Description
Darius Milhaud: Complete Piano Works & Suites / Scaramouche etc. (EMI Classics CD)
UPC: 724357457521
Overview
This exquisite EMI Classics album presents Darius Milhaud’s vibrant keyboard and orchestral suite staples, recorded by four of France’s finest pianists and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte‑Carlo under Georges Prêtre. From the playful Scaramouche to the sun‑drenched Provençal melodies, these stereo ADD recordings (1972–1984) capture Milhaud’s inventive harmonic language and infectious rhythms in pristine sound.
Product Features
- Format: CD, Album; Jewel case
- Label & Catalog: EMI Classics UK CDE FPM 411 (5 74575 2)
- Audio: Stereo ADD / Digital remastering (1988)
- Release Year: 2001
- Total Duration: 70 minutes 16 seconds
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Artists & Instrumentation:
- Christian Ivaldi & Noël Lee – pianos (Scaramouche; Le Bal martiniquais)
- Christian Ivaldi, Michel Béroff, Jean‑Philippe Collard & Noël Lee – four pianos (Paris Suite)
- Michel Béroff – piano solo (Carnaval d’Aix)
- Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte‑Carlo & Georges Prêtre – orchestral suites
Track Listing
- 1–3. Scaramouche, pour deux pianos
- 4–5. Le Bal martiniquais, pour deux pianos
- 6–11. Paris, Suite pour quatre pianos – 6:11
- 12–23. Le Carnaval d’Aix (Fantaisie pour piano et orchestre d’après “Salade”) – 10:19
- 24–28. Suite française, pour orchestre – 12:23
- 29–36. Suite provençale, pour orchestre – 15:10
Total playing time: 70:16
Publishers and Artists
- Label: EMI Classics (France & UK)
- Pianos: Christian Ivaldi, Noël Lee, Michel Béroff, Jean‑Philippe Collard
- Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte‑Carlo
- Conductor: Georges Prêtre
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Recording Dates:
- Scaramouche & Le Bal martiniquais: 1972
- Paris Suite & Carnaval d’Aix: 1984
- Producer & Remastering: EMI Music France (Digital remastering 1988)
- Copyright: © 2001 EMI Records Ltd.
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