Georges Bizet: Symphony in C Major; Carmen Suite No. 1; L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1 & 2

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Georges Bizet

Symphony in C Major
1. Allegro vivo
2. Adagio
3. Allegro vivace
4. Finale. Allegro vivace

Carmen Suite No. 1
5. Prélude: Act I
6. Aragonaise: Interlude (Entr’acte) before ACT IV
7. Intermezzo: Interlude before Act III
8. Les Dragons d’Alcala: Interlude before Act II
9. Les Toréadors: Theme from Prélude to Act I

L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1
10. I. Prélude, Allegro deciso
11. II. Minuet, Allegro giocoso
12. III. Adagietto
13. IV. Carillon, Allegro moderato

L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2
14. I. Pastorale, Andante
15. II. Intermezzo, Andante moderato con moto
16. III. Minuet, Andantino quasi Allegretto
17. IV. Farandole, Allegro deciso

Georges Bizet ©
Georges Bizet may be considered an unlucky man, and also an unlucky composer. As for anyone who dies young, that is tragedy enough, and heavy smoker Bizet was but thirty-six when a second heart attack claimed him, and he also passed away believing that his opera Carmen was a failure; of course it has gone on to become one of the most popular and enduring of stage-works.
Born in Paris in 1838, the composer-to-be was registered as Alexandre César Léopold Bizet if christened as Georges. His father, Adolphe, was a hairdresser and a wigmaker who went on to be a singing teacher; and Georges’s mother, Aimée (née Delsartes) was a skilled pianist. Musically precocious, Georges, aided by his parents’ occupations, took a keen interest in the music heheard in the house and he was also able to prove himself adept enough to enter the Paris Conservatoire shortly before his tenth birthday, for which the Conservatoire’s rules were broken to allowsuch an early admission.

RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 2016

CATALOGUE NUMBER: DACOCD 775

EAN: 5709499775004