Marin Marais Jules Massenet - The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (24 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Marin Marais, Jules Massenet
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Genres: New Age, Classical

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. La fille aux cheveux de lin, prelude for piano, L. 117/8
2. La plus que lente, waltz for piano (or orchestra), L. 121
3. Berceuse, for violin & piano (or orchestra) in D major, Op. 16
4. Adagio nobile, for flute & piano
5. Syrinx, for solo flute, L. 129
6. Suite de trois morceaux in B flat major for flute & piano (or orchestra), Op. 116: Allegretto
7. The Swan (from 'Carnival of the Animals'), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements
8. L' Arlésienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra for the play by Alphonse Daudet: Minuet
9. Hymn of Pan, for solo flute
10. Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: The Birds
11. Gymnopédies (3), for piano (also orchestrated by Debussy): No 1, Lent et douloureux
12. Gymnopédies (3), for piano (also orchestrated by Debussy): No 2, Lent et triste
13. Gymnopédies (3), for piano (also orchestrated by Debussy): No 3, Lent et grave
14. Dolly, suite for piano, 4 hands or orchestra, Op. 56: Berceuse
15. Meditation on Prelude No. 1 of Bach, for violin or cello & piano with organ or cello ad lib. (or other instrumental arrangement)
16. Madrigal, for flute & piano
17. Tambourin, for flute & orchestra
18. Carmen, opera: Entr'acte to Act III
19. Morceau de Concours, for flute & piano (or strings) in F major
20. Siciliene for flute & piano
21. Le Basque et double, for viola da gamba & continuo in A major (Pièces de viole, Book IV, Nos. 39-40)
22. Méditation, for violin & orchestra (or other arrangement) (from opera 'Thaïs')
23. Pelléas et Mélisande, incidental music and suite for orchestra, Op. 80: Sicilienne
24. Clair de lune, for piano (Suite Bergamasque No. 3), L. 75/3

CD Details

All Artists: Marin Marais, Jules Massenet
Title: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Centaur
Release Date: 1/29/2002
Album Type: Import
Genres: New Age, Classical
Styles: Meditation, Opera & Classical Vocal, Ballets & Dances, Waltzes, Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Short Forms, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830), Instruments, Reeds & Winds, Strings
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 675754477127

CD Reviews

ISN'T WORTH THE TIME

07/06/2004

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I heard this recording because I read positive reviews about this cd on the internet. I am not quite sure how this could possibly have received those kind words. I found this album to be insultingly horrible. If there were ever a professional album that showed how unmusical an "artist" can be, this is truely it. One web-site compared her to Rampal and Galway, but it is quite evident that she is nowhere near that level. That same performance can be heard at a mid-level college recital. I am in no way trying to take shots at Mrs. Hanson, especially because I myself am a flutist, but I find it awkward that when I invited some friends over to listen to music, they thought it was a "cute high school performance". If you want to listen to "artist" check out Thomas Robertello,Galway, Emmanuel Pahud, Carol Wincenc, and Bonita Boyd. Yes, she got every note in the music, but so what, certainly there has to be more to success than that."