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Corporate Author Boston Symphony Orchestra, performer.

Title The French touch.

Publication Info. [New York, N.Y.] : RCA Victor ; New York, NY : Distributed by BMG Entertainment, [1998]
℗1998

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Description 1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time 001029 000735 001814 001404
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
Description digital
optical
1.4 m/s
stereo
digital recording
Note The 1st-2nd and 4th works are symphonic poems; the 3rd work, originally a suite for piano 4 hands, arr. for orchestra by the composer as a ballet; recording includes portions from original suite.
Performer Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor.
Event Recorded Nov. 4, 1957 (1st-2nd works), Feb. 19, 1958 (3rd work), and in 1962 (4th work), Symphony Hall, Boston.
Note The 1st-3rd works originally released as RCA Victor LM 2292 in 1959.
"Living stereo."
Compact disc.
Program notes by Deems Taylor and John N. Burk in English (11 p. : port.) in container.
Contents The sorcerer's apprentice = L'apprenti sorcier / Paul Dukas (10:29) -- Omphale's spinning wheel = Le rouet d'Omphale : op. 31 / Camille Saint-Saëns (7:35) -- Mother goose = Ma mère l'oye. Pavan of the sleeping beauty = Pavane de la belle au bois dormant ; Hop-o'-my-thumb = Petit poucet ; Laideronette, empress of the pagodas = Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes ; Beauty and the Beast converse = Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête ; The fairy garden = Le jardin féerique / Maurice Ravel (18:14) -- Le chasseur maudit = The accursed huntsman. Le paysage paisible du dimanche = The peaceful Sunday landscape ; La chasse = The hunt ; La malédicition = The curse ; La poursuite des démons = The demons' chase / César Franck (14:04).
Genre/Form Symphonic poems.
Symphonic poems.
Subject Omphale (Greek mythology) -- Songs and music.
Omphale (Greek mythology)
Genre/Form Songs and music.
Subject Ballets -- Excerpts.
Ballets -- Excerpts.
Orchestral music -- France.
Orchestral music.
France.
Genre/Form Orchestral music.
Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Songs.
Songs.
Music.
Music.
Excerpts.
Excerpts.
Added Author Munch, Charles, 1891-1968, conductor.
Dukas, Paul, 1865-1935. Apprenti sorcier.
Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Rouet d'Omphale.
Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Ma mère l'oye (Ballet). Selections.
Franck, César, 1822-1890. Chasseur maudit.
Added Title Socerer's apprentice.
Omphale's spinning wheel.
Mother goose.
Chasseur maudit.
Accursed huntsman.
Music No. 09026-68978-2 RCA Victor