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Édouard Lalo's Cello Concerto in D minor is a Romantic concerto completed in 1876 and written for the Belgian cellist Adolphe Fischer. Cast in three movements, it places the solo cello in frequent dialogue with the orchestra and combines dramatic outer sections with lyrical, dance-like episodes. The...
Namouna is a full-length ballet commissioned in 1892 by Sergei Diaghilev. Choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, it presents a surreal narrative of Namouna’s terrifying dreamscape. George Balanchine's subsequent reconstruction, incorporating music by Lalo and Ratmansky, offers a strikingly m...
Le Roi d'Ys is an opera in three acts by French composer Édouard Lalo, premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet in 1888. The libretto is based on the ancient Breton legend of the mythical drowned city of Ys. The work is highly regarded for its lyricism and includes the popular tenor aria "Vainement, ma...
Lalo's Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 12, also called Grand Duo Concertant, is an 1852 French work for violin and piano in three movements.
Édouard Lalo's Piano Concerto in F minor (1889) is a late work by the French composer best known for the Symphonie espagnole, completed near the end of his compositional life.
