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Bonis: Orchestral Works

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Label: Chandos

Cat No: CHSA5381

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 12th June 2026

Works

Bonis, Mel

Danses (3) for orchestra
Danse sacree, op.37 no.3
Femmes (3) de legende
Le Chat sur le toit, op.93 no.2
Les Gitanos, op.15 no.3
Noel de la Vierge Marie
Suite en forme de valses
Suite orientale, op.48

» no.1 Prelude

» no.2 Danse d'Almees

Artists

Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (orchestra)

Conductor

Rumon Gamba

Works

Bonis, Mel

Danses (3) for orchestra
Danse sacree, op.37 no.3
Femmes (3) de legende
Le Chat sur le toit, op.93 no.2
Les Gitanos, op.15 no.3
Noel de la Vierge Marie
Suite en forme de valses
Suite orientale, op.48

» no.1 Prelude

» no.2 Danse d'Almees

Artists

Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (orchestra)

Conductor

Rumon Gamba

About

Mel (Mélanie Hélène) Bonis was born in Paris in 1858, and showed a prodigious talent for music from an early age, attending the Paris Conservatoire from the age of sixteen, studying alongside Debussy and Pierné under César Franck. Her passionate relationship with the singer Amédée-Louis Hettich was frowned upon by her parents, who pressured her to marry Édouard Domange, a twice-widowed industrialist with five children. Bonis threw herself into her role as wife and stepmother, until a reunion with Hettich in the 1890s reignited her serious interest in composition. She composed more than 300 works, including pieces for solo piano, chamber music, and over forty melodies for voice and piano. As Bonis was too modest for self-promotion, and a victim of gender-bias, her music fell into obscurity after the First World War, and she became bedridden from arthritis. She continued to compose until her death, in 1937. Her orchestral output dates from two decades, between 1891 and 1912, and is well represented on this album.

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Trois Femmes de legende. 1. Ophelie, Op. 165 / 2
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Trois Femmes de legende. 2. Salome, Op. 100 / 2
3

Trois Femmes de legende. 3. Le Songe de Cleopatre, Op. 180 / 2
4

Suite en forme de valses. I. Ballabile, Op. 35 / 3
5

Suite en forme de valses. II. Interlude et Valse lente, Op. 36 / 3. A. Interlude -
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Suite en forme de valses. II. Interlude et Valse lente, Op. 36 / 3. B. Valse lente
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Suite en forme de valses. III. Scherzo-Valse, Op. 38 / 3
8

Suite Orientale, Op. 48 / 2. I. Prelude
9

Suite Orientale, Op. 48 / 2. II. Danse d'Almees
10

Le Chat sur le toit, Op. 93 / 2
11

Trois Danses. Bourree, Op. 62 / 2
12

Trois Danses. Pavane, Op. 81 / 3
13

Trois Danses. Sarabande, Op. 82 / 2
14

Noel de la vierge Marie, Op. 54 / 2
15

Danse sacree, Op. 37 / 3
16

Les Gitanos, Op. 15 / 3

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Bonis: Orchestral Works

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Contents

Works

Artists

Conductor

Works

Artists

Conductor

About

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