Music Festival of France

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1La Marseillaise (Final Verse)
orchestra:
Denver Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Philippe Entremont (French pianist/conductor)
partial recording of:
La Marseillaise (national anthem of France)
anthem of:
France (from 1795-07-14 to present)
lyricist and composer:
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (composer) (in 1792)
Claude‐Joseph Rouget de l’Isle arr. Hector Berlioz1:31
2The Toreadors and Seguidilla from Carmen
orchestra:
Royal Promenade Orchestra (possibly fictitious by association with Alfred Gehardt)
conductor:
Alfred Gehardt (fictitious conductor)
Georges Bizet4:10
3Orpheus in the Underworld Overture (Can-Can)
orchestra:
Royal Promenade Orchestra (possibly fictitious by association with Alfred Gehardt)
conductor:
Alfred Gehardt (fictitious conductor)
recording of:
Orphée aux Enfers: Acte II, Scene 2. Galop Infernal (Orpheus in the Underworld: Infernal Galop, widely known as “Can-can”)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
part of:
Orphée aux Enfers: Acte II, Tableau 4 (Les Enfers)
Jacques Offenbach2:00
4March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique
orchestra:
Royal Promenade Orchestra (possibly fictitious by association with Alfred Gehardt)
conductor:
Alfred Gehardt (fictitious conductor)
recording of:
Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: IV. Marche au supplice
composer:
Hector Berlioz (French composer) (in 1830)
part of:
Symphonie fantastique, op. 14 : Épisode de la vie d’un artiste … en cinq parties
Hector Berlioz4:51
5Farandole from l'Arlésienne Suite no. 2
orchestra:
Royal Promenade Orchestra (possibly fictitious by association with Alfred Gehardt)
conductor:
Alfred Gehardt (fictitious conductor)
recording of:
L’Arlésienne Suite no. 2: IV. Farandole (for orchestra)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer) (in 1872)
arranger:
Ernest Guiraud (French composer)
part of:
L’Arlésienne Suite no. 2 (for orchestra)
Georges Bizet3:30
6Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
orchestra:
Denver Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Philippe Entremont (French pianist/conductor)
recording of:
Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86, CD 87, original version for orchestra)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1891 until 1894-09)
dedicated to:
Raymond Bonheur (composer, 1861-1939)
premiered at:
[concert] (1894-12-22)
publisher:
Eugène Fromont (in 1895-10)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 6), Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 86) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 87)
Claude Debussy10:25
7Pavane for a Dead Infanta
orchestra:
Denver Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Philippe Entremont (French pianist/conductor)
recording of:
Pavane pour une infante défunte (orchestrated version)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1910)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1899)
publisher:
Editions Max Eschig
part of:
Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 19a)
orchestration of:
Pavane pour une infante défunte (original version for solo piano)
Maurice Ravel6:37
8French Military March
orchestra:
Denver Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Philippe Entremont (French pianist/conductor)
recording of:
Suite algérienne, op. 60: IV. Marche militaire française
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (in 1880)
part of:
Suite algérienne, op. 60
Camille Saint‐Saëns4:36
9The Sorcerer's Apprentice
orchestra:
Denver Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Philippe Entremont (French pianist/conductor)
recording of:
L’Apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
composer:
Paul Dukas (French composer) (from 1896 until 1897)
Paul Dukas11:44
10Symphony in C - Allegro Vivace
orchestra:
Royal Promenade Orchestra (possibly fictitious by association with Alfred Gehardt)
conductor:
Alfred Gehardt (fictitious conductor)
recording of:
Symphonie no. 1 en ut majeur : III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace (Symphony no. 1 in C major: III. Allegro vivace)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer) (from 1855-10 until 1855-11)
part of:
Symphonie no. 1 en ut majeur
Georges Bizet6:16
11Bolero
orchestra:
Royal Promenade Orchestra (possibly fictitious by association with Alfred Gehardt)
conductor:
Alfred Gehardt (fictitious conductor)
recording of:
Boléro
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ed. Durand & Cie (1909–1947) and Soc. Arima (rights society?)
premiered at:
Palais Garnier in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1928-11-22)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 9) and Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 81)
Maurice Ravel13:45