Francois-Xavier Roth - Les nuits de Paris - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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. Album Tracks 1. Carillon~Valse au cabaret 2. Paris Exhibition~Espagnoles et Séguedille 3. Amour s'éveille (valse) 4. Hébé-Polka 5. Farandole~Valse des âmes infidèles 6. Grande Vitesse (galop) 7. Faust~Ballet. Les Troyennes 8. Chevalier Jean~Ballet. Valse 9. Timbre d'argent~Valse 10. Valse des patineurs 11. Raymond~Ouverture 12. Gretna-Green~Valse de Colin-Maillard 13. Ouistiti-Polka 14. Coppélia~Valse lente 15. Quadrille sur InchOrphée aux EnfersInch d'Offenbach 16. Sports in England~Valse du mal de mer 17. Bella Bocca (polka)