The Most Essential Classical Music from France – Various Artists

1

Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), Act 1: "Au fond du temple saint"

Klaus Arp, Peter Edelmann, Roberto Saccà & SWR Symphony Orchestra

5:54

2

Boléro, M. 81

Samo Hubad, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra & Maurice Ravel

13:48

3

Trois Gymnopédies: Gymnopédie No. 1

Marylene Dosse

3:31

4

Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann): Barcarola

Alexander Titov

2:52

5

Thaïs: Meditation

101 Strings Orchestra & Jules Massenet

4:36

6

Carmen Suite No. 2: Habanera

Gerard Oskamp, Gail Gilmore, Limburg Symphony Orchestra & Georges Bizet

4:33

7

Suite Bergamasque, L 75: III. Clair de lune

Sergei Beloglazov & Claude Debussy

6:11

8

Trois Gnossiennes: Gnossienne No. 1

Frank Glazer

2:51

9

Suite from Sylvia: Pizzicato

Räto Tschupp & Nürnberger Symphoniker

2:38

10

Prélude No. 8: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair)

Elisso Bolkvadze & Claude Debussy

2:45

11

La Messe de Nostre Dame: I. Kyrie

Lege Artis Chamber Choir

8:55

12

Ballet music for Strings

Hanspeter Gmür & Camerata Rhenania

6:11

13

Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14, "Episodes in the Life of an Artist": I. Réveries - Passions (Dreams and Passions)

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Zdenek Kosler & Hector Berlioz

15:05

14

Carnival of the Animals (Zoological Fantasy): XIII. The Swan

Stanislav Gorkovenko & Camille Saint-Saëns

3:05

15

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28

Camille Saint-Saëns

9:15

16

Samson et Dalila, Act 2: "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix"

Hans Swarowsky, Rita Noel, Nürnberger Symphoniker & Camille Saint-Saëns

6:39

17

Pavane

A. Robert Johnson, Frank Morelli, Humbert Lucarelli & Susan Jolles

5:11

18

Dolly Suite, Op. 56: I. Berceuse

Beatrice Klien, Walter Klien & Gabriel Fauré

2:20

19

Requiem: Pie Jesu

Louis Martini & Gabriel Fauré

3:06

20

Pièces de Clavecin III: XIV. Le Rossignol en amour

Eberhard Kraus

11:57

21

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to a Faun's Afternoon), L 86

Igor Markevitch, Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra & Claude Debussy

8:47

22

Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess), M. 19

Anton Nanut, RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra & Maurice Ravel

6:23

23

Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2: I. Awakening

Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Jansug Kakhidze & Maurice Ravel

6:03

24

Nocturnes, L 91: III. Sirénes

Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Jansug Kakhidze, SIMI Studio Choir & Claude Debussy

12:27

25

Concerto in G Major for Piano and Orchestra: II. Adagio assai

Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Jansug Kakhidze & Maurice Ravel

7:58

26

String Quartet in F Major, N. 35: II. Assez vif - Très rythmé

Travnicek Quartet & Maurice Ravel

5:52

27

Symphony Fantastique, Op. 14, "Episodes in the Life of an Artist": II. Un bal (A ball)

Zdenek Kosler, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra & Hector Berlioz

6:38

28

Je te veux (I Want You)

Frank Glazer

3:38

29

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Vienna Symphony Orchestra & Jonel Perlea

11:33

30

L' Arlésienne Suite No. 1, Op. 23: Overture: Allegro deciso

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pavle Despalj & Georges Bizet

6:22

31

Carmen Suite No. 1: Les Toreadors

Bamberg Symphony Orchestra & Marcel Courand

2:23

32

Suite from Sylvia: March

Nürnberger Symphoniker & Räto Tschupp

6:02

33

Carnival of the Animals (Zoological Fantasy): VII. Aquarium

Hanspeter Gmür, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra & Camille Saint-Saëns

2:31

34

Symphonie Espagnole in D Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 21: I. Allegro non troppo

Aaron Rosand, Tibor Szóke & SWR Symphony Orchestra

7:40

35

The Damnation of Faust, Op. 24 (Three symphonic excerpts): III. Rákóczy March

Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Jansug Kakhidze & Hector Berlioz

5:12

36

Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld): Can-can

Heribert Beissel & Bonn Classical Philharmonic

2:26

37

Faust: March

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Reinhard Linz & Charles Gounod

4:17

38

Harold in Italy, Symphony with Viola obbligato, Op. 16: II. Marche des pélerins (The Pilgrim's Procession): Allegretto

Vladimir Fedoseyev, Yuri Bashmet, Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra & Hector Berlioz

7:08

39

La Mer (The Sea), L 109: From Dawn to Noon on the Sea

Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Jansug Kakhidze & Claude Debussy

9:16

40

Trois Gymnopédies: Gymnopédie No. 3 (Lent et grave)

Frank Glazer

2:17

41

Ave Maria (after J.S. Bach)

London Concert Orchestra, London Concert Chorus & Charles Gounod

2:38

42

Faust: Dance of the Nubian Slave Girls

Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel & Charles Gounod

2:35

43

Zampa: Overture

The Royal Artillery Band

7:30

44

Suite de Symphonies No. 1: Fanfare-Rondeau

Riga Brass Band

1:30

45

The Sirene: Overture

Nürnberger Symphoniker & Hanspeter Gmür

9:18

46

The Bronze Horse: Overture

The Royal Artillery Band

8:11

47

Grande Sonata in E-Flat Major for Clarinet and Piano: II. Andante

Elisabeth Ganter & Stanislav Bogunia

5:04

48

Organ Symphony No. 5 in F Major, Op. 42: Toccata

Klemens Schnorr

6:29

49

Jocelyn, Op. 100: Berceuse

101 Strings Orchestra

4:35