Bizet, Georges-L'ARLESIENNE SUITES NOS. 1 & 2 IN FULL SCORE

Perhaps best known as the composer of Carmen, Bizet brought the qualities that distinguish that work- vitality, rich color, abundant and varied melody and masterly orchestration-to his incidental music for Alphonse Daudet's play LArlesienne (1872). Although the first performance of the work met with a hostile reception, one critic proclaimed the score a masterpiece and urged all young musicians to study it. A model of how music and the spoken word can be married for maximum effect, LArlesienne was revived in 1885, at which time Bizet rescored four excerpts for full orchestra, making a number of important additions. This group of pieces, now known as LArle~sienne Suite No. I, was received with great enthusiasm. The second suite was assembled by the composer Ernest Guiraud after Bizet's death. Masterpieces of orchestral color, both suites have long been staples of the orchestral repertoire (Schwann lists 30 recordings of both). Reproduced here from the authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel editions, they will delight any musician or music lover.

Original Dover compilation of Bizet, Suite No. I L'Arlesienne fur Orchester zu Daudets gleichnamignen Drama, Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden, n.d., and Bizet; L'Arlesienne/Zweite Orchestersuite zu A. Daudets gleichnamignen Drama, Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d. Note. Instrumentation. 128pp. 9 x 12. September 1997 29815-9 Paperbd.

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25820-3 Bizet-Carmen . . . Pa.

Reprinted from Dover Fall 1997 catalog.

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