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Background: The repertoire represented by the French mélodie and vocal duet of the second half of the nineteenth century belonged to a society in which sources of entertainment were rare and the playing of music was regarded as evidence of education, refinement and sensitivity.

Small formats were used to depict, quite briefly, a scene, an atmosphere or a mood. The composers who indulged in this genre - here Charles Gounod, Édouard Lalo and Camille Saint-Saëns - adopted the themes that were prevalent in the poetry of their time (dreams of travel, fêtes galantes, bucolic scenes, celebrations of springtime, mutability…) and gradually raised the genre to the level of chamber music.

CATALOGUE NR: ALPHA033
RECORD LABEL: Alpha
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.23 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 17-Mar-2003

COMPOSER: Charles Gounod  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Vivent Les Vacances!
TRACKS: Par une belle nuit. Fleur des bois. Serenade. Au printemps. Sous le feuillage - La sieste. Donne-moi cette fleur. Mignon. D'un Coeur qui t'aime. Le Banc de pierre. Les vacances. L'Arithmetique. O ma belle rebelle (Gounod). Reverie. Pastorale. Viens. Le Rossignol. Dans les coins bleus. El desdichado. Clair de Lune. Le soir descend sur la colline (Saint-Saens). Puisqu'ici bas. Aubade. Dansons (Lalo).
ARTISTS: Sophie Marin Degor   Claire Brua   Serge Cyferstein  

- May-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Abundant pleasure from a CD that couldn't be more French if it tried'

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