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Springtime in Paris

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Hour 1 - Hour 2


"Music above all must please, and moreover, must be a national language; no complications, no studied elegance, only simple melodies, diatonics of harmony according to the rules, in a word compositions following the classical model!" - Jean Cocteau

Hour 1: The Music of Erik Satie

Trois Gymnopedies (Hyperion 66344)
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La Belle Excentrique (Denon 7487)

Trois Poemes d'amour (VoxBox 5107)

Choses vues a droite et a gauche (sans lunettes) (VoxBox 5107)

Reverie du pauvre (London 425 208)

prelude, entracte, and finale from Jack in the Box (London 421 395)

Embryons Desseches (Angel 47474)

Parade (Mercury 434 335)
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Je te veux (Denon 7485)

Trois Morceaux en forme de Poire (Denon 7487)

Musique rosicrucienne (Bis 586)

"Relache" (Hyperion 66365)

Trois Gnossienes (Denon 7485)
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Hour 2: Satie & Les Six

Satie Trois Gymnopedies (Bis 586)
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Milhaud: "Suite d'apres Corette" (Cedille 040)

Poulenc: "Sonate for piano, four hands" (Claves 50-9214)

Tailleferre: "Arabesque for clarinet and piano" (Clarinet Classics 0001)

Honegger: "Sonata for solo violin" (Timpani 1008)
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Honegger: first movement from Symphony Number One (Praga 250 001)

Milhaud: "Scaramouche" (Hyperion 67014)
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Milhaud: "Le Boeuf sur le Toit" (Chandos 9023)

Poulenc: "Sonate for cello and piano" (Northeastern 238)
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Poulenc: selections from ballet "Les Biche" (London 452937)

Tailleferre: "Concertino for Harp and Orchestra" (Koch 7169)

Durey: "Sonatine" (Etcetera 1073)

Auric: "Cinq Bagatelles" (Claves 50-9214)
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Auric: "Overture" (Mercury 434335)


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