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http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2006/Dec06/Milhaud_Bernstein_3458082.htm Posted by Martin Walker on December 14, 2006, 11:59 am 213.36.28.106 I think it highly unlikely that in the Bernstein recording "this score is the orchestral suite taken from the complete ballet", as Michael Cookson guesses. La Création du Monde is described by Wikipedia as a 20-minute ballet in 6 continuous sections ; Bernstein takes 16'47, Tilson-Thomas on his highly recommendable New World Jazz CD takes 17'45 - there would seem to be little point in making a suite of a continuous piece of music that was only 3 minutes shorter than the entire ballet.  Post a Response

Re: http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2006/Dec06/Milhaud_Bernstein_3458082.htm Posted by Jim Stokes on December 25, 2006, 12:40 am, in reply to "http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2006/Dec06/Milhaud_Bernstein_3458082.htm" 209.173.230.85 If you mean "The Creation of the World" on the same LP as Bernstein's "Fancy Free" dance music, then the Milhaud is definitely excerpted. However I can recall several dance performances, which used what sounded close to this excerpted version. By the way, that's a very nice vintage recording. And I can recall buying it when it was new. Perhaps Milhaud had another version? Thank You!  Post a Response

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