Grétry, André - The Ballet Suite from "Zémire et Azor" for Woodwind Quintet Quintette à vent : Flûte, Clarinette, Hautbois, Cor, Basson |
Compositeur : | Grétry, André (1741 - 1813) | ||||
Instrumentation : | Quintette à vent : Flûte, Clarinette, Hautbois, Cor, Basson2 autres versions | ||||
Genre : | Opera | ||||
Arrangeur : Editeur : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||||
Date : | 1771 | ||||
Droit d'auteur : | Public Domain | ||||
Ajoutée par magataganm, 18 Oct 2012 André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741 -- 1813) was a composer from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (present-day Belgium), who worked from 1767 onwards in France and took French nationality. He is most famous for his opéras comiques. "Zémire et Azor" (Zémire and Azor) is an opéra comique, described as a comédie-ballet mêlée de chants et de danses, in four acts by the Belgian composer André Grétry, The French text was by Jean François Marmontel based on La Belle et la bête (Beauty and the Beast) by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, and Amour pour amour by P. C. Nivelle de La Chaussé. The opera includes the famous coloratura display piece La Fauvette in which the soprano imitates birdsong. This arrangement of the Ballet Suite contains four (4) movements [1 - Entrée des Genies (00:00), 2 - Passepied (03:13), 3 - Pantomime (05:39) & 4 - Finale (08:49)], is created from Acts III and Act IV and features a Woodwind Quintet (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon). Partition centrale : | Zémire et Azor (13 partitions) | |
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