Various Artists - Degas: Music of His Time (A&M) / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Born in 1938 into a musical family, John Harbison studied at Harvard, and with Roger Sessions at Princeton. He is one of America's most accomplished musicians, with four symphonies, three operas and a Pulitzer Prize-winning cantata to his credit. Album Tracks 1. I. Ballad for Billie - Michael Henoch 2. II. Late Air - Michael Henoch 3. III. Breakfast Song - Michael Henoch 4. I. Ballad for Billie (II) - Michael Henoch 5. II. Song - Michael Henoch 6. III. 'Dear, My Compass...' - Michael Henoch 7. I. Bingham - Joseph Genualdi 8. II. Eakins - Joseph Genualdi 9. III. Heade - Joseph Genualdi 10. IV. Homer - Joseph Genualdi 11. V. Hoffman - Joseph Genualdi 12. VI. Diebenkorn - Joseph Genualdi 13. Prelude - Craig Knox 14. II. - Craig Knox 15. III. - Craig Knox 16. IV. - Craig Knox 17. V. - Craig Knox 18. VI. - Craig Knox 19. VII. - Craig Knox 20. Postlude - Craig Knox 21. I. Dem Aufgehenden Vollmond - Brant Taylor 22. II. Immer Und Uberall - Brant Taylor 23. III. Interlude Jahreszeiten Kommen Wieder - Brant Taylor 24. IV. Mich Angstigt Das Verfangliche - Brant Taylor 25. V. Um Mitternacht - Brant Taylor

Edouard Manet (1832-83) has been called the father of modern painting. In the 1860s he was the leader of a group of young artists who later became known as the Impressionists, though his own work resists any simple tag. On this CD, the world of Manet is given a musical perspective with a carefully chosen selection of pieces by the finest composers of his time. Inside, Hugh Griffith provides explanatory notes on his life and musical environment. What music did Edouard Manet listen to as he led art towards impressionism and beyond? Chopin, Rossini, Offenbach, Bizet, Lalo and their contemporaries. It is only too easy to forget how pioneering is the mind of the visual artist in terms of form - and how far behind is music. Debussy (born 1862) only began to emerge as a composer towards the end of Manet's life. Hugh Griffiths also chooses music by the lesser-known Alfred Bruneau, making a unique and revealing compilation. 1 CD with full-color, illustrated, explanatory booklet. Album Tracks 1. Overture 2. Trompette Et Tambour Marche 3. La Poupã©E Berceuse 4. La Toupie Impromptu 5. Petit Mari, Petite Femme Duo 6. Le Bal Galop 7. 1st MVMT. Allegro Non Troppo 8. Paysage 9. Idylle 10. Scherzo-Valse 11. Les Fianã§Ailles Au Moulin 12. 1st MVMT. Animã© Et TRèS Dã©Cidã©

Renoir - Music of His Time Music by Offenbach, Gounod, Faure, Chausson, Debussy, Ravel, Dukas, Ibert, Gaubert Author Hugh Griffith 1 CD with full colour, illustrated, explanatory bookletNo artist has been more alive to the enjoyment of life' Album Tracks 1. Overture to la Belle Helene - Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra 2. Movement 1 Adagio-Allegretto - Marc Grauwels 3. Cantique de Jean Racine - Jeremy Summerly 4. Movement 1 Lent-Allegro Vivo-Allegro Molto-Plus Lent-Allegro Scherzando-Moins Vite-Allegro Molto-Allegro Vivo-Allegro Molto-Presto - Orchestre Symphonique Et Lyrique de Nancy 5. Voiles - Francois-Joel Thiollier 6. Les Collines D'anacapri - Francois-Joel Thiollier 7. La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin - Francois-Joel Thiollier 8. Danse Profane - Ellen Sejersted Bodtker 9. Les Entretiens de la Belle Et de la Bete ('The Conversations of Beauty and the Beast') - Kenneth Jean 10. Le Jardin Feerique ('The Fairy Garden') - Kenneth Jean 11. Prelude Elegiaque - Chantal Stigliani 12. Scherzetto for Solo Harp - Ellen Sejersted Bodtker 13. Divertissement Grec - Marc Grauwels