Franck – Piano Quintet; Chausson – String Quartet – Quatuor Ludwig

César Franck (1822-1890):
Piano Quintet in F minor
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
String Quartet in C minor, op.35 (completed by Vincent d'Indy)

Michaël Levinas - piano
Quatuor Ludwig

(read more)

Ravel, Chausson, Duparc, Schumann, Brahms – Songs – Janet Baker

CD 1:
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Shéhérazade *
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
Poème de l'amour et de la mer +
Henri Duparc (1848-1933):
Phydylé +
La Vie antérieure +
Le Manoir de Rosamonde +
Au Pays où se fait la guerre +
L'Invitation au voyage +

New Philharmonia Orchestra *
London Symphony Orchestra +
Sir John Barbirolli - conductor *
André Previn - conductor +


CD 2:
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42 *
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Vier ernste Gesänge, op.121
Zwei Lieder, op.91 +
Vier Duette, op.28 #

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - baritone #
Daniel Barenboim - piano * #
André Previn - piano +

Dame Janet Baker - mezzo-soprano

(read more)

Various Composers – 'La bonne Chanson'-French songs – Anne Sofie von Otter

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
Chanson perpétuelle
Frank Martin (1890-1974):
Trois Chants de Noël
Maurice Delage (1879-1961):
Quatre Poèmes hindous
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Une Flûte invisible
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Rapsodie nègre
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
La Bonne Chanson

Anne Sofie von Otter - mezzo-soprano
Bengt Forsberg - piano

(read more)

Tournemire, Chausson, Fauré – String Quartets – Gaggini String Quartet

Charles Tournemire (1870-1893):
"Musique orante" for String Quartet
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
String Quartet "unfinished" op.35
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
String Quartet op.121

Gaggini String Quartet

(read more)

Chausson – Concerto, Piano Quartet – Pascal Devoyon

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
Concert in D major, op.21, for Piano, Violin and String Quartet *
Piano Quartet in A major, op.30 +

Pascal Devoyon - piano
Philippe Graffin - violin
Toby Hoffman - viola +
Gary Hoffman - cello +
Chilingirian Quartet *

(read more)

Felicity Lott s'amuse d'Offenbach à Poulenc

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880):
On s'amuse, on applaudit
Couplets du Souper
Griserie
Georges Bizet (1838-1875):
La Chanson de la rose
Chanson d'avril
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894):
Chanson de l'Alouette
Romance de L'étoile
Henri Duparc (1849-1933):
Romance de Mignon
Chanson triste
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Le Papillon et la Fleur
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
Les Papillons
Le Colibri
Erik Satie (1866-1925):
La diva de l'Empire
Je te veux
André Messager (1853-1929):
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
Je regrette mon Pressigny
Tous les deux me plaisent
Paul Bernard (1827-1879):
Ça fait peur aux oiseaux
Oscar Strauss (1870-1954):
Je ne suis pas ce que l'on pense
Maurice Yavain (1891-1965):
Est-ce bien ça?
Yes
Je Chante la Nuit
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Les chemins de l'amour
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880):
On s'amuse, on applaudit

Felicity Lott - soprano
Graham Johnson - piano

(read more)

Franck, Chausson – Symphonies – Marek Janowski

remembering Ernest Chausson on his birthday

(20 January 1855 – 10 June 1899)

César Franck (1822-1890):
Symphony in D minor
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
Symphony in B flat major, op.20

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Marek Janowski - conductor

(read more)

Various Composers – French Works for Clarinet and Piano – Paul Meyer

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in E flat major, op.167
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
Andante and Allegro for Clarinet and Piano
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Petite Pièce for Clarinet and Piano
Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974):
Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano, op.100
Duo Concertant for Clarinet and Piano, op.351
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955):
Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano

Paul Meyer - clarinet
Eric Le Sage - piano

(read more)

Brahms, Chausson, British Songs – Kathleen Ferrier

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 (arr.Malcolm Sargent) *
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19 +
[British Songs]:
Discovery for voice & piano, Op 13 (Howard Ferguson) #
3 Songs (William Wordsworth) #
3 Psalms, Op 61 (Edmund Rubbra) #

BBC Symphony Orchestra *
Hallé Orchestra +
Sir Malcolm Sargent - conductor *
Sir John Barbirolli - conductor +
Ernest Lush - piano #

(read more)

The fabulous Victoria de los Angeles

CD 1:
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Shéhérazade
Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques
Deux Mélodies hébraïques
Henri Duparc (1848-1933):
L'Invitaiton Au Voyage
Phidyle
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
L'Enfant prodigue. Recit. & Air De Lia: L'année en vain chasse l'année
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
Poème de l'amour et de la mer

Orchestre de la Société de Concerts du Conservatoire
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Georges Prêtre - conductor
Jean-Pierre Jacquillat - conductor

CD 2:
Xavier Montsalvage (1912-2002):
Cinco canciones negras
Enrique Granados (1867-1916):
Colección de canciones amatorias
Cuatro madrigales amatorios
Oscar Esplá (1936-1949):
Cinco canciones playeras españolas
Eduardo Toldrá (1895 - 1962):
Quatre canons
[Anonymous]:
Three folksongs
Frederic Mompou (1893-1987):
El Combat del Somni
Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999):
Tríptic de Mossèn Cinto

Orchestre de la Société de Concerts du Conservatoire
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos - conductor
Antonio Ros-Marbá - conductor

CD 3:
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Chanson de Bilitis
Fêtes galantes
Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de maisons
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Chanson Espagnole
Chanson Française
Chanson Italienne
Chanson Herbraïque
Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947):
Trois Jours De Vendange
Le Rossignol Des Lilas
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Tristesse, Op. 6, No. 2
Au Bord De L'Eau, Op. 8, No. 1
Les Roses D'Ispahan, Op. 39, No. 4
Toujours (No. 2 De Trois Poemes D'Un Jour, Op. 21)
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946):
Siete canciones populares españolas
Eduard Toldrá (1895-1962):
Doce canciones gallegas. As Florinas Dos Toxos
Joaquín Turina (1882-1949):
Farruca
Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999):
Pastorcito Santo
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) - Psyché
Soneto A Cordoba

Gonzalo Soriano - piano

CD 4:
Francesco Paolo Sacrati (1605-1650):
Proserpina. e dove t'aggiri
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725):
Le Violette
Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759):
Joshua. Oh! Had I Jubal'S Lyre
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Der Tod und das Mädchen, D. 531
Die schöne Müllerin, D.795. No. 2:  Wohin
An Die Musik
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Dein Blaues Auge
Vergebliches Ständchen
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Chanson d'amour
Clair de lune
Henry Purcell (1658-1695):
Let us wander
Lost is my quiet
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Schlaf in deiner engen Kammer
Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782):
Ah! Lamenta, Oh Bella Irene
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Irish songs
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Mignon und der Harfner, D.877. Nur Wer Die Sehnsucht Kennt
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Les fleurs des landes. Le Trebuchet
Antonín Dvorak (1841-1904):
Möglichkeit
Der Apfel
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, (1840-1893):
Schottische Ballade
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Pastorale
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Pleurs d'or
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Sapphische Ode
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
La Partenza

Gerald Moore - piano


Victoria de los Angeles - soprano

(read more)

Mendelssohn, Bruch, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev – Violin Concertos – Francescatti

remembering Zino Francescatti on the anniversary of his death

(August 9, 1902 - September 17, 1991) 

CD 1:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, op.64
Max Bruch (1838-1920):
Concerto No.1 for Violin and Orchestra in G minor, op.26
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Concerto No.3 for Violin and Orchestra in B minor, op.61

CD 2:
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op.35
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Concerto No.2 for Violin and Orchestra in G minor, op.63
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
Poème for Violin and Orchestra, op.25 *

Zino Francescatti - violin
New York Philharmonic
Philadelphia Orchestra *
Dimitri Mitropoulos - conductor
Eugene Ormandy - conductor *

(read more)

Leopold Stokowski – Maestro Celebre

remembering Leopold Stokowski on the anniversary of his death

(18 April 1882 – 13 September 1977)

CD 1 - Stokowski's orchestral transcriptions of Bach's works:

Prelude in E flat minor (after Bach, BWV 853, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)

Christ lag in Todesbanden (after Bach, Cantata No. 4, BWV 4)

Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major (after Bach, BWV 564)

Komm, süsser Tod (after Bach, BWV 478)

Siciliano (after Bach, from Violin Sonata No. 4 in C minor, BWV 1017)

Sarabande (after Bach, English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808)

Air (after Bach, Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068)

O Haupt voll Blut (after Bach, St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244)

Mein Jesu, was für Seelenweh (after Bach, BWV 487)

Sarabande (after Bach, from Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002)

Es ist vollbracht, transcription for orchestra (after Bach, St. John Passion, BWV 245)

CD 2:

Richard Wagner (1813-1883):

Lohengrin - Prelude to Act I

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Prelude to Act I

Tristan und Isolde - symphonic synthesis by Stokowski

Parsifal - symphonic synthesis by Stokowski

CD 3:

Cesar Franck (1822-1890):

Symphony in D minor

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):

Poème for Violin and Orchestra *

CD 4:

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943):

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra +

Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Tod und Verklärung

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):

Schelomo Hebrew Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra #

Toscha Seidel - violin *

Sergei Rachmaninov - piano +

Emanuel Feuermann - cello

Philadelphia Orchestra

Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra

New Yrok Symphony Orchestra

Leopold Stokowski - conductor

(read more)

Chausson – Poème de l'amour et de la mer; Fauré – Pelléas et Mélisande – Y.P. Tortelier

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
Poème de l'amour et de la mer op.19, for voice and orchestra *
Poème, for violin and orchestra +
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Pelléas et Mélisande, suite op.80
Pavane, op.50, for orchestra with chorus ad lib. #

Linda Finnie - mezzo-soprano *
Yan Pascal Tortelier - violin +
The Renaissance Singers #
Ulster Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier - conductor

(read more)

Ravel, Chausson – Piano Trios – Beaux Arts Trio

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Piano Trio in A minor
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
Piano Trio in G minor, op.3

Beaux Arts Trio

(read more)

Chausson – La Légende de Sainte Cécile, La Tempête – Kantorow

remembering Ernest Chausson on his birthday

(20 January 1855 – 10 June 1899)

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
La Légende de Sainte Cécile, op.22 *
La Tempête, op.18 +

Isabelle Vernet - soprano *
Raphaëlle Farman - soprano +
Marie-Ange Todorovitch - mezzo-soprano +
Laurence Dale - tenor +
François le Roux - baritone +
Jean-Philippe Lafont - baritone +
lady voices of Choeur de Radio France *
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Jean-Jacques Kantorow - conductor

(read more)

Chausson - Concerto en ré; Quatuor 'Inachevé' - Collard, Dumay

Not my rip. This album is a generous offer by "trois".

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):

Concerto in D major, op.21 for piano, violin and string quartet
String Quartet "Inachevé", op.35

Jean-Philippe Collard - piano
Augustin Dumay - violin
Quatuor Muir

(read more)

Chausson, Fauré, Honegger - Orchestral Music - Jean Fournet

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
Symphony in B flat major, op.20
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, op.80
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955):
Rugby, mouvement symphonique
Pacific 231, mouvement symphonique
Pastorale d'Eté

Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands
Jean Fournet - conductor

(read more)

Ravel, Chausson, Delage - Chansons - Janet Baker

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé, for voice, 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, string quartet and piano *
Chansons madécasses, for voice, flute, cello and piano
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
Chanson perpétuelle, op.37, for voice, string quartet and piano
Maurice Delage (1879-1961):
Quatre Poèmes hindous, for voice, 2 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets, string quartet and harp *

Janet Baker - mezzosoprano
Melos Ensemble
Bernard Keeffe - conductor *

(read more)

Milhaud, Vieuxtemps, Chausson, Satie - Violin and Orchestra - Kremer, Chailly

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974): Le Boeuf sur le toit (Cinéma-Fantaisie) for Violin and Orchestra Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881): Fantasia appasionata for Violin and Orchestra, op.35 Ernest Chausson (1855-1899): Poème for Violin and Orchestra, op.25 Erik Satie (1866-1925): Choses vues à droite et à gauche (sans lunettes) Darius Milhaud (1892-1974: Le Printemps Gidon Kremer - violin Elena Bashkirova - piano London Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Chailly - conductor (read more)

Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto - Kennedy

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
Poème for Violin and Orchestra, op.25

Nigel Kennedy - violin
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Okko Kamu - conductor

(read more)