Bizet: Jeux d'enfants (Petite Suite), Op. 22 (Children's Games)

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Quintessenz is the name of this flute ensemble hailing from Leipzig. On this, their first recording, they play such classic and well known pieces as Saint-Saens’ “Carnival of the Animals” and Bizet’s “Children’s Games”. Together with music by Debussy and Ravel. Not only is the playing world class but the ensemble performs the music in their own arrangements. A unique and talented group of musicians.

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The French conductor François-Xavier Roth was born in France in 1971 and studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique. In October 2000 he won joint first prize at the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition in London, following which he was appointed for two seasons assistant conductor with the London Symphony Orchestra. From 2000 to 2002 he was also assistant conductor with the Caen Orchestra. In 2003 François-Xavier Roth created the chamber orchestra Les Siècles (The Centuries), combining period and modern instruments, an orchestra which covers a vast repertoire from Baroque to contemporary music.

Carlo Maria Giulini

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