The prizewinning French composer Laurent Petitgirard has earned acclaim for his unusually powerful theatrical imagination. His strikingly creative ballet score for Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) was first performed at the Avignon Opera in May 2010. Petitgirard centres his score around a chorus, alternating instrumental sonorities to remarkable effect, and evoking the essence of Antoine de Saint-ExupÃ©ry's text in it's movement from dream to reality, and from mystery to innocence.

Tracklist:

The Little Prince: I. Prologue
The Little Prince: II. Le Desert (The Desert)
The Little Prince: III. Les Planetes (The Planets)
The Little Prince: IV. Les Baobabs (The Baobabs)
The Little Prince: V. Le Pays Des Larmes (The Land Of Tears)
The Little Prince: VI. La Rose (The Rose)
The Little Prince: VII. Les Oiseaux Sauvages (The Wild Birds)
The Little Prince: VIII. Comme Le Petit Prince S'endormait (As The Little Prince Fell Asleep)
The Little Prince: IX. Le Jardin Des Roses (The Rose Garden)
The Little Prince: X. La Rose Et L'arrosoir (The Rose And The Watering Can)
The Little Prince: XI. Le Secret (The Secret)
The Little Prince: XII. Les Larmes Du Petit Prince (The Tears Of The Little Prince)
The Little Prince: XIII. Chercher Avec Le Coeur (Search With The Heart)
The Little Prince: XIV. Choeur Final (Final Chorus)

UPC: 747313311378
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 8.27.13
Format: CD

Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Budapest - Little Prince (CD)