Suite provençale remains one of Milhaud’s most popular and oft-recorded pieces. Based partly on themes by the minor Baroque master André Campra, and partly on folk tunes, this is a loving tribute to the part of the world Milhaud knew best. The Charles Munch recording (RCA Gold Seal 60685-2) is not at all bad, with […]
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Ballets – La création du monde
La création du monde, the 1923 jazz ballet for eighteen instruments (originally performed with sets by Fernand Léger) is, of all Milhaud’s works, the one with the firmest footing in the repertoire. Of the numerous available recordings the oldest is a 1932 performance conducted by the composer (Pearl Gemm CD 9459). Needless to say, this […]
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