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This cosmopolitan pot-pourri opens with a selection of Russian pieces: Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnol, Mussorgsky's Gopak and Capriccio, a Shostakovich piano Prelude and a medley of Tchaikovsky's ballet music.

We then move to the flamboyance of Spanish music by a Polish composer! Four pieces featured here from Moritz Moszkowski's Spanish Dances receive exhilarating performances. The Berceuse from Granados Escenas poeticas provides a beautiful contrast in tone and colour.

French music follows: Two of Delibes balletic compositions sit alongside Debussy's Passepied, Faure's Song Without Words , and a movement from Ravel's Sonatine for piano, the Rigaudon from Le Tombeau de Couperin completing this delightful selection.

Bizet's Carmen is loved by opera-goers throughout the world. Here, Paul Archibald and Juliet Edwards perform the Prelude and Chanson Boheme, Choeur des Gamins, Habanera, Seguedille, the Entr'acte to Act IV and the Overture.

Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol
Modest Mussorgsky Gopak
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Ballet Suite
Dmitri Shostakovich Prelude No 18
Modest Mussorgsky Capriccio
Moritz Moszkowski Moderato-Allegro
Moritz Moszkowski Bolero
Moritz Moszkowski Allegro brioso
Enrique Granados Berceuse
Moritz Moszkowski Con Moto
Leo Delibes Waltz
Leo Delibes Passepied
Maurice Ravel Sonatine (2nd movement)
Claude Debussy Passepied
Gabriel Faure Song Without Words
Maurice Ravel Rigaudon

Georges Bizet Suite from Carmen
- Prelude and Chanson Boheme
- Choeur des Gamins
- Habanera
- Entracte to Act IV
- Seguidille
- Overture

All arrangements by Paul Archibald