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Orchestral Works – Arrangements

January 8, 2021 by Elizabeth and Elliott Hurwitt

We have no recordings of the Chansons de l’opéra du gueux, Milhaud’s 1937 settings for solo voice and instruments of songs from Pepusch and Gay’s Beggar’s Opera, but two new discs bear excellent performances of his version for small orchestra, Carnaval de Londres. Unlike Kurt Weill’s Threepenny Opera and its resultant orchestral suite, Milhaud’s 26 […]

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Filed Under: Milhaud on CD, Orchestral Works Tagged With: Baptiste Anet, Beggar's Opera, Capella Cracoviensis, Carnaval de Londres, Chansons de l'opéra du gueux, Karl Anton Rickenbacher, L'apothéose de Molière, Le boeuf sur le toit, Saudades do Brasil, Threepenny Opera, Trois rag caprices

Opera

January 8, 2021 by Elizabeth and Elliott Hurwitt

Serious opera as well as serious fun, the Opéras-minute are exquisitely orchestrated, melodious and unexpectedly moving. The libretti by Henri Hoppenot make short work of classical grandeur. In “L’enlèvement d’Europe”, “L’abandon d’Ariane,” and “La délivrance de Thesée,” men, women and monsters are swept along with astonishing dispatch by the familiar disasters and miracles of Greek […]

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Filed Under: Milhaud on CD, Vocal Works Tagged With: Alexandre Siranossian, Armand Lunel, Catherine Brilli, Christophe Colomb, Claude Calès, Disques Montaigne, George Petit, Gérard Garino, Henri Hoppenot, Jane Bathori, Karl Anton Rickenbacher, Le pauvre matelot, Manuel Rosenthal, Trois Opéras-minute

Music For Piano

January 7, 2021 by Elizabeth and Elliott Hurwitt

Milhaud’s piano music displays the same broad stylistic range as the rest of his opus. Especially in the earlier works, the gentle, eccentric Paris of Satie, Fauré and Ravel is audible, although Milhaud’s own robust personality always shines through. This is especially apparent in the brief selections played by Milhaud and his friend Marguerite Long […]

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Filed Under: Keyboard Music, Milhaud on CD Tagged With: Arcobaleno SBCD 5400, Billy Eidi, Capella Cracoviensis, Caramel Mou (1920), Elektra/Nonesuch 9 71316-2, Karl Anton Rickenbacher, Koch Schwann 3-1138-2, Martin Jones, Saudades do Brasil, Suite for Clarinet, Suite pour le piano (1913), Trois rag caprices (1922), Violin and Piano (1936), William Bolcom

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