Erato Records was founded in 1953 with its initial mandate to promote French Baroque music. Since that time, the label has created some of the greatest recordings we now enjoy and has established some of the most notable artists in classical music including Jean-François Paillard, Maurice André, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Marie-Claire Alain and Hélène Grimaud.
Fanfare, Symphonies et Suites features Jean-François Paillard leading his own chamber orchestra in works by two French contemporaries, Jean-Joseph Mouret and the more famous Jean-Baptiste Lully. This recording, from 1976, may be responsible for putting the famous Mouret Rondeau on the musical map to today's listeners. This short fanfare has come down to a generation of TV viewers as the theme to Masterpiece Theatre. It is a spirited album that still sounds as fresh and alive as when it was first released.
—J. Maxwell Fletcher
Mouret: Fanfares for Trumpet, Violin, Oboe & Timpani; Lully: Symphonic Suite for Violin, Oboe & Horns; Symphonic Suite d'Amadis; Anonymous: Suite Française.
Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra; Jean-François Paillard, Conductor.