Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov & Stravinsky: L'esprit des ballets russes Philippe Guilhon-Herbert

• 16 Pieces from Cinderella, Op. 102 1. Waltz. Cinderella and the Prince06:34
• 26 Pieces from Cinderella, Op. 102 2. Cinderella's Variation02:06
• 36 Pieces from Cinderella, Op. 102 6. Amoroso04:55
• 410 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75 2. Scene. Morning's Dance01:43
• 510 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75 4. The Girl Juliet03:45
• 610 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75, 6. The Montagues and the Capulets (Dance of the Knights)04:08
• 710 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75, 7. Friar Laurence02:57
• 810 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75, 8. Mercutio02:24
• 910 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75, 10. Romeo and Juliet Before Parting08:37
• 10Trois mouvements de pétrouchka, Danse russe02:50
• 11Trois mouvements de pétrouchk, Chez Pétrouchka04:45
• 12Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka, La semaine grasse09:24
• 13Scheherazade, Op. 35 (Version for Piano by the Composer) 1. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship09:46
• 14Scheherazade, Op. 35 (Version for Piano by the Composer), 3. The Young Prince and the Young Princess09:23
• Total Runtime01:13:17

Info for Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov & Stravinsky: L'esprit des ballets russes

If the Russian Sergei Diaghilev was the founding father of Les Ballets Russes, then Paris was its birthplace and the theatre of the company's immense success. The Ballets Russes would adopt the French capital as its special residence even when its influence was spreading over many countries: the company, under the masterful guidance of Diaghilev, included the best dancers of the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint-Petersburg, and inaugurated its first season at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on May 19th 1909. It was an immediate success.

Georges Balanchine, Michel Fokine, Serge Lifar and Vaslav Nijinsky became legendary dancerchoreographers who revealed Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky or Prokofiev to French and European audiences, alongside Debussy, Ravel, Satie, Milhaud, Poulenc, and, at the same time, the world's greatest painters also took part: Matisse, Picasso, Braque or de Chirico.

Philippe Guilhon-Herbert, piano

Philippe Guilhon-Herbert
has studied with Michel Béroff, Jean-Francois Heisser and Denis Pascal. He was awarded first place distinctions in piano, chamber music and collaborative piano from the Musikhochule Freiburg in Breisgau as well as at the Conservatoire Superieur de Paris.

Also a recipient of a prize from the Academie Internationale Maurice Ravel in 1997, he has performed at the Salle Cortot, the Bastille Opera (Amphitheatre), the Theatre de Poissy (both Chopin concertos) the Debussy Museum, the HDK de Berlin and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

Drawn to contemporary music, he has played works by Michael Levinas and Jonathan Harvey, among others, with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France, the Lyon Opera and the Orchestre de Suisse Romande.

His discography includes an award-winning recital of Mélodie by Poulenc which was chosen for a prize by the Academie du disque lyrique, as well as a recording with the cellist Alain Meunier which will be released in the Fall of 2008 by Saphir.

In demand as a collaborative pianist he has worked with many singers, particularly in the domain of the German lied and the french Mélodie, and possesses a broad experience as a vocal coach. He has also delved into the creative realm; composition and improvisation for short films as well as music arrangement and orchestration.

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