DESCRIPTION:
Emmanuel Chabrier
Suite Pastorale (1888)
Idylle 00:00
Danse villageoise 03:38
Sous-bois 08:06
Scherzo-Valse 12:30
Orchestre Philarmonique de Monte-Carlo
Hervé Niquet, conductor

Raoul Dufy, Self-Portrait, 1901

The four scenes of the Suite Pastorale are taken from Dix pièces pittoresques composed for piano in 1881. As was often the case, odd Chabrier next created an orchestration full of subtlety and vividness for certain pieces: Idylle (No. 6 transposed up one tone) with the flute's translucent limpidity, Danse villageoise (No. 7) which switches between minor and major, Sous-bois (No. 4) with its softened nuances and Scherzo-Valse (No. 10) with its utterly rustic exuberance and joy.
From Music Notes by Isabelle Battioni