20世紀前半フランスで活躍した作曲家の集団「フランス6人組」と彼らのメンターだったエリック・サティとジャン・コクトー。
2曲目から７曲目は録り直しですが、その他は貴重な録音です。
試聴は、
こちらで。
1. JEAN COCTEAU
Introduces Les Six (1953)
2. L'ALBUM DES SIX (1920)
Georges Auric Prelude
Louis Durey Romance sans Paroles
Arthur Honegger Sarabande
Darius Milhaud Mazurka
Francis Poulenc Valse
Germaine Taileferre Pastorale
3. FRANCIS POULENC
Cocardes (1920)
4. ERIK SATIE
Parade (1917)
5. DARIUS MILHAUD
Le Boeuff sur le Toit (1919)
6. ARTHUR HONEGGER
Pacific 231 (1923)
7. JEAN COCTEAU (1929)La Toison d'Or
Les Voleurs d'Enfants
8. GEORGES AURIC
Le Sang d'un Poete (1930)
La Belle et la Bete (1946)
L'Aigle a Deux Tetes (1947)
Orphee (1949)
Le Testament D'Orphee (1959)
Recording Notes:
Track (1) recorded by Jean Cocteau in 1953.
Tracks (2) to (7) performed by Andrew West (piano) in 2000. Released under licence from Hyperion Records Ltd, London.
Tracks (14) and (15) performed by Jean Cocteau with the Dan Parrish Jazz Orchestra in March 1929. The music track on The Goldren Fleece is Holidays (Dan Parrish) and on The Child Snatchers is Pourquoi J'ai Regrette (V Lowry).
Tracks (16) to (20) are dubbed from original prints of the films, and we apologise for flaws in the sound quality.
