Various Artists
Le Groupe des Six: Selected Works 1915-1945
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This 160 minute anthology features selected piano and orchestral works by Les Six composed between 1915 and 1945, including collaborations with Jean Cocteau, Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Marcelle Meyer and Denise Duval. Highlights include a digitally remastered cast recording of the Surrealistic opera Les Mamelles de Tirésias, co-created by Francis Poulenc and Apollinaire, and new recordings of Dada-related works performed by Peter Beijersbergen van Henegouwen.
All selections were recorded between 1928 and 2007, including some personally performed or conducted by the composers themselves. The booklet includes archive images and detailed historical notes by James Hayward.
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This 160 minute anthology features selected piano and orchestral works by Les Six composed between 1915 and 1945, including collaborations with Jean Cocteau, Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Marcelle Meyer and Denise Duval. Includes a digitally remastered cast recording of the Surrealistic opera Les Mamelles de Tirésias, co-created by Francis Poulenc and Apollinaire, and new recordings of Dada-related works performed by Peter Beijersbergen van Henegouwen. All selections were recorded between…
| L'Album Des Six | |||
| CD1-1 | Prélude (Assez Vite) | ||
| CD1-2 | Romance Sans Paroles Op 21 (Andante Con Moto) | ||
| CD1-3 | Sarabande (Sostenuto) | ||
| CD1-4 | Mazurka (1914) (Doucement) | ||
| CD1-5 | Valse (Assez Vif) | ||
| CD1-6 | Pastorale (Enjoué) | ||
| Mouvements Perpétuels | |||
| CD1-7 | I. Assez Modéré | ||
| CD1-8 | II. Très Modéré | ||
| CD1-9 | III. Alerte | ||
| Trois Pieces Pour Piano | |||
| CD1-10 | Prélude | ||
| CD1-11 | Hommage À Ravel | ||
| CD1-12 | Danse | ||
| CD1-13 | Caramel Mou (Shimmy) | 3:13 | |
| CD1-14 | Adieu, New York | 6:22 | |
| Les Biches | |||
| CD1-15.1 | No. 2 Rondeau | ||
| CD1-15.2 | No. 3 Adagietto | ||
| Le Bestiaire | |||
| CD1-16.1 | Le Dromedaire | ||
| CD1-16.2 | Le Chèvre De Thibet | ||
| CD1-16.3 | La Sauterelle | ||
| CD1-16.4 | Le Dauphin | ||
| CD1-16.5 | L'Écrevisse | ||
| CD1-16.6 | La Carpe | ||
| Huit Nocturnes | |||
| CD1-17.1 | No. 1 In C Major | ||
| CD1-17.2 | No. 2 In A Major | ||
| CD1-17.3 | No. 3 In C Minor | ||
| Quinze Improvisations Pour Piano | |||
| CD1-18.1 | No. 5 In A Minor | ||
| CD1-18.2 | No. 10 In F Minor | ||
| CD1-18.3 | No. 9 In D Major | ||
| CD1-18.4 | In A Flat Major | ||
| CD1-19 | Caprice Pour Piano (Le Bal Masqué) | 3:39 | |
| Scaramouche | |||
| CD1-20.1 | Vif | ||
| CD1-20.2 | Modéré | ||
| CD1-20.3 | Brazileira | ||
| CD1-21 | Ouverture | 4:19 | |
| CD1-22 | Le Printemps Au Fond De La Mer | 6:35 | |
| CD2-1 | La Création Du Monde | 14:35 | |
| CD2-2 | Prélude, Fugue Et Postlude | 12:35 | |
| CD2-3 | Les Mamelles De Tirésias | 51:38 | |
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- Design
- James Nice
- Executive-Producer
- Pierre Vale
- Mastered By
- Jacques-Émile Blanche
- Painting [Uncredited]
- James Hayward
- Sleeve Notes
