Utwory na płycie:

• Kurt Weill: Marie Galante: Tango Habanera, Youkali; (arr. M. Lussier)
• Zequinha de Abreu: Tico tico no fuba (arr. A. Rozankovic)
• Mathieu Lussier: Suite Edward and Wallis - The Fandango
• Mathieu Lussier: Suite Edward and Wallis - Abdication's romance
• Mathieu Lussier: Suite Edward and Wallis - Wallis' Banjo Song
• Kurt Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: VI. Tango-Ballade (arr. M. Lussier)
• Madame Agnes Beique-Demers: Gavotte, Happy Hours;
• Denis Plante: Tales for Oscar Wilde - The Devoted Friend
• Denis Plante: Tales for Oscar Wilde - The Happy Prince
• Denis Plante: Astorias
• Carlos Gardel: Por una cabeza (arr. D. Plante)
• Jacob Gade: Jalousie (Jealousy) (arr. A. Rozankovic)
• Joseph Kosma: Les feuilles mortes (Autumn Leaves) (arr. M. Lussier)
• Angel Gregorio Villoldo: El esquinazo (arr. D. Plante)
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 2: VI. Waltz No. 2 (arr. M. Lussier)
• Denis Plante: Tales for Oscar Wilde - The Nightingale and the Rose
• Denis Plante: Tales for Oscar Wilde - A Remarkable Rocket
• Denis Plante: Tales for Oscar Wilde - The Selfish Giant

Kurt Weill:
Youkali
Carlo Gardel:
Por una Cabeza
Jacob Gade:
Jalousie
Joseph Cosma:
Les Feuilles Mortes
Ange Villoldo:
El Esquinazo
Dimitri Chostakovitch:
«Kubrick’s waltz»
Denis Plante:
Tales for Oscar Wilde

Following Bataclan’s first ATMA CD devoted to Piazzolla and his tango nuevo, the group returns with a new project that immerses the listener into the fin d’époque atmosphere in cities such as Paris, London, and Berlin at the dawn of the 20th century. Bandeonist and composer Denis Plante steeped himself in the oeuvre of one of the best-known “dandies”, Oscar Wilde, to make musical settings of five of the writer’s most imaginative short stories. Also drawing inspiration from the past, bassoonist Mathieu Lussier was interested in a musical setting of the tragic and terribly romantic story of Edward VIII who abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson.

This CD also draws on Canadian salon music (for example, the gavotte Happy Hours, which was composed by an ancestor of harpsichordist Catherine Perrin). The selections Tico-Tico and Jalousie showcase the magnificently frenzied imagination of Anthony Rozankovic, arranger, composer, and one-man orchestra.