Robert De Visée

Robert de Visée (ca. 1655 – 1732/1733) was a lutenist, guitarist, theorbist and viol player at the court of the French kings Louis XIV and Louis XV, as well as a singer and composer for lute, theorbo and guitar.
Siegfried Behrend, Gitarre. Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft [1968]   Contains original and arr. works for guitar by De Visée, Suite in D-minor J. S. Bach, Sor, Giuliani, Ambrosius, Behrend, and De Falla.   Siegfried Behrend, guitar.

Visée, Robert de Work(s), Suite in G 1. Prelude 2.Allemande 3.Courante 4.Sarabande 5.Gavotte 6.Menuet 7.Gigue Yasunori Imamura, Theorbo  Capriccio

For my true love. Capitol 1958]  Includes songs by Falla, Fauré, Dowland, Mignone, Ovalle, J. P. Martini, A. Scarlatti, and J. S. Bach, principally with guitar acc., and lute selections from works by Dowland, R. de Visée, Prelude,  French Canadian Folk Song Au Bois du Rossignolet V. Galilei, and J. S. Bach.   Salli Terri, mezzo-soprano; Laurindo Almeida, guitar; Martin Ruderman, flute.

Visée, Robert de Suite for guitar in C-, 1. Prélude 2.La Plainte - ou Tombeau de Mesdemoiselles de Visée, Allemande de M'leur Père 3.Courante 4.Sarabande 5.Gigue

Yasunori Imamura La Ménetou de Mr F Couperin Yasunori Imamura, Theorbo  Capriccio
Visée, Robert de
La Air du Grand Ballet du Roi, for theorbo (after Lully, from "Ballet de L'Impatience")
Grotte de Versailles Overture (by Lully) Rodrigo Jarabo, Theorbo, Verso
Works 1. Prelude 2.Allemande 3.Courante 4.Sarabande 5.Gavotte 6.Menuet 7.Gigue 
Robert de Visée Composer
Suite for 2 theorbos in G Eric Bellocq Guitar, Massimo Moscardo Guitar
Prélude Allemande Gigue Musette Gavotte Chaconne Naxos
 

Charles Marie Widor

                       
Widor, Charles Marie, 1844-1937.

Widor was born in Lyon, to a family of organ builders, and initially studied music there with his father, François-Charles Widor, titular organist of Saint-François-de-Sales from 1838 to 1889. The French organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, reviver of the art of organ building, was a friend of the Widor family; he arranged for the talented young organist to study in Brussels in 1863 with Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens for organ technique and with the elderly François-Joseph Fétis, director of the Brussels Conservatoire, for composition. After this term of study Widor moved to Paris, where he would make his home for the rest of his life. At the age of 24 he was appointed assistant to Camille Saint-Saëns at Église de la Madeleine.
In January 1870, with the combined lobbying of Cavaillé-Coll, Saint-Saëns, and Charles Gounod, the 25-year-old Widor was appointed as "provisional" organist of Saint-Sulpice in Paris, the most prominent position for a French organist. The organ at St-Sulpice was Cavaillé-Coll's masterwork; the instrument's spectacular capabilities proved an inspiration to Widor. Despite his job's ostensibly "provisional" nature, Widor remained as organist at St-Sulpice for nearly 64 years, until the end of 1933. He was succeeded in 1934 by his former student and assistant, Marcel Dupré.

Symphonies, organ, no. 9, op. 70, C minor    Symphonie gothique, no. 9 Symphonie romane, no. 10/ Charles Marie Widor.   New York : Classic Editions, [195-?]    Clarence Watters, organ (1st work) ; William Self, organ  (2nd work)   Recorded on the Trinity College Chapel Organ, Hartford,  Conn. (1st work) and the All Saints Church Organ, Worcester, Mass. (2nd work)

Here the legendary organist Charles Marie Widor plays his most-famous work, Toccata from 5th Symphony.  http://youtu.be/J8vz1D_L_OE
       

Charles-Marie Widor - Symphony for Organ No. 5 Pierre Pincemaille
http://youtu.be/35NSttLsGRA

Henry Hokans at the organ of All Saints Church.    Gregorian Institute,  [1964?] William E. Rice Memorial Organ   Langlais, J. Suite medievale (en forme de messe basse).--   Dupré, M. Resurrection.--Widor, C. Moderato (Symphonie  Romane).--Duruflé, M. Prelude, adagio and chorale   variations on the theme Veni Creator.   Henry Hokans, organ. 

Widor's Matteus Final from Bach's Memento played by Peter Van De Velde, Antwerp

 A Festival of French organ music.   Columbia,  [1962]    Columbia masterworks works by Widor, Saint-Saëns, Franck, Gigout,  Vierne, Alain, and Dupré. E. Power Biggs playing the organ at St. George's Church.   New York City.

Dupré, Marcel, 1886-1971.   Preludes and fugues, organ, op. 7, no. 3, G minor.  Prelude and fugue in G minor,  op. 7.  Triptyque, op.    51.  Mercury [1958] Olympian series With: Widor, C. M. Symphony, organ, no. 6, op. 42, no. 2,   G minor. Allegro. Salve Regina Played by the composer on the organ of St. Thomas's Church, New York City. Recorded Oct. 15-16, 1957.

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Sonata no. 4, in B-flat major, for organ, op. 65.Columbia [1958]    Columbia masterworks Widor, C. M. Symphony, organ, no. 6, op.42, no. 2,  G minor.  Selections.
Albert Schweitzer, organ.


       

Roussel

Roussel, Albert, 1869-1937.  Sinfonietta, string orchestra, op. 52 Sinfonietta  op. 52, for string orchestra  Chicago Philips [1968?]   I Musici.
Roussel, Albert Charles Paul1869-1937. Symphonies,no. 3, op. 42,G minor Symphony no. 3, in G minor, op. 42. Symphony no. 4, in A major, op. 53 Epic [1966]  Lamoreux Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor.
Roussel, Albert, 1869-1937. Festin de l'araignée. Le festin de l'araignée;|bsymphonic fragments from the ballet-pantomime, op.17.Sinfonietta, op.52. Angel, [1965] With the composer's Bacchus et Arione (Ballet) Suite, no.2.  Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire, Paris; André Cluytens, conductor.
Roussel, Albert, 1869-1937. Festin de l'araignée. Le festin de l'araignée; symphonic fragments from the ballet-pantomime, op.17. Sinfonietta, op.52. Angel [1965]  With the composer's Bacchus et Arione (Ballet) Suite, no.2. Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire, Paris; André Cluytens, conductor.

Paray

From high atop beautiful downtown of Paray Le Monial  in France, it's time once again for Sadko's World of Music. The role of Sadko today is being played by Dr. Detroit. Scooter the Wonder Dog will be played by Perry Como. The role of the Bobsie Twins is being played by Jack and Meg White. The role of Ken Moss is being played by Ted Nugent .  The role of Brian Carpenter is being played by Bob Seger. In the third half of the program, the role of Lenny the Listener will  be played by Kid Rock.

Paul Paray was born in Le Tréport in 1886. His father, Auguste, was a sculptor and organist at St. Jacques church, and leader of an amateur musical society. He put young Paul in the society's orchestra as a drummer. Later, Paul Paray went to Rouen to study music with the abbots Bourgeois and Bourdon, and organ with Haelling. This prepared him to enter the Paris Conservatoire. In 1911, Paray won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for his cantata Yanitza.

As World War I started, Paray heeded the call to arms and joined the French Army. In 1914, he was a prisoner of war at the Darmstadt camp, where he composed a string quartet.

After the war, Paray was invited to conduct the orchestra of the Casino de Cauterets, which included players from the Lamoureux Orchestra. This was a springboard for him to conduct this Orchestra in Paris. Later he was music director of the Monte Carlo Orchestra, and president of the Concerts Colonne.

In 1922, Paray composed music for the Ida Rubinstein ballet Artémis troublée. That year he and the Spanish violinist Manuel Quiroga premiered his Violin Sonata. In 1931, he wrote the Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc, which was premiered at the cathedral in Rouen to commemorate the quincentenary of Joan of Arc's martyr death. In 1935, he wrote his Symphony No. 1 in C major, which was premiered at the Concerts Colonne. He composed his Symphony No. 2 in A major in 1941.

Paray made his American debut with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra in 1939. In 1952, he was appointed music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conducting them in numerous recordings for Mercury Records' "Living Presence" series. Following his departure from Detroit in 1963, Paray returned to France and maintained a healthy international guest-conducting career. He was in his tenth decade when he made his last conducting appearance in the United States, leading the Orchestra of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. A report in Musical America noted: "Now ninety-two, Paray brings to the podium not only a reputation as one of the great conductors of our time, but strength, energy, and a solid technique that have not diminished through the years."

Paray could and did conduct the entire orchestral repertoire well, but he specialized in the French symphonic literature. One of Paray's most renowned recordings, made in October 1957, is that of the Saint-Saëns' Symphony No. 3 in C minor "Organ". The circumstances surrounding the recording were fortuitous. Paray had built the Detroit Symphony Orchestra into one of the world's most distinguished. Marcel Dupré, a friend and fellow student from childhood, was organist for the session. Dupré, as a young student, had pulled the organ stops for the composer Camille Saint-Saëns in a performance of the Symphony No. 3 in Paris, and the organ of Ford Auditorium in Detroit was well suited to the work. As well as being among the most authoritative readings of the work, the original analogue recording on the Mercury label remains an audiophile reference in vinyl, and the analogue-to-digital transfer produced by the original recording director Wilma Cozart for compact disc is also available from Mercury (recording number 432 719-2).

He married Yolande Falck in Cassis, France, on 25 August 1942. He was a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity.

The government of France awarded him its highest honor, the Grand-Croix de la Légion d'honneur, in 1975. He died in Monte Carlo in 1979, aged 93.

Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856.   Symphonies,|nno. 1, op. 38,|rB? major    Symphony no. 1, in B Flat major, op. 38 (Spring) Manfred  overture op. 115.  Mercury,  [1959]
 Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Paul Paray conductor.   Recorded in the Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium, Detroit.

 Bouquet de Paray.     Mercury,  [1959] William Tell overture, by Rossini.--Danse macabre, by
 Saint-Saëns.--Invitation to the dance, by Weber.--Mephisto  waltz, by Listz.  Detroit Sympnony Orchestra; Paul Paray, conductor.  Recorded in the Ford Auditorium, Detroit. Emil Telmanyi, using Vega bow J.S. Bach's Partita No.2, "Chaconne" Recorded in 1953
Digitally remastered in 2003 
Paray, Paul, 1886-1979 .
  Messe du cinquième centennaire de la mort de Jeanne d'Arc
  Mass for the 500th anniversary of the death of Joan of Arc
Chicago, Ill. Mercury, 1957.   Frances Yeend, soprano ; Frances Bible, mezzo-soprano ;
David Lloyd, tenor ; Yi-Kwei-Sze,  bass ; Detroit Symphony  Orchestra ; Rachkam Symphony Choir ; Paul Paray,  conductor.  Recorded in the Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium, Detroit,
Oct. 20, 1956.
The White Stripes, "The Hardest Button to Button"  Elephant
Suppé, Franz von, 1819-1895.    Overtures.| Selections    Overtures. Mercury,  [1960]
The  Beautiful Galatea.--Pique Dame--Light cavalry--  Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Paul Paray, conductor.   Recorded in the Cass Technical High School, Detroit.

The French Revolution

From high atop beautiful place de la Revolution in France, it's time once again for Sadko's World of Music. The role of Sadko today is being played by Maximilian Robespierre. Scooter the Wonder Dog will be played by Jean-Paul Marat. The role of the Bobsie Twins is being played by Marie Antoinette and Anna Maria Albergetti . The role of Ken Moss is being played by King Louis XVI.  The role of Brian Carpenter is being played by Jacques Necker. In the third half of the program, the role of Lenny the Listener will  be played by Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord. 

The Music of the French Revolution and other Uprisings 
Revolution Medley feat. Beatles, Red Army Chorus,

The song of the French Revolution from Les Misérables (2012) Song of the French Revolution Les Miserables

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.,Symphonie funèbre et triumphale, Funeral and triumphal Symphony op. 15.  Urania, 1956.  Josef Rohm, trombone; The Great Symphonic Brass and String Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; Ernest Graf, conductor; Wiener Kammerchor; Hans Gillesberger, director.

Marc Ogeret- Ah! ça ira (French revolution song) http://youtu.be/z_z3KCs4IR8

Songs of the Russian Revolution Hollywood, Calif Melodiya/Angel, [1970].  From out of the forest -- Cavalry song -- Song of the barge-haulers -- Let us remember, comrades -- The voice of the earth -- Native land Soviet Army Chorus & Band ; Boris Aleksandrov, conductor.
World War 1 Soldiers Song ~ Mademoiselle From Armentieres
 "Weather Report-Unknown Soldier"
 Songs of the Russian Revolution Hollywood, Calif Melodiya/Angel, [1970]-- Song of the machine-gun cart - - The cliff -- Ah, Nastasya.  Soviet Army Chorus & Band ; Boris Aleksandrov, conductor.
FRENCH REVOLUTION SONGS [late XVIII century]
I. Hymne à l'hyver -II. Poursuite et retour de la Famille Ci-devant Royale - III. Chanson nouvelle -IV. Complainte de Louis XVI aux Français et Parodie de la complainte - V. Un pain d'quatr' livres - Arnaud Marzorati (baritone) Jean-François Novelli, Hughes Primard, Arnaud Ledu (tenor) Stéphanie Paulet (violin)
Mélanie Flahaut (flageolet & bassoon) Michel Godard (serpent)  Céline Frisch (harpsichord)
Joël Grare (percussion) Les Lunaisiens / Arnaud Marzorati (conductor)