Bru Zane

  • Les Nuits de Paris - Dance Music from Folies Bergère to Opéra / Roth, Les Siècles
    Les Nuits de Paris - Dance Music from Folies Bergère to Opéra / Roth, Les Siècles

    $20.99

    The dance permeated every layer of Romantic society. From popular dance halls to courtly salons, people showed their public face, enjoyed themselves and met one another in waltz time or to the rhythms of the...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 27, 2023

  • Cherubini: Les Abencérages or The Standard of Grenada / Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra
    Cherubini: Les Abencérages or The Standard of Grenada / Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra

    $44.99

    Cherubini’s Les Abencérages, premiered in 1813, heralds the spectacle and extravagance of Romantic grand opera. From the Alhambra gardens to the battlefield, the action skillfully intertwines political conspiracies with a love story. Underpinned by the...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: November 11, 2022

  • Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable / Minkowski, Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
    Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable / Minkowski, Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

    $44.99

    A New Yorker Notable Recording of 2022! French grand-opéra specialist Marc Minkowski has at last recorded Robert le Diable, a jewel of the genre. A triumph at its premiere in November 1831, it captivated contemporaries, and its...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: September 23, 2022

  • Massenet: Orchestral Songs / Niquet, Chamber Orchestra of Paris
    Massenet: Orchestral Songs / Niquet, Chamber Orchestra of Paris

    $20.99

    The Palazzetto Bru Zane label may have outdone itself with this album of orchestral songs by Jules Massenet. Massenet was not only the composer of the famous operas Manon and Werther. In the shadow of his...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: June 24, 2022

  • Offenbach: Le voyage dans la lune / Dumoussaud, National Montpellier Occitan Orchestra
    Offenbach: Le voyage dans la lune / Dumoussaud, National Montpellier Occitan Orchestra

    $42.99

    Jules Verne was the inspiration for Offenbach’s opéra-féerie, premiered in 1875. The Parisian craze for this type of musical extravaganza stemmed from its impressive stage effects: for Le Voyage dans la Lune, two ballets and...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 27, 2022

  • The French Romantic Experience
    The French Romantic Experience

    $53.99

    To provide an initial account of 10 years of musical rediscovery, the Palazzetto Bru Zane is bringing out a boxed set of 10 albums showcasing extracts from some of the works that have been unearthed:...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 11, 2019

  • Saint-Saëns: La princesse jaune / Hussain, Toulouse Capitol National Orchestra
    Saint-Saëns: La princesse jaune / Hussain, Toulouse Capitol National Orchestra

    $39.99

    That globetrotting composer Camille Saint-Saëns wrote La Princesse jaune in 1872, exemplifying the current craze for all things Japanese. Kornélis, played by the tenor Mathias Vidal, dreams only of the Land of the Rising Sun....


    Format: CD

    Release Date: August 27, 2021

  • Messager: Passionnément / Blunier, Munich Radio Orchestra
    Messager: Passionnément / Blunier, Munich Radio Orchestra

    $39.99

    Shortlisted for the Gramophone Awards! Normandy in the Années Folles. Romantic encounters, changes of identity and unexpected comic twists: in Passionnément, André Messager places himself at the intersection of café-concert, American popular music and French...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: June 11, 2021

  • Messager: Les P'tites Michu / Dumoussaud, Pays de la Loire National Orchestra
    Messager: Les P'tites Michu / Dumoussaud, Pays de la Loire National Orchestra

    $42.99

    Formed to promote French Romantic repertoire, Palazzetto Bru Zane is doing sterling work with its Book+CD series. I’m especially enjoying exploring the Opéra français releases and with Les P'tites Michu the series has reached volume...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 11, 2019

  • Lecocq: La fille de Madame Angot / Rouland, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris
    Lecocq: La fille de Madame Angot / Rouland, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris

    $42.99

    La Fille de Madame Angot, an opéra-comique in three acts, was premiered at the Théâtre des Fantaisies-Parisiennes in Brussels on 4 December 1872 before scoring a similar triumph in France on 21 February 1873. In...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 22, 2021

  • Lemoyne: Phedre / Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra
    Lemoyne: Phedre / Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchestra

    $42.99

    The myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus, as terrible as it is fascinating, has been retold by many artists over the centuries, including composers. This recording presents the first performance of Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne’s opera in its...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: April 10, 2020

  • Hahn: Ô mon bel inconnu / Jean, Orchestre Regional Avignon Provence
    Hahn: Ô mon bel inconnu / Jean, Orchestre Regional Avignon Provence

    $39.99

    How about a trip back to the Annees Folles in the company of Sacha Guitry? With this musical comedy composed by Reynaldo Hahn, which was a triumph for Arletty, the Palazzetto Bru Zane reveals the...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: February 12, 2021

  • Hahn: Complete Songs / Christoyannis, Cohen
    Hahn: Complete Songs / Christoyannis, Cohen

    $44.99

    In the firmament of the French mélodie repertory, stars named Chausson, Duparc, Debussy, Fauré, Poulenc shine resplendent. Somewhere below this galaxy, an endearing personality has succeeded in carving himself a modest but indisputable niche in...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: November 08, 2019

  • Gounod: Faust / Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques
    Gounod: Faust / Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques

    $44.99

    Gounod contemplated a Faust opera as early as his residence in Rome in the 1840s. But almost twenty years were to elapse before one of the most famous works of French Romanticism was premiered at...


    Format: CD with Book

    Release Date: August 23, 2019

  • Franck: Complete Songs & Duets / Graziani, Gens, Christoyannis, Cohen
    Franck: Complete Songs & Duets / Graziani, Gens, Christoyannis, Cohen

    $29.99

    Abundant though it is, César Franck’s vocal music (operas, sacred music, oratorios, mélodies) does not occupy a prominent place in the current repertory. His instrumental compositions – headed by the Violin Sonata in A major...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: March 25, 2022