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Dangerous Liaisons - George Fenton
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  1. Dangerous Liaisons Main Title/Dressing (La Cetra Op. 9, Concerto No. 9)
  2. Madame de Tourvel
  3. The Challenge
  4. O Malheureuse Iphigénie! (Aria from the Opera Iphigénie en ...)
  5. Going Hunting (Excerpt from Organ Concerto No. 13 in F)
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  1. Dangerous Liaisons Main Title/Dressing (La Cetra Op. 9, Concerto No. 9)
  2. Madame de Tourvel
  3. The Challenge
  4. O Malheureuse Iphigénie! (Aria from the Opera Iphigénie en ...)
  5. Going Hunting (Excerpt from Organ Concerto No. 13 in F)
  6. Valmont's First Move/The Staircase (Op. 9, No. 9)
  7. Beneath the Surface
  8. The Set up (Concerto in a Minor for Four Harpsichords)
  9. The Key (Concerto in a Minor for Four Harpsichords)
  10. Her Eyes Are Closing
  11. Ombra Mai Fù (Aria from the Opera Xerxes Act I)
  12. Tourvel's Flight
  13. Success
  14. Emilie
  15. Beyond My Control
  16. A Final Request
  17. Ombra Mai Fu Reprise/The Mirror
  18. Dangerous Liaisons End Credits
  19. Concerto in a Minor for Four Harpsichords
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The superficial romanticism of Dangerous Liaisons masks the palpable tension and malice lurking below. George Fenton's rich, intricate score subverts the beauty of the Baroque idiom to brilliantly sinister purposes, capturing the decadence and deception of 18th century France in ravishing detail. Fenton's complex melodies and lush arrangements fit squarely within the classical tradition, but rarely has music so conventionally exquisite possessed such an overwhelming current of malevolence. Its shrill strings, mocking brass, ...

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