The original incidental movements by Bizet for the play, reconstructed by Dominique Riffaud, are performed on this recording by the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse and the Orféon Donostiarra Chorus, conducted by Michel Plasson.
Recording & Production
This recording includes a dramatized adaptation of Alphonse Daudet's short story by Jon Tolansky, interspersed with Bizet's original music for the play.
Critical Reception
Although the play L'Arlésienne flopped, Bizet's music was a great success, leading him to arrange portions into a four-movement suite for the concert hall.
Composition History
Four years after Bizet's death, his publisher commissioned composer Ernest Guiraud to arrange more music from the play, creating a second L'Arlésienne suite.
Compositional Technique
Bizet incorporated three traditional Provençal folk-tunes into his L'Arlésienne score: Marcho dei Rèi, Èr dóu Guet, and Danso dei Chivau-Frus (a Farandole).
Composition History
Georges Bizet was commissioned to write incidental music for the 1872 play L'Arlésienne, an adaptation of Alphonse Daudet's short story.
Compositional Technique
Bizet's incidental music for L'Arlésienne was written for an unusually small orchestra of 26 players, which inspired him to create music of extraordinary originality and intimacy.
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