Track Listing

1. Carmen, opera: Pr�lude
2. Carmen, opera: Entracte 1
3. Carmen, opera: Entracte 2
4. Carmen, opera: Entracte 3
5. L' Arl�sienne, suite for orchestra No. 1, from the incidental music: 1. Ouverture. Allegro deciso
6. L' Arl�sienne, suite for orchestra No. 1, from the incidental music: 2. Minuetto. Allegro giocoso
7. L' Arl�sienne, suite for orchestra No. 1, from the incidental music: 3. Adagietto
8. L' Arl�sienne, suite for orchestra No. 1, from the incidental music: 4. Carillon. Allegro moderato
9. L' Arl�sienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra for the play by Alphonse Daudet: Pastorale, entracte et ch�ur. Acte 2. Tableau
10. L' Arl�sienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra for the play by Alphonse Daudet: M�lodrame. Acte 2. Tableau 2
11. L' Arl�sienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra for the play by Alphonse Daudet: Ch�ur. Acte 2. Tableau 2
12. L' Arl�sienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra for the play by Alphonse Daudet: M�lodrame. Acte 2. Tableau 2
13. L' Arl�sienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra for the play by Alphonse Daudet: M�lodrame. Acte 3. Tableau 4
14. L' Arl�sienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra for the play by Alphonse Daudet: Farandole. Acte 3. Tableau 4
15. L' Arl�sienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra for the play by Alphonse Daudet: Entracte. Acte 3. Tableau 5
16. L' Arl�sienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra for the play by Alphonse Daudet: Ch�ur. Acte 3. Tableau 5
17. L' Arl�sienne, suite for orchestra No. 2, from the incidental music (arranged by Ernest Guirard): 1. Pastorale
18. L' Arl�sienne, suite for orchestra No. 2, from the incidental music (arranged by Ernest Guirard): 2. Intermezzo
19. L' Arl�sienne, suite for orchestra No. 2, from the incidental music (arranged by Ernest Guirard): 3. Menuet
20. L' Arl�sienne, suite for orchestra No. 2, from the incidental music (arranged by Ernest Guirard): 4. Farandole

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40789 in Music
• Released on: 2008-04-29
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Deluxe Edition
• Dimensions: .46 pounds

Gramophone Magazine, June 2008
Gramophone Recording of the Month. Marc Minkowski's partnership with the Naïve label has got off to a rousing start with this magnificent Bizet album. When faced with performances as utterly persuasive as this, it does get one hankering yet again for more first-class Bizet works than we actually have, but grateful that we do at least have these and the few others. The whole album is a real treat. And it arrives in a quite lovely and luxurious booklet. A thing of rare beauty in every sense.

Customer Reviews

Very special recordings of "standard" Bizet works
These frequently recorded Bizet works (L'Arlesienne suites and incidental music, and Carmen suite) receive a very refreshing expression in this new recording by Marc Minkowski and his Louvre musicians. French music is unique and is best performed by the French. In these recordings the band captures the feeling of the music like none other that I have heard.

A New Benchmark for Popular Bizet Works
Bizet: L'Arlesienne; Carmen

What a wonderful recording! As a former orchestra member and the owner of a small recording studio, people ask me to recommend recordings that sound like the listener is sitting in with the symphony. This this their recording. (It sounds like you are sitting . . . probably with the violas I would say.) The musicianship of this ensemble (Les Musiciens du Louve - Grenoble) is exemplary. The recording by engineers Laure Casenave-Pere and Vincent Mons is intimate, yet euphonic, and lets you hear just how exceptional these musicians really are. In light of this album, conductor Marc Minkowski will probably be acknowledged as the greatest living interpreter of Bizet. Packaging the CD in a nice little book is simply the icing on the cake. It's a great addition to the library of the fussiest music critic, audiophile, or any lover of truly great music.

Beautiful Recording
This is the best recording of L'Arlesienne I have heard. Recording is up close and all the instruments come thru gorgeously. I agree with the Grammophone review that picked this recording as a recording of the month. Very beautiful booklet also comes with the cd. I highly recommend this purchase.