Orchestral Works

$18.99
Label
CPO
Release Date
June 19, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Mel Bonis
    • PERFORMER
      WDR Sinfonieorchester
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 19, 2026
    • UPC
      761203575220
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555752-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Le Songe de Cléopâtre, Op. 180

      Composer: Mélanie Bonis

      Ensemble: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

      Conductor: Joseph Bastian

    2. Ophélie, Op. 165 (version for orchestra)

      Composer: Mélanie Bonis

      Ensemble: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

      Conductor: Joseph Bastian

    3. Salomé, Op. 100 (version for orchestra)

      Composer: Mélanie Bonis

      Ensemble: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

      Conductor: Joseph Bastian

    4. I. Prelude

      Composer: Mélanie Bonis

      Ensemble: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

      Conductor: Joseph Bastian

    5. II. Danse d'Almée

      Composer: Mélanie Bonis

      Ensemble: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

      Conductor: Joseph Bastian

    6. Les gitanos, Op. 15 (version for orchestra)

      Composer: Mélanie Bonis

      Ensemble: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

      Conductor: Joseph Bastian

    7. I. Ballabile, Op. 37/3

      Composer: Mélanie Bonis

      Ensemble: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

      Conductor: Joseph Bastian

    8. II. Interlude et valse lente, Op. 38/3

      Composer: Mélanie Bonis

      Ensemble: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

      Conductor: Joseph Bastian

    9. IV. Scherzo: Valse, Op. 35/3

      Composer: Mélanie Bonis

      Ensemble: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

      Conductor: Joseph Bastian

    10. Bourree, Op. 62 (version for orchestra)

      Composer: Mélanie Bonis

      Ensemble: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

      Conductor: Joseph Bastian

    11. Pavane, Op. 81 (version for orchestra)

      Composer: Mélanie Bonis

      Ensemble: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

      Conductor: Joseph Bastian

    12. Sarabande, Op. 82 (version for orchestra)

      Composer: Mélanie Bonis

      Ensemble: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

      Conductor: Joseph Bastian

    13. Suite en forme de valses: III. Danse sacree, Op. 36/2

      Composer: Mélanie Bonis

      Ensemble: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

      Conductor: Joseph Bastian

    14. Le chat sur le toit, Op. 93 (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Mélanie Bonis

      Ensemble: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

      Performer: Lydia Teuscher

      Conductor: Joseph Bastian

    15. Noël de la Vierge Marie, Op. 54 (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Mélanie Bonis

      Ensemble: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

      Performer: Julie Robard-Gendre

      Conductor: Joseph Bastian

    16. Le Ruisseau, Op. 21 (version for female choir and orchestra)

      Composer: Mélanie Bonis

      Ensemble: female section Cologne West German Radio Chorus, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

      Conductor: Joseph Bastian


She was a great musical talent and a sensitive soul, the child of a socially aspiring family who forbid their daughter to marry the love of her life; instead she was forced into a utilitarian marriage with a respectable husband, but later had an affair with her first sweetheart after all - the stuff of a sentimental novel. Yet Mel Bonis (1858-1937) was no fictional character. She was one of the strongest composers of her time with a focus on piano, chamber music and art songs. She also enriched the repertoire of impressionism with numerous original gems and arrangements for orchestra. Her particularly modern Ophelia, her purring melodie of an enamoured tomcat on a roof at night, her Spanish gypsy waltz and her dances for orchestra are just some of the enchanting discoveries you will find here. Our recording pays a well-deserved tribute to this noble woman.