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.