Offenbachiana

On this CD:

1. La Vie Parisienne, operetta Fantasie
Composed by Jacques Offenbach

Conducted by Marcel Carivan

2. La Vie Parisienne, operetta Quadrille
Composed by Jacques Offenbach

Conducted by Marcel Carivan

3. Le Violoneux, operetta Fantasie
Composed by Jacques Offenbach

Conducted by Marcel Carivan

4. La Romance de la rose, operetta Fantasie
Composed by Jacques Offenbach

Conducted by Marcel Carivan

5. La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, operetta Overture
Composed by Jacques Offenbach

Conducted by Marcel Carivan

6. La Périchole, operetta Fantasie
Composed by Jacques Offenbach

Conducted by Marcel Carivan

7. Lischen et Fritzchen, operetta Fantasie
Composed by Jacques Offenbach

Conducted by Marcel Carivan

8. La Belle Hélène, operetta Fantasie-Mosaic
Composed by Jacques Offenbach

Conducted by Marcel Carivan

9. Barbe-bleue, operetta Fantasie-Mosaic
Composed by Jacques Offenbach

Conducted by Marcel Carivan

10. Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld), operetta Waltz and Minuet
Composed by Jacques Offenbach

Conducted by Marcel Carivan

11. Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld), operetta Quadrille
Composed by Jacques Offenbach

Conducted by Marcel Carivan

Tracks:

Ga Parisienne: Ouverture
Ga Parisienne: Allegro brillante
Ga Parisienne: Polka
Ga Parisienne: Poco allegro - A tempo de Ller
Ga Parisienne: Mazurka
Ga Parisienne: Valse
Ga Parisienne: Allegro
Ga Parisienne: Polka
Ga Parisienne: Valse lente
Ga Parisienne: Tempo di marcia
Ga Parisienne: Valse moderato
Ga Parisienne: Vivo
Ga Parisienne: Valse
Ga Parisienne: Allegro molto
Ga Parisienne: Valse
Ga Parisienne: Allegro
Ga Parisienne: Cancan
Ga Parisienne: Quadrille
Ga Parisienne: Allegro
Ga Parisienne: Allegro moderato
Ga Parisienne: Allegro
Ga Parisienne: Allegro
Ga Parisienne: Vivo
Ga Parisienne: Barcarolle
Offenbachiana: Ouverture - Barbe-Bleu
Offenbachiana: La Grande-Duchesse de Glstein
Offenbachiana: Barbe-Bleu - La Fille du Tambour-Major
Offenbachiana: La Vie Parisienne - La Grande-duchesse de Glstein - Barbe-Bleu

Customer Reviews:

Sound of Offenbach.......2007-02-16

This CD has an excellent sound, not noisy, fine condacting of Sound, Tempo
etc.

Pretty Much The Definitive Account.......2005-05-19

The wonderful French conductor/composer Manuel Rosenthal (1904-2003) died one day short of his 99th birthday. A pupil and close friend of Ravel, Rosenthal left a wide variety of excellent recordings. This CD gives us "Gaiete Parisienne" from the source, for it was Rosenthal who in 1938 arranged this delightful pastiche based on Offenbach's operas.

Rosenthal recorded Gaiete Parisienne three times: in 1953 on a monophonic Remington LP, and then twice with the Monte-Carlo Orchestra (a 1977 recording for EMI and this one for Naxos, made when he was 92 years old!). I confess to owning all three recordings, each of which is somewhat slower than those by most other conductors.

Which ONE of those to own? They all have their merits, but if I could keep just one, it would be this Naxos CD. It has GREAT sound, it's apparently the only one available on CD at the moment, and it's coupled with Rosenthal's other famous Offenbach-based ballet score "Offenbachiana." Keep your eye out for the more complete version of the latter score, conducted by Rosenthal with the better Paris Opera Orchestra. That was available on a now deleted Ades CD called "Hommage A Manuel Rosenthal," and it contained about 15 minutes more music than this Naxos CD provides (including the nifty Apache Dance). I am also fond of the Urania LP version of Gaiete with celebrated Offenbach conductor Rene Leibowitz leading the London Philharmonic, but that has not yet shown up on CD. If it does, I would suggest buying that one as a supplement to this fine last effort by Rosenthal. Among the faster stereo CD accounts currently available, I would opt for Felix Slatkin's (EMI).

Highly recommended.

Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Offenbachiana

Average customer rating:

Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Offenbachiana

Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00004UHXB
Release Date: 1999-01-01

Hommage a Manuel Rosenthal: Chet et Compositeur (Falla: L'amour Sorcier; Debussy: Danse et Sarabande; Rosenthal: Offenbachiana)

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Hommage a Manuel Rosenthal: Chet et Compositeur (Falla: L'amour Sorcier; Debussy: Danse et Sarabande; Rosenthal: Offenbachiana)

Manufacturer: Ades Disques
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000PUX020

Product Description

Rare 1989 release on the French Ades Disques label. Titled "Hommage a Manuel Rosenthal: Chet et Compositeur", this CD features Manuel Rosenthal as he conducts the National Opera Theater Orchestra of Paris through performances of Falla's L'amour Sorcier (with mezzo-soprano Amparito Peris de Pruliere), Debussy's Danse et Sarabande, and Rosenthal's own Offenbachiana. CD's total duration: 75 minutes.