially French composer.
    Le roi nu, the fourth of Françaix’s nine ballet scores, paraphrases the story (by Hans Christian Andersen) of the emperor who allows himself to be fooled into parading around the court totally naked—pompous fanfares, witty orchestral asides and louche polkas abound as the action gently mocks the misguided monarch.
    Les demoiselles de la nuit is an altogether more moody affair (a facet even reflected at the Paris premiere when a young Margot Fonteyn initially refused to wear the required cat mask—‘it wouldn’t be asked of me at Covent Garden!’—to be met with a threat from the surrealist set-designer to burn down the theatre unless she complied) involving a beautiful young kitten in love with a (human) violinist who falls to his death cavorting on the rooftops. Needless to say, our genteel composer does not allow the gloom to persist, and the resulting ballet was rewarded with extended runs in London, Paris and New York.

    Description

    The gentle urbane art of Jean Francaix, at once freshly engaging and invariably distinguished by an unerring sense of style, has endeared itself to successive generations of musicians and music-lovers. His death in 1997 at the age of 85 removed from contemporary music one of its most immediately appealing and distinctly Gallic masters.
    This alluring orchestral music undulates between the dreamy and the dramatic, exemplifying Francaix's attractive use of sound colour and harmonies. The Scuola di Ballo, a ballet in one act, is based on music by Boccherini, largely from his quintets. The Pavane pour un Genie vivant was written to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Ravel's death, and the Symphonie was written in Haydn's memory. The Serenade has neoclassical overtones, and the Ouverture anacreontique attempts to portray an imaginary world, without wars, in which all is well. The content therefore is largely retrospective, but remains charismatically original throughout.
    Compelling listening, enthusiastically and empathetically played by the Ulster Orchestra, under Thierry Fischer.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Scene 1 - Fanfare
      • 2. The dance of the three tailors in the square before the palace...
      • 3. The king orders them to desist
      • 4. Scene 2 - The wondrous fabric is explained to the court...
      • 5. The fabric is brought out...
      • 6. General admiration
      • 7. Scene 3 - The queen dances with her lover...
      • 8. The king is heard approaching...
      • 9. Interlude for the king...
      • 10. The garment is put on... Interlude for the queen
      • 11. Scene 4 - A ball in the throne room... 'But the king is naked!'...
      • 12. Panic
      • 13. Scene 1 - Nocturne
      • 14. Dance of the servant cats and the young man...
      • 15. Entrance of the female kittens...
      • 16. Pursuit of the mouse...
      • 17. Entrance of Agathe, the coquettish white kitten
      • 18. Entrance of the lady cats... Battle...
      • 19. Entrance of Madame, the leading female cat...
      • 20. Entrance of Baron de Grotius, the alpha male...
      • 21. General procession... the marriage...
      • 22. Nocturne
      • 23. Scene 2 - Dance of the bill...
      • 24. Agathe and the young man...
      • 25. Agathe kills a caged bird...
      • 26. Pas de deux... to bed...
      • 27. The Baron and his entourage summon Agathe...
      • 28. The company dances on the rooftops

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