In America, we know it as Mardi Gras, but in much of the world it's called Carnival.
Whatever the name, it’s an opportunity to celebrate before Lent--that time in the traditional Christian calendar when the faithful are to abstain from the pleasures of life.
Which is why Carnival typically involves a public festival, combining elements of a circus, masked ball and street party.
In this hour, carnival-inspired music from the Renaissance to the modern era, including works by Berlioz, Schumann, Dvorak, Saint-Saens, and Stravinsky.
Title | Group/Artist | Catalog # | UPC |
Cornet Favorites | Gerard Schwarz, cornetWilliam Bolcom, piano | Nonesuch 79157-2 | Nonesuch 603497106264 |
Berlioz Complete Orchestral Works | London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis. | Philips 456 143-2 | 0028945614328 |
Rossini: Choral Music [I gondolieri: Chor- und Ensemblemusik] | Stuttgart Sudfunkchor | Carus 83.127 | 4009350831278 |
Food, Wine & Song | Orlando Consort | Harmonia Mundi HMU 907313 | 093046731427 |
Schumann Carnaval, etc. | Marc-Andre Hamelin | Hyperion CDA67120 | 034571171203 |
Dvorak Symphonies | London Symphony Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz | London (Decca) 430 046-2 | 028943004626 |
Stravinsky Pétrouchka | Philharmonia Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal | Teldec 2292-46327-2 | 022924632732 |
Milhaud, Carnival d’Aix, etc. | Jack Gibbons, New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp | Hyperion CDA66594 | 34571165943 |
Peter and the Wolf/Carnival of the Animals | Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard | Naxos 8.550335 | 730099533522 |