Person · French composer
Adolphe Adam
Albums
76
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1803–1856
Origin
France
Biography
Adolphe Charles Adam (French: ; 24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856)was a French composer and music critic. A prolific composer of operas and ballets, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle (1841) and Le corsaire (1856, his last work), his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau (1836), Le toréador (1849) and Si j'étais roi (1852) and his Christmas carol Minuit, chrétiens! (1844), later set to different English lyrics and widely sung as "O Holy Night" (1847). Adam was a noted teacher, who taught Delibes and other influential composers
Discography
Adam: Ballet Music From Giselle
Famous Overtures, No. 4
Giselle
Giselle (Musique De Ballet)
Giselle
Giselle
Giselle - Ballet (Excerpts)
Giselle: The Music...The Pictures...The Story
Giselle: The Music…The Pictures…The Story
Wenn Ich König Wär
Giselle Ou "Les Wilis" (Complete Ballet)
Giselle
Giselle
Le Diable A Quatre
Жизель
Giselle / Si J'étais Roi - Overture
Giselle
Highlights from Giselle
Le Postillon de Lonjumeau
Giselle
Giselle
Giselle, or The Wilis: Ballet in Two Acts
Giselle
Giselle Act II (The Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra)
Der Postillon Von Lonjumeau (Großer Querschnitt)
Rossini: Wilhelm Tell / Mozart: Cosi fan tutte / Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Suppé: Light Cavalry
Giselle
Music From Giselle
Music from Giselle: Ballet Music
Жизель (Балет) = Giselle (Ballet)
Ballet Favorites
Le Corsaire
Le Corsaire
Giselle
Giselle
The Classical Collection: Christmas: A Seasonal Celebration
Der Postillon von Lonjumeau (Rundfunkorchester des SWF Kaiserslautern, conductor: Klaus Arp, singers: Swensen Lika, Prey)
French Ballets
Giselle: Ballet pantomime in Two Acts (Complete Ballet)
Giselle Ballet-pantomime In Two Acts (Complete Ballet)
Giselle
Giselle
Giselle / Graduation Ball / Gaîté Parisienne
Giselle • Graduation Ball • Gaîté Parisienne
Os grandes clássicos: Smetana: O moldava / Dvořák: Danças eslavas / Adam: Se eu fosse rei / Gounod: Fausto
The Classical Collection 101: Golden Age of French Opera: Operatic Riches
Im Herzen der Klassik 42: Adam - Giselle & Delibes - Coppelia / Sylvia
Le Toreador
Le Toréador
Le Corsaire
La Jolie Fille de Gand
La Jolie Fille De Gand (Complete Ballet)
La Filleule des fées
La Filleule Des Fées
Giselle
Swan Lake (excerpts) / Giselle / Les Patineurs (Suite) (Philadelphia Orchestra feat. conductor: Eugene Ormandy)
French Opera Overtures
Si j'étais roi (Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire feat. conductor: Richard Blareau)
Giselle
Giselle