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

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Bru Zane
Release Date
January 27, 2023
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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 quadrille or the polka. At the same time, ballet gained unprecedented fame on the stage of the Paris Opéra. The music that accompanied this frantic round in France has long been neglected, whereas the Viennese have never ceased to celebrate their waltzes. Under the expert baton of François-Xavier Roth, the orchestra Les Siècles has set out to rediscover this French repertory using historical instruments. Their album explores the output of both established composers – Camille Saint-Saëns, Ambroise Thomas, Charles Gounod, Jules Massenet – and their colleagues who specialized in Terpsichorean entertainment, including Philippe Musard, Isaac Strauss, Émile Waldteufel and Hervé.

REVIEWS:

Beautifully recorded and with Bru Zane’s customary excellent booklet notes, this is a disc to delight Francophiles, especially sweet-toothed ones like myself.

 -- Gramophone

There is a blowsy joie de vivre in these performances by Roth’s French Orchestra Les Siecles that is hard to resist.

-- The Sunday Times (UK)

It’s all very French, and presented with great flair and warmth by Roth and his orchestra.

-- The Guardian (UK)



Product Description:

  • Release Date: January 27, 2023


  • UPC: 8055776010083


  • Catalog Number: BZ2005


  • Label: Bru Zane


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Composer: Leo Delibes, Theodore Dubois, Jules Massenet, Camille Saint-Saens, Ambroise Thomas


  • Performer: Francois-Xavier Roth, Les Siecles



Works:

  1. Le Carillon: Valse au cabaret

    Composer: Jules Massenet

    Ensemble: Les Siècles

    Conductor: François-Xavier Roth


  2. Espagnoles et Séguedille

    Composer: Hervé

    Ensemble: Les Siècles

    Conductor: François-Xavier Roth


  3. L’Amour s’éveille: Valse

    Composer: Jeanne Danglas

    Ensemble: Les Siècles

    Conductor: François-Xavier Roth


  4. Hébé-Polka

    Composer: Isaac Strauss

    Ensemble: Les Siècles

    Conductor: François-Xavier Roth


  5. La Farandole: Valse des âmes infidèles

    Composer: Théodore Dubois

    Ensemble: Les Siècles

    Conductor: François-Xavier Roth


  6. Grande Vitesse, Op. 146

    Composer: Emil Waldteufel

    Ensemble: Les Siècles

    Conductor: François-Xavier Roth


  7. Faust, Ballet: V. Les Troyennes

    Composer: Charles Gounod

    Ensemble: Les Siècles

    Conductor: François-Xavier Roth


  8. Le Chevalier Jean, Ballet: Valse

    Composer: Victorin Joncières

    Ensemble: Les Siècles

    Conductor: François-Xavier Roth


  9. Le Timbre d’argent: Valse

    Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

    Ensemble: Les Siècles

    Conductor: François-Xavier Roth


  10. Les Patineurs - Valse, Op. 183

    Composer: Emil Waldteufel

    Ensemble: Les Siècles

    Conductor: François-Xavier Roth


  11. Raymond Overture

    Composer: Ambroise Thomas

    Ensemble: Les Siècles

    Conductor: François-Xavier Roth


  12. Valse de Colin-Maillard (from Gretna Green)

    Composer: Ernest Guiraud

    Ensemble: Les Siècles

    Conductor: François-Xavier Roth


  13. Ouistiti-Polka

    Composer: Philippe Musard

    Ensemble: Les Siècles

    Conductor: François-Xavier Roth


  14. Coppelia: Valse lente

    Composer: Léo Delibes

    Ensemble: Les Siècles

    Conductor: François-Xavier Roth


  15. Orphee aux enfers - Quadrille

    Composer: Isaac Strauss

    Ensemble: Les Siècles

    Conductor: François-Xavier Roth


  16. Valse du mal de mer

    Composer: Hervé

    Ensemble: Les Siècles

    Conductor: François-Xavier Roth


  17. Bella bocca Polka, Op. 163

    Composer: Emil Waldteufel

    Ensemble: Les Siècles

    Conductor: François-Xavier Roth