Benjamin Godard : Symphonie Orientale for orchestra Op. 84

 

Benjamin Godard, c. 1880, Bibliothèque nationale de France

 

Benjamin Louis Paul Godard (18 August 1849 – 10 January 1895) was a French violinist and Romantic-era composer of Jewish extraction.[1] Godard composed eight operas, five symphonies, two piano and two violin concertos, string quartets, sonatas for violin and piano, piano pieces and etudes, and more than a hundred songs. He is best known for his opera Jocelyn. He died at the age of 45 in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes) of tuberculosis and was buried in the family tomb in Taverny in the French department of Val-d'Oise

[바이올린의 신동이었던 그는 작곡을 공부했으며 청년시절에 교향곡·실내악곡·협주곡·피아노곡을 작곡했다. 걸작 오페라 〈조슬랭 Jocelyn〉(1881) 중 〈자장가〉는 널리 알려진 곡이다. 그밖에 오페라 〈살라메아의 페드로 Pedro de Zalamea〉(1884)·〈병영의 매점 La Vivandiere〉(1895)·〈전설교향곡 Symphonie Legendaire〉 작품 100(1886)이 있다. 고다르의 음악은 여리고 감상적이며 절정기의 작품은 쇼팽과 슈만의 음악과 비슷하다.

 

Symphonie Orientale for orchestra Op. 84 (1883)

I. Les Eléphants
II. Chinoiserie
III. Sara la Baigneuse
IV. Le rêve de la Nikia
V. Marche Turque.

Performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Martin Yates.