Delibes

Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891.   Coppélia, 

complete ballet.   Melodiya [1970]. 

 Ballet; Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; 

Yuri Fayer, conductor.

Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891. 

Coppélia : ballet .   London, [1957] 

Orchestre de la Suisse romande ; 

Ernest Ansermet,  conductor. 

Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891. Lakmé;

 opera in three acts. Seraphim,  [197-] 
Sung in French; Libretto by E. Gondinet

and P. Gille,  after P. Loti's 

Le mariage de loti (Éditions Heugel).

 Mady Mesplé, soprano; Charles Burles,

 tenor; Roger Soyer,   bass; with 

supporting soloists; Orchestra and Chorus of

 the Opéra-Comique, Paris; Alain Lombard,

 conductor. 

Pomp and circumstance  [Scranton, Pa.] :

Capitol Records, [1965] 
       Procession of Bacchus from Sylvia 

/ Léo Delibes Capitol Symphony Orchestra ;
 Hollywood Bowl Symphony    Orchestra ; 

Carmen Dragon, Alfred Newman,

 Earl Bernard  Murray, Felix Slatkin, conductors. 

Roberta Peters, youngest member of a 

great tradition RCA Victor,  [1954?] 
Lakmé: Là-bas, dans la forêt 

(with Pons) by Delibes. 
Roberta Peters, Luisa Tetrazzini,

 Amelita Galli-Curci, Lily Pons, soprano;

 RCA Victor Orchestra; Renato Cellini, 

 conductor. 

Cécile Chaminade

Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)   One of the relatively few women composers of her time to achieve great popularity, Cécile Chaminade was a child prodigy; she began playing the piano very early, and her first compositions date from the age of eight. Her father wouldn't allow her to attend the Paris Conservatoire, but she did work privately with many instructors, including Benjamin Godard, with whom she studied composition. She gave her first public recital at age 18, and from then on appeared frequently as a pianist all over the world, often playing her own music. She was a regular on British concert stages from the early 1890s, and was a guest of Queen Victoria during one of her British tours. Chaminade made her American debut in 1908, playing her Concertstück, Op. 40 (written around 1896) with the Philadelphia Orchestra. She was a big hit in America, and within a few years many Chaminade clubs sprang up around the country. In 1913 she was the first woman to receive the Legion of Honor from the French government. A large percentage of Chaminade's nearly 400 compositions were published during her lifetime. About half of those are short piano pieces, some of which, like the Scarf Dance and The Flatterer, were once quite popular. She also wrote about 125 songs, as well as a few larger, more ambitious pieces like the ballet Callirhoë (1888), the comic opera La Sevillane, and the dramatic symphony Les amazones for chorus and orchestra (1888). She also composed two orchestral suites and a handful of chamber works, including two trios. La Morena (Caprice Espangole) op. 67  7:32 Automne, concert etude for piano, Op.35, No.2 5:05 Laurel Zucker – Cecile Chaminade - Concertino For Flute And Piano op. 107 – Flute Music By French Composers 8:07 Dr. Andrew Weil & Joshua Leeds – Chaminade Serenate   – Deep Calm 6:24 Dr. Andrew Weil & Joshua Leeds – Chaminade La Lisonjera (The Flatterer)Op.50– Deep Calm 7:13 Cecile Chaminade – Chaminade: "Scarf Dance"  Valery Lloyd-Watts – Romantic Classic Piano 2:34 Anne Sofie von Otter – Chaminade: Viens, Mon Bien-Aimé - Les beaux jours vont enfin renaitre Anne Sofie von Otter & Bengt Forsberg & Nils-Erik Sparf & Peter Jablonski – Chaminade: Songs; Chamber Music 1:52 Anne Sofie von Otter – Chaminade: L'Été - Ah, chantez, chantez, as above  2:41 Cecile Chaminade – Guitare, Op. 32  : The Hall Collection, Vol. 1 (1901-1927) 3:11 Cecile Chaminade – Portrait Valse Chantee for Soprano, flute and piano by Cecile Chaminade: Portrait Valse Chantee for Soprano, flute and piano (Composed by Cecile Chaminade)  Jules Benedict – The Nightingale Sings 4:09 Cecile Chaminade – American March Op.131 Various Artists – Masters Of The Roll - Disc 22 3:09 Cecile Chaminade – 6 Pieces humoristiques, Op. 87: No. 4. Autrefois Eric Parkin – Chaminade: Works for Piano Macalester Trio – Chaminade: Trio For Piano, Violin, & Cello In G Minor Op. 1 - 1. Allegro 2. Andante 3. Presto 4. Allegro Molto  – Chamber Works By Women Composers Vox Box 2 CDs 24:11 http://youtu.be/RwZQRcYHmGg Konzertstuck Op. 40 Pianist: Rosario Marciano Orchestra: Radio Luxembourg Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Louis De Froment 15:39 http://youtu.be/_SG2OkKHyvE Toccata Enid Katahn 3:45 http://youtu.be/ylUw8CkBzAw Pieces Romantiques (Op. 55) by Cecile Chaminade performed by Julia Mortyakova and Valentin Bogdan  1. Primavera 2. La Chaise a Porteurs 3. Idylle Arabe 4. Serenade d'Automne 5. Danse Hindoue 13:52 http://youtu.be/U9-odkDGvc4 Seth Watring Colette Cecile Chaminade 1:59

Fromental Halevy

Fromental Halevy
Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy ( 27 May 1799 – 17 March 1862), was a French composer. He is known today largely for his opera La Juive.

La Juive, Simone Young Conductor Wiener Staatsopernorchester Orchestra RCA Red Seal Rel. May 20, 2003

Act 1. Introduction. Te Deum laudamus
A treasury of French opera arias Columbia [1966] Halévy.  Richard Tucker, tenor; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Pierra Dervaux, conductor.

Act 1. Dans ce jour solennel
Act 1. Ah! Mon père!
Act 1. Cavatine. Si la riguerur et la vengeance
Ezio Pinza, bass. Odyssey, [1972] Halévy, J. F. F. E. Si la rigueur et la vengeance, from La Juive.- Ezio Pinza, bass; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Emil Cooper and Fausto Cleva, conductors; sung in Italian and French.
Act 1. Serenade. Loin de son amie vivre
Act 1. Samuel, c'est donc vous!
Act 1. Hâtons nous, car l'heure s'avance
Act 1. Noël! Noël!
Act 1. De ces nobles guerriers
Act 2. Einleitung und Gebet
Act 2. O Dieu, Dieu de nos pères
Act 2. Dieu, que ma voix tremblante
Act 2. On frappe, o terreur
Act 2. Tu possèdes, dit-on
Act 2. Mon père n'est plus là
Act 2. Romanze. Il va venir! Et d'effroi
Act 2. C'est lui! La force m'abandonne!
Act 2. Lorsqu'à toi je me suis donnée
Act 2. Je vois son front coupable
Act 5. Le concile prononce un arrê rigoureux!

Jacques Ibert

Jacques François Antoine Ibert (15 August 1890 – 5 February 1962) was a French composer. Having studied music from an early age, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire and won its top prize, the Prix de Rome at his first attempt, despite studies interrupted by his service in World War I.
Ibert pursued a successful composing career, writing (sometimes in collaboration with other composers) seven operas, five ballets, incidental music for plays and films, songs, choral works, and chamber music. He is probably best remembered for his orchestral works including Divertissement (1930) and Escales (1922).
As a composer, Ibert did not attach himself to any of the prevalent genres of music of his time, and has been described as an eclectic. This is seen even in his best-known pieces: Divertissement, for small orchestra is lighthearted, even frivolous, and Escales (1922) is a ripely romantic work for large orchestra.
In tandem with his creative work, Ibert was the director of the Académie de France at the Villa Medici in Rome. During World War II he was proscribed by the pro-Nazi government in Paris, and for a time he went into exile in Switzerland. Restored to his former eminence in French musical life after the war, his final musical appointment was in charge of the Paris Opera and the Opéra-Comique.

Ibert, Jacques,1890-1962 Ouverture de fête. Ouverture de fête Escales.
Tropismes pour des amours imaginaires.
 Angel, 1975. Orchestre national de l'ORTF; Jean Martinon, conductor.


Ravel, Maurice,1875-1937. Tombeau de Couperin; arr.
Le tombeau de Couperin /Ravel. Sérénade for small
orchestra / Françaix. Suite symphonique ; Capriccio / Ibert.
New York :RCA Red Seal,c1969. Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia; Anshel Brusilow,
conductor.


Ibert, Jacques,1890-1962. Les amours de Jupiter. Escales. Capitol[1956]
Orchestra of the Paris Opera, conducted by the composer.

Creston, Paul,1906-
Invocation and dance, orchestra, op. 58.Invocation and dance, op. 68 [sic]
Columbia, [1955]
With: Ibert, Jacques. Louisville concerto, orchestra.--
Cowell, Henry. Symphony, no. 11.
Louisville Orchestra; Robert Whitney, conductor.

Ibert, Jacques,1890-1962.
Divertissement, Divertissement.
Capitol[1954]
Concert Arts Orchestra; Felix Slatkin, conductor.


Music by candlelight New York :Epic,[1966]
Greensleeves, theme and variations for flute and harp /
Anon -- Sonata in F major, for flute and harp / J.B.
Krumpholz -- Introduction and variations for flute and
harp / Rossini -- Berceuse, op. l6 / Fauré -- Entr'acte
for flute and harp / Ibert -- Sonata for flute and harp /
Damase.
Jean Pierre Rampal, flute ; Lily Laskine, harp

Ports of call Columbia 1963.
Bolero. La valse, poème choreographique. By Ravel.--
Escales (Ports of call) by Ibert.--Pavane pour une infante
défunte, by Ravel.--Clair de lune, from Suite bergamesque,
by Debussy; arr. by L. Caillet.--España, rhapsody, by
Chabrier.
Philadelphis Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor.

Musical merry-go-round.[An adventure in circular sound]
Capitol[1961] Contains orchestral works, original and arranged, by
Rodgers, Ibert, Gamley, O. Straus, Banks, Moussorgsky,
Stravinsky, and Smetana.
Sinfonia of London; Robert Irving, Douglas Gamley, conductors.