Music at the Louvre during the Second Empire

Fridays ... the famous Louvre of the Earl of Nieuwerkerke, Superintendent of Fine Arts of the House of the Emperor, the lounges are the most noticed at the time. Evenings are organized by Pasdeloup, which invites the biggest names at the time, but also theConservatory Youth as Bizet. Reflecting these evenings: Grand Trio JacquesBlumenthal for piano, violin and cello, the trio on a Canzone of Stradella Julius Cohenfor piano, violin and organ-melodium, harmonium salon in vogue at the time.Saint-Saëns also wrote a Serenade for this instrument, violin, cello and piano.Pasdeloup, brilliant pianist, plays Dawn, great concert waltz for piano solo. The interpreters we discover here what has been one of the largest music-making in France for twenty years, announcing the renewal of the French school of chamber music after 1870. DDD 55:55 / Booklet French-German-English