Classic 100: Music of France (2012)

~ Work series

Works

#	Work	Authors	Recording artists	Other artists	ISWC	Type	Lyrics languages	Attributes	Rating
1	Carmen, WD 31 (opera by Georges Bizet)	Georges Bizet (French composer) (composer) Henri Meilhac (librettist) Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) (librettist)	[unknown] Ksenija Sidorova, Sascha Goetzel Elīna Garanča, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Karel Mark Chichon Pascals (show 14 more)			Opera	French
2	Symphony no. 3 in C minor “avec orgue”, op. 78	Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (composer)	[unknown] Therion Phantom Regiment Glassmen (show 9 more)	Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor) (dedication)		Symphony	[No lyrics]	C minor (Key)
3	Requiem, op. 48 (1888, original version)	Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (composer)	Sheila Armstrong, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim [unknown] Nidarosdomen's Oratorium Choir, Berit Norbakken Solset, Magne Fremmerlid, Ann Hou Sæter, Vivianne Sydnes Jerome Finnis, David Burchell, Capricorn, Edward Higginbottom			Mass	Latin	D minor (Key)
4	Gymnopédies	Erik Satie (French composer) (composer)	[unknown] Tangerine Dream Frank Glazer Paul McCartney (show 19 more)				[No lyrics]
6	Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86, CD 87, original version for orchestra)	Claude Debussy (French composer) (composer)	[unknown] Philharmonia Orchestra, Pierre Boulez New Philharmonia Orchestra, Pierre Boulez New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (show 210 more)	Raymond Bonheur (composer, 1861-1939) (dedication)		Symphonic poem	[No lyrics]
7	Symphonie fantastique, op. 14 : Épisode de la vie d’un artiste … en cinq parties	Hector Berlioz (French composer) (composer)	[unknown] The Cleveland Orchestra Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire Dr. Stefan Schaub (show 7 more)			Symphony	[No lyrics]
9	Boléro	Maurice Ravel (French composer) (composer)	[unknown] New York Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez Maurice Ravel Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (show 259 more)			Ballet	[No lyrics]	C major (Key)	5
12	La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, L. 109	Claude Debussy (French composer) (composer)	[unknown] Philharmonia Slavonica, Alfred Scholz Hallé Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell (show 9 more)	Jacques Durand (dedication)			[No lyrics]
13	Pavane pour une infante défunte (original version for solo piano)	Maurice Ravel (French composer) (composer)	[unknown] Maurice Ravel Philippe Entremont Van Cliburn (show 130 more)				[No lyrics]	0P9-0300-6 (JASRAC ID) G major (Key)
14	Thaïs: Acte II. Entr’acte “Méditation” (original; for solo violin and orchestra)	Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer) (composer)	[unknown] Michel Schwalbé, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Anne‐Sophie Mutter, Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine Anne‐Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan (show 135 more)				[No lyrics]	0C4-6678-7 (JASRAC ID)
16	Danse macabre, op. 40 (symphonic poem for orchestra)	Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (composer)	[unknown] The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit Symfonický orchester Slovenského rozhlasu, Keith Clark (show 74 more)			Symphonic poem
17	Les Contes d’Hoffmann	Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario) (composer) Jules Barbier (librettist)	[unknown] Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray Eesti Riiklik Sümfooniaorkester, Teater Estonia operikoor, Helmut Orusaar, Heino Otto (show 5 more)			Opera	French