Some Florent Schmitt ballet music

[guest54]

Being rather keen on Florent Schmitt, and always on the lookout to complete my collection of his work, I would like to draw attention to some rarely heard ballet music. The description page is here:

http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/los-raros/raros-florent-schmitt-07-05-14/2549610/

And the direct download link is here:

http://mvod.lvlt.rtve.es/resources/TE_SLOSRA/mp3/7/3/1399483384137.mp3

The three items in the programme are:

Mirages, Op. 70 (12'53"). Orq. Nacional de Lorena. Dir.: J. Mercier. (From 1921. Not very rare this one.)

Ballet music "Le petit elfe Ferme-L'Oeil," Op. 73 (37'59"). A. Martin (mez.) y Orq. Nacional de Lorena. Dir.: J. Mercier. (This is the rarity - 38 minutes of orchestral music, from 1923.)

Le cheval de Ferme-L'Oeil (de Une semaine du petit elfe Ferme-L'Oeil, Op. 58) (1'57"). C. Ivaldi (p.) y J.-C. Pennetier (p.). (Just a snippet for piano four hands.)

[erato]

The "Le petit elfe Ferme-L'Oeil," has just been released on a very good Timpani CD. I have it, and I particularly recommend the cello work on that disc.

[Dundonnell]

There is a huge amount of Florent Schmitt's orchestral music still unrecorded :(

See:

http://composers.gulabin.com/