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

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Label
Bru Zane
Release Date
January 27, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Leo Delibes, Theodore Dubois, Jules Massenet, Camille Saint-Saens, Ambroise Thomas
    • PERFORMER
      Francois-Xavier Roth, Les Siecles
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 27, 2023
    • UPC
      8055776010083
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BZ2005
    • LABEL
      Bru Zane
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Le Carillon: Valse au cabaret

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: Les Siècles

      Conductor: François-Xavier Roth

    2. Paris Exhibition: Espagnoles et Séguedille

      Composer: Hervé

      Ensemble: Les Siècles

      Conductor: François-Xavier Roth

    3. L'amour s'éveille

      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: Suite No. 2: V. Valse des ames infideles

      Composer: Théodore Dubois

      Ensemble: Les Siècles

      Conductor: François-Xavier Roth

    6. Grande vitesse, Op. 146

      Composer: Émile Waldteufel

      Ensemble: Les Siècles

      Conductor: François-Xavier Roth

    7. Faust: V. Les Troyens

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Les Siècles

      Conductor: François-Xavier Roth

    8. Le chevalier Jean: 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, Op. 183, "The Skater's Waltz"

      Composer: Émile Waldteufel

      Ensemble: Les Siècles

      Conductor: François-Xavier Roth

    11. Raymond, ou Le secret de la reine: Overture

      Composer: Ambroise Thomas

      Ensemble: Les Siècles

      Conductor: François-Xavier Roth

    12. Gretna-Green: Valse de Colin-Maillard

      Composer: Ernest Guiraud

      Ensemble: Les Siècles

      Conductor: François-Xavier Roth

    13. Ouistiti: Polka

      Composer: Philippe Musard

      Ensemble: Les Siècles

      Conductor: François-Xavier Roth

    14. Coppélia, Act I: Valse

      Composer: Léo Delibes

      Ensemble: Les Siècles

      Conductor: François-Xavier Roth

    15. Orphee aux enfers

      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, Op. 113

      Composer: Émile Waldteufel

      Ensemble: Les Siècles

      Conductor: François-Xavier Roth


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)