'The celebrated L'Album des Six of 1920 is recognised as a landmark in 20th Century modern music.
Moreover the artful relationship between 'Les Six' and their mentors Erik Satie and Jean Cocteau forms an important cornerstone of the inter-war avant garde.
This 78 minute anthology of modern recordings also includes music composed by Satie and Les Six for spectacles staged by Cocteau between 1917 and 1920, as well as Arthur Honegger's futuristic Pacific 231, and music by Georges Auric for five Cocteau films made between 1930 and 1959.'
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1. JEAN COCTEAU
Introduces Les Six (1953)
2. L'ALBUM DES SIX (1920)
Georges Auric Prelude
Louis Durey Romance sans Paroles
Arthur Honegger Sarabande
Darius Milhaud Mazurka
Francis Poulenc Valse
Germaine Taileferre Pastorale
3. FRANCIS POULENC
Cocardes (1920)
4. ERIK SATIE
Parade (1917)
5. DARIUS MILHAUD
Le Boeuff sur le Toit (1919)
6. ARTHUR HONEGGER
Pacific 231 (1923)
7. JEAN COCTEAU (1929)La Toison d'Or
Les Voleurs d'Enfants
8. GEORGES AURIC
Le Sang d'un Poete (1930)
La Belle et la Bete (1946)
L'Aigle a Deux Tetes (1947)
Orphee (1949)
Le Testament D'Orphee (1959)
Recording Notes:
Track (1) recorded by Jean Cocteau in 1953.
Tracks (2) to (7) performed by Andrew West (piano) in 2000. Released under licence from Hyperion Records Ltd, London.
Tracks (14) and (15) performed by Jean Cocteau with the Dan Parrish Jazz Orchestra in March 1929. The music track on The Goldren Fleece is Holidays (Dan Parrish) and on The Child Snatchers is Pourquoi J'ai Regrette (V Lowry).
Tracks (16) to (20) are dubbed from original prints of the films, and we apologise for flaws in the sound quality.
