MireilleCharles Gounod was enchanted by the young Provenal born Frdric Mistral's epic love poem Mirio, and enlisted the distinguished Michel Carr to fashion a libretto. Against the grain of prevailing operatic practice in the 1860s, and it's promotion of glamour and spectacle, Gounod relished instead the lives of modest country people and their idyllic world. He utilizes folk dances and a shepherd's lament to chart the story of his tragic heroine whose desire

Casella's musical language is often called "Neoclassical": clear structures

and a host of other features

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A Jockey's Christmas is told in Vlautin's signature style-compassionate

a traditional stringed instrument that is the national instrument of Japan

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registering twenty-eight Billboard and/or Cashbox Top 100 chart entries

brilliant technique

Fantastic release which keeps things fresh with eclectic melodies and diverse instrumentation

inspired by old tales

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