Le Salon Parisienne—Le Nouveau Salon

The Salon Orchestra

1985: Pro Arte Digital PAD-222 [LP]

1. Mignon Overture

   Ambroise Thomas (1811–1896)

2. Pizzicati-Scherzettino from Sylvia

   Léo Délibes (1836–1891)

3. Legende op. 17

   Henrik Wieniawski (1835–1891)

4. Barcarole from The Tales of Hoffmann

   Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880)

5. Grand Galop Chromatique

   Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

6. Waltzes from Faust

   Charles Gounod (1818–1893)

7. Pas de Fleurs from Naila

   Léo Délibes (1836–1891)

8. Extase

   Louis Ganne (1862–1923)

9. Babillage

   Ernest Gillet (1844–1921)

10. Marche Lorraine

    Louis Ganne (1862–1923)

I’ve enjoyed this album ever since my sound-designer friend Lucy introduced me to it in the 1980s. It wasn’t released on CD, only on LP and cassette tape, so in 2013 I digitized a pretty clean copy of the LP so I could stop relying on my played-half-to-death cassette copy of this.

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