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Georges Bizet (French: [ʒɔʁʒ bizɛ]; 25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875), registered at birth as Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer of the romantic era. Best known for his operas in a career cut short by his early death, Bizet achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, which has become one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertoire.
During a brilliant student career at the Conservatoire de Paris, Bizet won many prizes, including the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1857. He was recognised as an outstanding pianist, though he chose not to capitalise on this skill and rarely performed in public. Returning to Paris after almost three years in Italy, he found that the main Parisian opera theatres preferred the established classical repertoire to the works of newcomers. His keyboard and orchestral compositions were likewise largely ignored; as a result, his career stalled, and he earned his living mainly by arranging and transcribing the music of others. Restless for success, he began many theatrical projects during the 1860s, most of which were abandoned. Neither of his two operas that reached the stage in this time—Les pêcheurs de perles and La jolie fille de Perth—were immediately successful.
The incidental music to Alphonse Daudet's play L'Arlésienne (usually translated as 'The Girl from Arles') was composed by Georges Bizet for the first performance of the play on 1 October 1872 at the Vaudeville Theatre (now known as the Paramount Theatre). It consists of 27 numbers (some only a few bars) for voice, chorus, and small orchestra, ranging from short solos to longer entr'actes. Bizet himself played the harmonium backstage at the premiere performance.
Bizet wrote several folk-like themes for the music but also incorporated three existing tunes from a folk-music collection published by Vidal of Aix in 1864: the Marcho dei Rei (March of the Kings), the Danse dei Chivau-Frus, and Er dou Guet. The score achieves powerful dramatic ends with the most economic of means. Still, it received poor reviews in the wake of the premiere and is not much performed nowadays in its original form. The play itself was not successful, closing after only 21 performances. It had been staged as a last-minute replacement for another play, which had been banned by the censors, and the audience was less than favourably disposed to the new play.
The Suite No. 2 for piano, Op. 10, is the second composed by George Enescu between 1901 and 1903, being written in 1903 in Paris. It was published in 1904, and is dedicated to Louis Diémer.
The Toccata was written starting in 1901 and completed by three other movements for presentation at a competition in 1903, in which it won first prize. The judges included, notably, Claude Debussy and Vincent d'Indy. It is a composition that shows a French-style neoclassicism, the musician himself recognizing the influence of Debussy, but Enescu's Romanian folklore is not absent, rather, unobtrusive.
Divided into four parts, a performance requires about twenty minutes.
Number Two, No. 2, or similar may refer to:
Suite No. 1 (or Fantaisie-Tableaux for two pianos), Op. 5, is a composition for two pianos by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Composed in the summer of 1893 at the Lysikofs estate in Lebeden, Kharkov, this suite was initially titled Fantaisie-Tableux since Rachmaninoff intended it, as he explained in a letter to his cousin Sofia Satin, to consist "of a series of musical pictures." While François-Rene Tranchefort asserts that the music illustrates four extracts of poems (written by Mikhail Lermontov, Lord Byron, Fyodor Tyutchev and Aleksey Khomyakov), Rachmaninoff biographer Max Harrison counters that while the poems "convey something of the emotional tone of the music," the music itself is not programmatic.
This work was first performed on November 30, 1893, by Rachmaninoff and Pavel Pabst in Moscow, and is dedicated to Tchaikovsky. Rachmaninoff composed a second suite in 1901.
The four movements are:
I. Barcarolle. Allegretto, in G minor.
II. La nuit... L'amour... Adagio sostenuto, in D major. (The night...the love...)
III. Les Larmes. Largo di molto, in G minor. (The Tears)
IV. Pâques. Allegro maestoso, in G minor. (Easter)
Christa Grammer Audition Pre-Screening Recording 11-2012
Georges Bizet L'Arlesienne, Suite No. 2 I. Pastorale
Georges Bizet Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Anthony Bramall, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 (arr. E. Guirand for orchestra) Bizet: Carmen Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / L'Arlesienne Suites Nos. 1 and 2 8.550061 http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=1111172 http://www.naxoslicensing.com/
Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in this 1958 recording of the Pastorale from the L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2. I created this video from the LP depicted above, issued in 1958 on the Angel label, serial number S. 35618. All images in this video are taken from the LP label and LP jacket, front and reverse. Movement 1: Pastorale Movements 2, 3 and 4 (Intermezzo, Minuet, Farandole) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7YfUCAaFEE More from this LP: L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 - Prelude (1): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZKYXD_YdoE L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 - Minuet, Allegro giocoso (2): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFo-A0cjW6s L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 - Adagietto (3): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Axb5eLKits L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 - Car...
L'Arlésienne (Pastorale & Farandole), composition de Georges Bizet, interprétation par l'Harmonie SNCF de Charleville-Mézières
Orchestre National de France Cond. by Seiji Ozawa Recorded 1983
Christa Grammer Audition Pre-Screening Recording 11-2012
Georges Bizet L'Arlesienne, Suite No. 2 I. Pastorale
Georges Bizet Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Anthony Bramall, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 (arr. E. Guirand for orchestra) Bizet: Carmen Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / L'Arlesienne Suites Nos. 1 and 2 8.550061 http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=1111172 http://www.naxoslicensing.com/
Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in this 1958 recording of the Pastorale from the L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2. I created this video from the LP depicted above, issued in 1958 on the Angel label, serial number S. 35618. All images in this video are taken from the LP label and LP jacket, front and reverse. Movement 1: Pastorale Movements 2, 3 and 4 (Intermezzo, Minuet, Farandole) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7YfUCAaFEE More from this LP: L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 - Prelude (1): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZKYXD_YdoE L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 - Minuet, Allegro giocoso (2): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFo-A0cjW6s L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 - Adagietto (3): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Axb5eLKits L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 - Car...
L'Arlésienne (Pastorale & Farandole), composition de Georges Bizet, interprétation par l'Harmonie SNCF de Charleville-Mézières
Orchestre National de France Cond. by Seiji Ozawa Recorded 1983
Georges Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1 & Suite No. 2 / Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor · Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Recorded at Stockholm Concert Hall, October 2014. Website of Nathalie Stutzmann: http://www.nathaliestutzmann.com Facebook page of Nathalie Stutzmann: https://www.facebook.com/Nathalie.Stutzmann
André Cluytens (Conductor) Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatorie de Paris L'Arlesienne - Suite No. 1 01. I. Prelude 0:00 02. II. Menuet 7:15 03. III. Adagietto 10:08 04. IV. Carillon 13:22 L'Arlesienne - Suite No. 2 05. I. Pastorale 17:59 06. II. Intermezzo 24:03 07. III. Menuet 28:57 08. IV. Farandole 33:20 Carmen Suites 09. I. Prelude to ACT 1 36:56 10. II. Entr'acte to ACT 2 39:19 11. III. Entr'acte to ACT 3 41:05 12. IV. Entr'acte to ACT 4 43:28 1964/01/13-15 Stereo., Paris ⓟ 1964 UK Columbia
BIZET: SYMPHONY IN C MAJOR WD 33 & L'ARLESIENNE SUITES NOS. 1 & 2 Interpreted by Sir Thomas Beecham 1. Symphony in C Major, WD. 33: I. Allegro vivo 00:00 2. Symphony in C Major, WD. 33: II. Adagio 7:54 3. Symphony in C Major, WD. 33: III. Allegro vivace and Trio 16:55 4. Symphony in C Major, WD. 33: IV. Allegro vivace 21:45 5. Suite No. 1, WD. 40 - L'Arlesienne: I. Prelude 28:30 6. Suite No. 1, WD. 40 - L'Arlesienne: II. Menuet 35:35 7. Suite No. 1, WD. 40 - L'Arlesienne: III. Adagietto 39:08 8. Suite No. 1, WD. 40 - L'Arlesienne: IV. Carillon 42:54 9. Suite No. 2 - L'Arlesienne: I. Pastorale 47:39 10. Suite No. 2 - L'Arlesienne: II. Intermezzo 53:04 11. Suite No. 2 - L'Arlesienne: III. Menuet 57:06 12. Suite No. 2 - L'Arlesienne: IV. Farandole 1:01:03
TRACKLIST 03:55 Pastorale, L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2, Georges Bizet 09:32 Intermezzo, L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2, Georges Bizet 13:08 Farandole, L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2, Georges Bizet 19:12 Circle of Life, Lion King, Elton John 23:03 I just can’t wait to be King, Lion King, Elton John 25:59 Be prepared, Lion King, Elton John 29:00 Hakuna Matata, Lion King, Elton John 30:45 Can you feel the love tonight, Lion King, Elton John 35:33 Lion King Medley, Elton John 37:20 Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen
La orquesta cuenta a partir de ahora con una batuta de prestigio para afrontar los nuevos retos del siglo XXI Ya hacía tiempo que la Orquesta Sinfónica de la Unió Musical, formada en esta ocasión por 65 músicos, no ofrecía un concierto tan emotivo y de tan alto nivel como el celebrado la noche del sábado 15 de mayo. El Teatro Sala de Conciertos de la sociedad abrió sus puertas en una noche muy especial para presentar a su nuevo director titular, el joven maestro Hilari García Gázquez. Hacía tiempo que la orquesta no tenía director titular, pero desde hace unos meses la agrupación ya cuenta con una batuta de prestigio y que además le da la estabilidad que pedían los músicos. El maestro Hilari, a pesar de su juventud, cuenta con una dilatada experiencia en orquestas nacionales e intern...
Compositor: Bizet, Georges (Alexandre César Lèpold) (Paris, França 25/10/1838 - Bougival, 03/06/1875) 01. Symphony No.1 In C - 1. Allegro Vivo 7:47 Intérprete: French National Radio Orchestra: Sir Thomas Beecham, condutor 02. Symphony No.1 In C - 2. Adagio 9:03 Intérprete: French National Radio Orchestra: Sir Thomas Beecham, condutor 03. Symphony No.1 In C - 3. Allegro Vivace 4:49 Intérprete: French National Radio Orchestra: Sir Thomas Beecham, condutor 04. Symphony No.1 In C - 4. Allegro Vivace 6:47 Intérprete: French National Radio Orchestra: Sir Thomas Beecham, condutor 05. L'Arlésienne Suite No.1 – Prélude 7:06 Intérprete: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Sir Thomas Beecham, condutor 06. L'Arlésienne Suite No.1 – Minuetto 3:34 Intérprete: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Sir Thomas Beecha...