CHABRIER; EMMANUEL

FRENCH BONBONS

ClassicsToday

This collection presents 14 excerpts from French opera and concert music by Herold, Thomas, Massenet, Offenbach, Chabrier, and others. Most of it is effervescent music

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Chabrier Naxos C

David Hurwitz

It seems that every Chabrier collection differs slightly in one or two details, and this excellent offering is no exception. The Bourrée fantasque, which wasn’t

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Argenta Espana, Yet Again on Decca C

David Hurwitz

Ataúlfo Argenta was a very talented conductor whose career was tragically cut short as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning–he was discovered in his garage

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