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Massenet: Le Cid (Ballet Music).(Sound Recording Review)
Scenes pittoresques; Saint-Saens: The Swan; Wedding Cake. Louis Fremaux, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. EMI Encore 7243 5 75871 2.
The Le Cid Ballet Music recording brings back a lot of memories. Recorded quadraphonically in 1971 for EMI's Studio Two line, it found its way to my attention a couple of years later quite by happenstance. I was working on compiling a list of favorite audiophile records for publication and had asked everyone I knew for their recommendations. Everybody contributed: high-end audio dealers, audio engineers, record and equipment reviewers, and hi-fi buffs, about thirty people in all. Needless to say, Le Cid figured high in the final tally.
When I tried to buy the recording in the mid-'70s, however, the original Studio Two vinyl disc had been withdrawn, replaced by a straight, two-channel stereo recording on EMI's mid-price Greensleeves label. It was still plenty good, with a tremendous dynamic range and a whopping big bass. The next time it showed up in America was on Klavier vinyl. Then came the CD age, and it appeared both in ...
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- Magazine article from: Variety WOLF, MATT February 22, 1999 700+ words
...first directed Corneille's tragicomic "Le Cid" for his own Cheek By Jowl troupe in England...century cultural template. But this new "Le Cid" was one of the hits of last summer...entire production imparts. In France, "Le Cid" may inspire awestruck reverence, but...
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- Magazine article from: Opera News YOHALEM, JOHN September 1, 2001 700+ words
[] Arias from Jeanne d'Arc, Le Cid and Un Ballo in Maschera; songs by Liszt, Schumann, Brahms and...comfort of delivery between, say, "Pleurez, mes yeux!" from Le Cid and the Liszt and Schumann songs that follow it here, probably...
- VERDI: Overtures & Ballet Music.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide HALLER, STEVEN J May 1, 2000 700+ words
...survey of the Preludes, Overtures, and Ballet Music of Verdi led by Sir Edward Downes...Legnano and Un Giorno di Regno plus the ballet music from Macbeth, was reviewed in July...fitted out with about half an hour of ballet music for the Paris Opera, a sumptuous traversal...
- Ballet Music from the Mannheim Court, part 1.
- Magazine article from: Notes Cassaro, James P. September 1, 1998 700+ words
...1632-1687), the style of French ballet music was imported into Germany in the late...Editions of the two initial volumes of Ballet Music from the Mannheim Court, a subseries...It is amazing that the sources for ballet music at the Mannheim court survived at all...
- Ballet Music from the Mannheim Court, part 2.
- Magazine article from: Notes Cassaro, James P. September 1, 1998 700+ words
...1632-1687), the style of French ballet music was imported into Germany in the late...Editions of the two initial volumes of Ballet Music from the Mannheim Court, a subseries...It is amazing that the sources for ballet music at the Mannheim court survived at all...
- Class notes: great music CDs for many genres.('Dance Class II', 'Percussion for...
- Magazine article from: Dance Magazine Dowdell, Linda October 1, 2008 700+ words
...lovely original compositions as well. Ballet Music for Barre & Center Floor A Fabulous...for ballet class. My favorites were Ballet Music for Barre & Center Floor, with...instrumentals, sans text. Scott Killian, New Ballet Music 12 77 mins.; $30. www.fjballet...
- Verdi: Complete Preludes, Overtures and Ballet Music.(Notable Reissues)
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Crory, Neil January 1, 2006 700+ words
VERDI Complete Preludes, Overtures and Ballet Music Chandos Classics: CHAN 10343 (4 CDs) This box set is...Chandos sound, the set features the preludes, overtures and ballet music from Verdi's operas, including such rarities as the...
- Helios Quartet opens season down one member.(Arts & Culture)
- Newspaper article from: Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, NM) September 28, 1997 700+ words
...s Tribal Dance of Yao," Ney Rosauro's Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra and Jules Massenet's "Le Cid" ballet music. Soloists are cellist Lisa Donald and percussionist Eric Drotning. Conducting is Dale Kempter. Tickets are...
- The basic classical collection on compact disc--Part II by JJP.(Buyers guide)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound May 1, 2007 700+ words
...Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Schwarzkopf/Fischer-Dieskau/Szell/LSO (EMI) MASSENET, Jules (1842-1912) Le Cid, ballet music: Fremaux/CBSO (Klavier Gold) MENDELSSOHN, Felix (1809-1847) Symphonies Nos. 1-5: Abbado/LSO (DG...
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- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Haller September 1, 2003 700+ words
...himself is overcome by true love and is even on the verge of penitence when his ambition is suddenly taken from him. While the ballet music from the opera is not often heard today, one phrase (or rather the second half of the phrase, 2:01) will no doubt be...
Source: HighBeam Research, Massenet: Le Cid (Ballet Music).(Sound Recording Review)