Jules Massenet - Orchestral Suite No 1, 7

Jules Massenet

Massenet photographed by Pierre Petit, 1880

(12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912)

 French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are Manon (1884) and Werther (1892). He also composed oratorios, ballets, orchestral works, incidental music, piano pieces, songs and other music.

Orchestral Suite No. 1 Op. 13 (1865)  

I. Pastorale et fugue
II. Variations
III. Nocturne
IV. Marche et strette.
Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jean-Yves Ossonce.

 Orchestral Suite No 7, Scènes Alsaciennes [1882]

1. Dimanche matin
2. Au cabaret
3. Sous les tilleuls
4. Dimanche soir.

Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte Carlo
Sir John Eliot Gardiner