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Massenet: Orchestral Music

Orchestre National de l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo, John Eliot Gardiner

Despite Massenet's success as an opera composer, his purely orchestral music has suffered undue neglect. There's a wealth of lovely tunes here and textures both sensuous and invigorating, all...

Massenet: Orchestral Music

Orchestre National de l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo, John Eliot Gardiner

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Despite Massenet's success as an opera composer, his purely orchestral music has suffered undue neglect. There's a wealth of lovely tunes here and textures both sensuous and invigorating, all...

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Contents and tracklist

I Prélude et divertissement - La Tempête - Ariel et les Esprits
Track length6:16
II Mélodrame - Le sommeil de Desdémone
Track length4:24
III Scène finale - Macbeth - Les sorcières - Les fanfares du couronnement
Track length8:31
I Cortège
Track length5:53
II Ballet
Track length3:37
III Apparition
Track length5:30
IV Bacchanale
Track length2:56
I Dimanche matin
Track length6:57
II Au cabaret
Track length5:07
III Sous les tilleuls
Track length4:56
IV Dimanche soir
Track length5:53
I Marche
Track length3:53
II Air de ballet
Track length2:48
III Angelus
Track length5:02
IV Fête bohème
Track length4:58
Interlude No.1 - Sérénade de Don Quichotte
Track length2:11
Interlude No.2 - La Tristesse de Dulcinée
Track length3:40

Awards and reviews

September 2005

Despite Massenet's success as an opera composer, his purely orchestral music has suffered undue neglect. There's a wealth of lovely tunes here and textures both sensuous and invigorating, all shaped by Gardiner with great affection.
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