La Marseillaise and Other French Show-Pieces

(Jean-Pierre Jacquillat conducting Orchestre de Paris; Angel S-36518). This is a stupefying arrangement of the French national anthem by Berlioz, no less, for soprano, baritone, children’s choir, chorus, and massed orchestra. Along with Danse Macabre, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and other pieces played by the new French national orchestra, it makes for a Francophile’s delight.