The musicologist Hugh Macdonald argues that Bizet's best orchestral music is found in the suites that he derived respectively from the piano work Jeux d'enfants and the incidental music for L'Arlésienne.
O musicólogo Hugh Macdonald afirma que a mellor música orquestral de Bizet se encontra nas suites que se derivan, respectivamente, da obra para piano Jeux d'enfants e a música incidental para L'Arlésienne.