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Art & Music: Manet - Music of His Time |
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Composer: |
Edouard Lalo, Jacques Offenbach, Emmanuel Chabrier, Fryderyk Chopin, Georges Bizet, Gioachino Rossini, Alfred Bruneau, Claude Debussy |
Artist: |
Idil Biret, Marat Bisengaliev, Jascha Heifetz, Yehudi Menuhin, Peter Nagy, Patrizia Pace, Georges Rabol, Gloria Scalchi, Alfred Cortot, Arthur Rubinstein, Beniamino Gigli, Benno Moiseiwitsch, Carlo Colombara, Mischa Levitzki, Howard Zhang, Josef Hofmann, Antonino Siragusa, Roland Pontinen, Satu Vanska, Martha Argerich, Ivan Moravec, Richard Tognetti, Aleksander Michalowski, Dinu Lipatti, Lisa Smirnova, Timo-Veikko Valve, Elfrun Gabriel, Alain Planes, Christopher Moore |
Conductor: |
Richard Hayman, George Enescu, Manuel Rosenthal, Donald Johanos, Adrian Boult, Carlo Sabajno, Istvan Bogar, James Lockhart, Pier Giorgio Morandi, William Steinberg, Johannes Wildner, Takuo Yuasa, Tibor Szoke |
Choir: |
Hungarian State Opera Chorus |
Ensemble: |
Alcan Quartet , Vertavo String Quartet, Budapest Strauss Ensemble, Kodaly Quartet |
Orchestra: |
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Paris Symphony Orchestra, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Milan La Scala Orchestra |
Label: |
Naxos |
Catalogue No.: |
8.558117 |
Format: |
CD |
Barcode: |
0636943811726 |
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Art and Music
Edouart Manet - Music of His Time
Music by Chopin, Rossini, Offenbach, Bizet, Lalo, Chabrier, Bruneau
Author: Hugh Griffith
1 CD with full-colour, illustrated, explanatory booklet
Naxos 8.558117
Edouard Manet (1832-83) has been called the father of modern painting. In the 1860s he was the leader of a group of young artists who later became known as the Impressionists, though his own work resists any simple label. On this CD, the world of Manet is given a musical perspective with a carefully chosen selection of pieces by the finest composers of his time. Inside, Hugh Griffith provides explanatory notes on his life and musical environment.
What music did Edouard Manet listen to as he led art towards impressionism and beyond? Chopin, Rossini, Offenbach, Bizet, Lalo and their contemporaries. It is only too easy to forget how pioneering is the mind of the visual artist in terms of form - and how far behind is music. Debussy (born 1862) only began to emerge as a composer towards the end of Manet's life. Hugh Griffiths also chooses music by the lesser-known Alfred Bruneau, making a unique and revealing compilation.
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