Track Listing

1. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Overture: Allegro
2. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Allegro brillante
3. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Polka
4. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Poco allegro
5. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Mazurka
6. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Valse
7. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Allegro
8. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Polka: Grazioso
9. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Valse lente
10. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Tempo di marcia
11. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Valse moderato
12. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Vivo
13. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Valse: Valse con grazia
14. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Allegro molto
15. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Valse: Valse moderato
16. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Allegro
17. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Cancan
18. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Quadrille
19. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Vivo
20. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Allegro moderato
21. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Barcarolle: Allegro moderato
22. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Allegro
23. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Allegro
24. Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal): Vivo
25. Les belles américaines, suite of waltzes for piano
26. Geneviève de Brabant, opera in 2, 3, & 5 act versions: Galop
27. Divertissement, for chamber orchestra: No. 1, Introduction (Allegro vivo)
28. Divertissement, for chamber orchestra: No. 2, Cortege (Moderato molto)
29. Divertissement, for chamber orchestra: No. 3, Nocturne (Lento)
30. Divertissement, for chamber orchestra: No. 4, Valse (Animato assai)
31. Divertissement, for chamber orchestra: No. 5, Parade (Tempo di marcia)
32. Divertissement, for chamber orchestra: No. 6, Finale (Quasi cadenza)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #123604 in Music
• Released on: 1992-04-24
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

Highly Annoying
The performance is so-so at best, with negligible texture variations from track to track. Kunzel and the Cincinatti Pops oompah-oompah exactly the same way throughout the work. Even in the Bacarolle!

But the recording quality is truly awful. It sounds like the bass drum was placed 20 feet IN FRONT of the orchestra. In fact, on some tracks one can hardly hear the orchestra over the drum. This gets really irritating after a while.

Every other version I've heard is far better.

Not right!
While I don't agree with the other reviewer about the sound quality, I find this recording to be very un-French. It is heavy and ponderously emphatic where it should be lighter and more sprightly. It isn't a matter of speed. The worst problem with this CD, however, is that Mr. Kunzel chose to insert the Barcarolle earlier than it should be, making the ballet end with the Can-Can rather than the beautiful and nostalgic Barcarolle. Manuel Rosenthal, the arranger, knew better.