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.

Jean Phillipe Rameau

Pivka, Marián 1959- Kleine stücke grosser meister, vol. 2 Short pieces, great composers, vol. 2.  West Germany PMG ; Costa Mesa, CA  PILZ Compact Disc (distributor) [1988]. Gavotte und 5 variationen / J.P. Rameau   Marián Pivka, piano.
The French harpsichord. Angel [1973] Rameau, J.P. Suite in A minor. Igor Kipnis, harpsichord. Rameau, Jean Philippe, 1683-1764. Pièces de clavecin,

 Rameau, Jean Philippe,1683-1764.     Concerts en sextuor, string orchestra.Selections.     Concerts en sextuor :no. 1, 4, 5 [and] 6.  Mercury,[1964?   Stuttgart Baroque Ensemble; Marcel Couraud, conductor.

 Greatest harpsichord hits.     Decca[1970 ] Rameau  Sylvia Marlowe, harpsichord.

 French baroque music for harpsichord. Epic[1964 -Suite in E [minor] by Rameau [from Pièces de  clavecin, 1724]  Igor Kipnis, harpsichord.

 Holiday for orchestra New York :Columbia,[1965?]  The hen /   Rameau 
Percussion, brass, strings and winds of the Philadelphia  Orchestra ; Eugene Ormandy, conductor.

Baroque masterpieces for the harpsichord. Mercury, [1965]  J.P.   Rameau    Rafael Puyana, harpsichord.

Treasury of harpsichord music    RCA Victor[1957]  Rameau,    Wanda Landowska, harpsichord.

Ralph Kirkpatrick, Cembalo.    Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft[1966]      Pièces de clavecin:  Les tendres  plaintes (rondeau); Les niais de Sologne, von J. P. Rameau. 

Paul Dukas

Paul Dukas
Paul Abraham Dukas 1 October 1865 – 17 May 1935 was a French composer, critic, scholar and teacher. A studious man, of retiring personality, he was intensely self-critical, and he abandoned and destroyed many of his compositions. His best known work is the orchestral piece The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), the fame of which has eclipsed that of his other surviving works. Among these are the opera Ariane et Barbe-bleue, a symphony, two substantial works for solo piano, and a ballet, La Péri.
Hermann Baumann – Dukas: Villanelle for Horn and Orchestra  Hermann Baumann & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig & Kurt Masur – French Horn Music
Nikolai Petrov – Variations, Interlude and Finale On The Theme Of Rameau Nikolai Petrov – Works By Rameau, Dukas, Bizet, Saint-Saëns and Ravel
Falla, Manuel de 1876-1946.Homenajes Homage.  RCA Victor [1957]   To Paul Dukas.--Pedrelliana.   Rome Symphony Orchestra; J. J. Castro, conductor.
Leopold Stokowski conducts Seraphim [1977]   Dukas. Fanfare [from La péri]
Dukas, Paul, 1865-1935.   La péri   La péri ; The sorcerer's apprentice P.A. Dukas.  Hollywood, CA  Capitol, [1956]  Orchestra of the Paris Opera ; Robert Benedetti, conductor.
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Paul Dukas – Symphony in C Major: I. Allegro non troppo vivace, ma con fuoco  II. Andante espressivo e sostenuto   III. Allegro spiritoso Margaret Fingerhut – Dukas: Essential Paul Dukas (The)
 Paul Dukas – Polyeucte
Paul Dukas – Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor: I. Moderement vif - expressif et marque : II. Calme - un peu lent - tres soutenu  III. Vivement, avec legerete

Louis Vierne

Born blind, Vierne partially regained sight at age six. Obvious talent was rewarded with piano and solfège studies, to which were added harmony, violin, and a general course when he entered the Institution National des Jeunes Aveugles in Paris in 1880. There he was befriended by César Franck who, from 1886, gave him private tuition in harmony while including Vierne in his organ class at the Paris Conservatoire. The lessons of the master were not lost on him—Franck possessed perhaps the richest harmonic palette in Western music and Vierne effortlessly absorbed many of its features. Vierne entered the Conservatoire as a full-time student in 1890. Franck died in November, succeeded by Charles-Marie Widor as professor of organ. Vierne soon became Widor's assistant, a post he continued to hold under Guilmant—where he taught Dupré and Nadia Boulanger—and deputized for Widor at St. Sulpice. Vierne took the Conservatoire's first prize for organ in 1894, though his career waited until 1900 to be spectacularly launched when, on May 21, he triumphed over four other organists in a competition for the prestigious post of titular organist at Notre Dame de Paris (its magnificent instrument reconditioned by Cavaillé-Coll) where his audience came to include such luminaries as Clémenceau and Rodin. The Symphony No. 1 for organ (1898-1899) forecasts the succession of moods—grand and assertively virile, searchingly contrapuntal, effusive, and distressingly confessional—which would deepen anguishingly in succeeding works, reflecting an unhappy marriage and divorce, professional disappointments, the loss of a son and a brother in the Great War, and a continual battle to retain minimal sight. After being passed over for professorship of the Conservatoire's organ class in 1911, Vierne taught at the Schola Cantorum. His Symphony No. 2 for organ, completed in 1903, drew from no less a critic than Debussy the stunning accolade, "M. Vierne's symphony is truly remarkable. It combines rich musicality with ingenious discoveries in the special sonority of the organ. J.S. Bach, the father of us all, would have been well pleased...." The spate of disturbingly eloquent compositions—mélodies, piano pieces, chamber works, mass settings, the Symphony in A, and numerous works for organ (including, at last, six symphonies)—continued to pour forth until his death. Concert tours took him to England in 1924 and 1925, and on to a three-month visit to the U.S. and Canada in 1927. Vierne died of a heart attack at the organ of Notre Dame during a public concert on June 2, 1937.

Virgil Fox plays the Wanamaker grand court organ, Philadelphia. Command| 1964]  Vierne, L. Carillon de Westminister.

A Festival of French organ music  Columbia, [1962]
Contains 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.

Organ music from France   Capitol[1961]
Scherzo, from Second symphony,  by Vierne.Virgil Fox, playing the organ in Riverside Church, New York.

Finale

"Final" Vierne Symphony No. 1, James Welch on the Mormon Tabernacle Organ 

 The Virtuoso organ    Capitol[1959]
--Allegro from the second symphony, by L. Vierne.    Virgil Fox, organ.

 Martin Jean – The Complete Symphonies of Louis Vierne
 Louis Vierne – Organ Symphony No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 28: I. Allegro maestoso   II. Cantilene
 III. Intermezzo  IV. Adagio V. Final
Louis Vierne – Organ Symphony No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 32: I. Prelude II. Allegro III. Menuet IV. Romance V. Final

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)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

From high atop beautiful downtown Rouses, New York, it's time once again for Sadko's World of Music. The role of Sadko today is being played by Henri Rousseau. Scooter the Wonder Dog will be played by Marius Russo. The role of the Bobsie Twins is being played by Rene Russo and  Mel Gibson . The role of Ken Moss is being played by Anthony Russo .  The role of Brian Carpenter is being played by Joe Russo. In the third half of the program, the role of Lenny the Listener will  be played by John A. Russo.  Our featured French composer is:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau's work in music is little known today, but he managed to create and sustain an atmosphere of conflict in the world of French opera during the mid-eighteenth century. Since Rameau, the reigning master of tragédie lyrique at the Opéra, declared one of Rousseau's early operas "the work of a musical ignoramus," Rousseau launched a lifetime vendetta against the traditions of French opera. The primacy of tragédie lyrique was shaken for a few years after Pergolesi's light comedy La serva padrona was presented in Paris in 1752. Rousseau's brief Le devin du village (The village soothsayer), which was written in a similar, simple, Italianate style to a libretto by the composer, extolling the joys of rustic romance, was premiered the same year. It could hardly have demonstrated a greater contrast with Rameau's elaborate, rigorously mannered (and very long) operas based on mythology or ancient history. Rousseau's opera was a popular success, and while it did not succeed in displacing Rameau's aesthetic, it remained in the repertoire until the early nineteenth century.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Le printemps di Vivaldi: I. Allegro II. Largo III.  Allegro
Barthold Kuijken – Flute Recital: Kuijken, Barthold - Bach, J.S. / Hotteterre, J. / Weiss, S.L. / Rousseau, J.-J. / Bach, C.P.E. / Fischer, J.C.
Doron Braunshtein – Jean-Jacques Rousseau  – Words Are My Home
Cantus Firmus Kammerchor & Consort; Gabriela Bürgler, soprano; Michael Feyfar, tenor; Dominik Wörner, baritone; Andreas Reize, conductor This production, by rising young performers in the first year of an annual summer opera festival at the Swiss Castle Waldegg,  is classified as a live performance, but it is almost completely free of the drawbacks of live recordings: no coughing or clapping, no clumping feet or fade-outs as the singers move around, and good balance between singers and orchestra. 
Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Le devin du village: Ouverture Scene 1: J'ai perdu tout mon bonheur (Colette)  Scene 2: Pedrai-je Colin sans retour? (Colette, Le Devin) Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Le devin du village:   Scene 2: Air: Si des galants de la ville (Colette, Le Devin)  Air: L'amour croit s'il s'inquiete (Le Devin, Colette)  Scene 3: J'ai tout su de Colin (Le Devin)   Scene 4: L'Amour et vos lecons (Colin, Le Devin)
Scene 5: Gai    Scene 5: Air: Je vais revoir ma charmante Maitresse (Colin) Scene 6: Je l'appercois (Colin, Colette)  Scene 6: Air: Ta foi ne m'est point ravie (Colin, Colette)  Scene 6: Duet: Tant qu'a mon Colin (Colette, Colin)  Scene 6: Ensemble: A jamais Colin (Colin, Colette)  Scene 7: Je vous ai delivres (Le Devin, Colin)  Scene 7: Venez, jeunes garcons (Le Devin)  Scene 8: Entree de la jeunesse du Village Scene 8: Colin revient a sa Bergiere (Chorus) Scene 8: Pastorelle pour le villageois  Scene 8: Romance: Dans ma cabane obscure (Colin) Scene 8: Pantomime  Scene 8: Il faut tous a l'envi nous signaler ici (Le Devin, Colin)
Scene 8: Souvent une flamme cherie (Colin, Le Devin, Chorus)  Scene 8: Avec l'objet de mes amours (Colette, Chorus)  Scene 8: Menuet et Allemande  Scene 8: Allons danser sous les ormeaux (Colette, Chorus)
Arpeggione Kammerorchester Hohenems – Promenade avec Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Jean Balissat - Jean Perrin: Œuvres pour orchestre à cordes
Llambías X Wazzabi – Jean-Jacques Rousseau Skriver I Begyndelsen Af Sine Bekendelser  – Monte Lema
Jafni – First-Second

Wandering   – Muses of a Lone Wanderer - Hommage À Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Michael Sheen – Confessions: 'Friendship, Confidence, Intimacy, Sympathy Of Soul...' (Jean-Jacques Rousseau) Eugene Cormon – A Lover's Gift: From Him To Her
Papa Razzi and the Photogs – Jean Jacques Rousseau Was a Deep Thinkin' Person Man  – The Life of This Legendary American Music Man Is Quite Good, Yes

Francois Couperin

From high atop beautiful downtown Cooperstown, New York, it's time once again for Sadko's World of Music. The role of Sadko today is being played by Francois Kevorkian. Scooter the Wonder Dog will be played by Francois Tetaz. The role of the Bobsie Twins is being played by Francois Hollande and Valerie Trierweiler. The role of Ken Moss is being played by Francois Truffaut.  The role of Brian Carpenter is being played by Francois Rude. In the third half of the program, the role of Lenny the Listener will  be played by Francois Ozon.  Our featured French composer is:


Francois Couperin   10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733  was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as Couperin le Grand ("Couperin the Great") to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented Couperin family.
Couperin, François, 1668-1733.  Pièces de clavecin Sylvia Marlowe plays François Couperin, Le Grand.  Decca,  1970 Contains the complete 8th, and 6th orders, Les folies françaises from the 13th order, and other selections from various orders.  Sylvia Marlowe, harpsichord. 
Ravel, Maurice 1875-1937. Tombeau de Couperin; RCA Red Seal 1969.   Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia; Anshel Brusilow, conductor. 
Cantatas by A. Scarlatti, Telemann, and Couperin Angel, [1965]  Leçons de ténèbres, 1st lesson for Wednesday of Holy Week, by F. Couperin Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, with instrumental ensemble. 
Couperin, François, 1668-1733. Leçons de Ténèbres Leçons de Ténèbres Lamentations of Jeremiah. RCA Victor [1969]   Alfred Deller, counter-tenor, with Philip Todd, tenor (in no. 3); Raphaël Perulli, viola da gamba; Michel Chapuis, organ. 
Couperin, Francois, 1668-1733 Apothéose de Lulli Four pieces for two harpsichords. Le Parnasse ou L'apothéose de Corelli.  Decca, [1968]. Instrumental ensemble; Sylvia Marlowe, conductor and harpsichord.
Couperin, François, 1668-1733 Les nations.  Mercury, [1964?] L'espagnole.--La piémontoise.--La françoise. 511 Stuttgart Baroque Ensemble; Marcel Couraud, conductor.

Jean-Baptiste Lully

The role of Sadko today is being played by J.B. Priestley. Scooter the Wonder Dog will be played by Jusrin Bieber.The role of the Bobsie Twins is being played by James and Tina Brown. The role of Ken Moss is being played by James Bond.  The role of Brian Carpenter is being played by Jason Bourne. In the third half of the program, the role of Lenny the Listener will  be played by Joey Belladonna.  Our featured French composer is:


Jean-Baptiste Lully  born Giovanni Battista Lulli; 28 November 1632 – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-born French composer, instrumentalist, and dancer who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. He is considered the chief master of the French baroque style. Lully disavowed any Italian influence in French music of the period. He became a French subject in 1661.Clearly the most successful musician of his time, in terms of power and financial wealth, Jean-Baptiste Lully was almost singularly responsible for the shape of French opera during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Born Italian, he died a wealthy Frenchman at the early age of 54. Although most remembered for his opera compositions, he was also a talented violinist and dancer. His business sense and, some say, unscrupulous manner, made him one of the most powerful musicians in all of France, if not Europe. His patron and friend King Louis XIV further cemented Lully's position at the top of Europe's musical elite. Lully's operas remain his legacy, but he also composed over 30 ballets, motets, incidental music, dances, and marches.

Lully was born the son of a miller who lost custody of him after his mother died. While in his early teenage years, Lully was taken to France by the Chevalier de Guise in March 1646. He served as a musician and page in Mlle de Montpensier's court until she was exiled, in 1652, to her estate at St. Targeau for her role in the Fronde. During his service with the Montepensier court, Lully was schooled in guitar, violin, and dance. His talents brought him to the attention of the young King Louis XIV. After his release from the Montepensier court, Lully joined the King's court, as a composer and dancer. He became the leader of a small string ensemble formed by the King. Lully's prestige at the court, as well as throughout France, grew even more when he was appointed the Superintendent of Music and subsequently, the Master of Music for the Royal Family.

When Lully began composing opera in the 1670s, Italy was the center of great opera. Opera in France was in its infancy. Lully's operas, which were based on Italian models but with French libretto, helped popularize the art form. He composed one a year between 1673 and 1680, and then again between 1682 and 1686. Besides being the premier opera composer in Paris at the time, Lully ensured his exalted position by securing patent rights which would ultimately allow him to determine what opera could be performed and severely limiting performances of operas he himself had not approved of. These patent rights, obtained from librettist Pierre Perrin who had been jailed for debt problems, were for the sole right to form the Royal Academy of Music. Lully bargained with Perrin for those rights, paying off his debts and providing him with a lifetime stipend. Lully formed the Royal Academie in March 1672. A year later, in April 1673, restrictions were passed that limited productions performed outside of the academie's auspices to no more than two singers and six players.

Lully was naturalized a French citizen in December 1661. On July 24, 1662, he married the daughter of his mentor and royal chief musician, Michel Lambert. King Louis XIV attended Lully's wedding to Madeleine Lambert and became the godfather of their eldest son. In 1681, Lully was granted Lettres de Noblesse and named one of the Secretaires du Roi. During a performance celebrating the recovery of the King from an illness, Lully accidentally hit his foot with his conducting staff. An infection resulted, and it ultimately killed him. When Lully died in 1687, he left his wife, six children, and an estate with an estimated value of 800,000 livres, a value more than 500 times the annual salary of an average court musician.
Lully, Jean-Baptiste: Divertissement (for first day of Les plaisirs de l'Ile enchantée), LWV22/1-4 (comedie-ballet), 1.Overture 2.First Entrance 3.Second Entrance 4.Second Overture 5.Gavotte pour les Satyres 6.Sarabande  7.Air pour le Vieillard et sa Famille (edited by Mallon, Kevin) 8.Gavotte pour les Suisses 9.Bourée pour les Coutisans Kevin Mallon Conductor Aradia Baroque Ensemble
Jean-Baptiste Lully Composer Concert donne au souper du roy, for keyboard Work Joseph Bonnet Organ The Britannic Organ, Vol.4 Various Artists Oehms Classics

Marche Militaire, for brass ensemble Stuttgart Brass Quartet

Gavotte en rondeau (arranged by Willy Burmester) Sten Frykberg, piano Carl von Garaguly, Violin

Trios pour le coucher du Roi, for 2 violins and continuo, LWV35, Symphonie #1.Dans nos bois Silvandre s'escrie #1.Symphonie #2. Gavotte Menuet La jeune Iris, Menuet Chaconne #1. Dans nos bois Silvandre s'escrie #2  Chaconne #2. Stephan Van Dyck, conductor; Aline Zylberajch, Harpsichord, Musica Favola,  Ensemble
Lully, Jean Baptiste, 1632-1687. Isis.Selections Musical Heritage Society, [1968]  With the composer's Armide. Selections.   Prologue.--Duet of the nymphs.--Shivering chorus.--Rondeau (Plaint of Io).--Act III, scenes 3 to 5.--Act III, scene 6. 511 Nadine Sautereau and Jocelyne Chamonin, sopranos: André Mallabrera, tenor; Roger Soyer, bass; Philippe Caillard Chorus; Jean François Paillard Orchestra; Jean François Paillard, conductor. 
The London Baroque Ensemble conducted by Karl Haas. | Decca, [195-?] Lully, Jean Baptiste, 1632-1687. Marche pour le Régiment du Roi

Vincent D'Indy

The role of Sadko today is being played by Vincent Price. Scooter the Wonder Dog will be played by Vincent Van Gogh .The role of the Bobsie Twins is being played by Vincent and Jacob Astor. The role of Ken Moss is being played by Vincent D' Onofrio.  The role of Brian Carpenter is being played by Vincent Cronin. In the third half of the program, the role of Lenny the Listener will  be played by Vincent Miceli. Our featured French composer is  Vincent D'Indy.. Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy was born in Paris into an aristocratic family of royalist and Catholic persuasion. He had piano lessons from an early age from his paternal grandmother, who passed him on to Antoine François Marmontel and Louis Diémer. From the age of 14 he studied harmony with Albert Lavignac. At age 19, during the Franco-Prussian War, he enlisted in the National Guard, but returned to musical life as soon as the hostilities were over. The first of his works he heard performed was a Symphonie italienne, at an orchestral rehearsal under Jules Pasdeloup; the work was admired by Georges Bizet and Jules Massenet, with whom he had already become acquainted. On the advice of Henri Duparc, he became a devoted student of César Franck at the Conservatoire de Paris. As a follower of Franck, d'Indy came to admire what he considered the standards of German symphonism.
Prague Symphony Orchestra – La Mort de Wallenstein, Symphonic Poem No. 3, Op. 12 – Berlioz: Le Corsaire, Benvenuto Cellini / D´Indy: La Mort de Wallenstein & Istar
Prague Symphony Orchestra – Istar - Symphonic Variations, Op. 42 – Berlioz: Le Corsaire, Benvenuto Cellini / D´Indy: La Mort de Wallenstein & Istar
Vincent d'Indy – Symphonie sur un chant montagnard francais, Op. 25, "Symphonie cevenole": I. Assez lent - Moderement anime Martin Helmchen Swiss Romande Orchestra – D'Indy - Saint-Saëns - Chausson
Vincent d'Indy speaks  – Les Autographes Vocaux
Vincent d'Indy – Suite en parties pour Flute obligée, Violon, Alto, Violoncelle et Harpe/ I. Entrée en Sonate / II. Air Désuet... III. Sarabande avec deux doubles  end part 1 IV. Farandole variée en Rondeau Carlo Jans, Kateřina Englichová & Martinů Quartet – Françaix/ Bordes/ d'Indy/ Pierné/ Jolivet
Le camp Wallenstein : Finale Various Artists – 300 ans d'opéra à Bruxelles
Vincent d'Indy – Romances sans paroles: No. 2. Moderato No. 3. Allegro vivace Michael Schafer – D'Indy: Piano Works, Vol. 3
Vincent d'Indy – 4 Pieces, Op. 16: No. 1. Serenade   No. 2. Choral grave: No. 3. Scherzetto No. 4. Etude: Agitato Michael Schafer – D'Indy: Piano Works, Vol. 3
Vincent d'Indy – Helvetia, Op. 17: No. 1. Aarau No.2  Schinznach No. 3 Laufenburg Michael Schafer – D'Indy: Piano Works, Vol. 3
Vincent d'Indy – Nocturne, Op. 26 Michael Schafer – D'Indy: Piano Works, Vol. 3
Opera overtures.Columbia [1961] --Fervaal, by Indy  Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Schippers, conductor.
Leonard Warren on tour in Russia.RCA Victor 1958.   Recorded in Leningrad and Kiev, May 1958.  D'Indy.--Agnus Dei  Leonard Warren, baritone; Willard Sektberg, piano.

One Hit Wonder French Composers

One hit wonders among French Composers
The role of Sadko today is being played by Richard Harris. Scooter the Wonder Dog will be played by Henhouse Five Plus Two.   The role of the Bobsie Twins is being played by The Cuff Links. The role of Ken Moss is being played by Kix.  The role of Brian Carpenter is being played by  the Starland Vocal Band . In the third half of the program, the role of Lenny the Listener will  be played by Men without Hats. 
Itzhak Perlman plays Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor of Jean-Baptiste Accolay Allegro Moderato
The world-famous French organist Marie-Claire Alain (died February 26th, 2013 at the age of 86) plays Litanies by her brother Jehan Alain (1911-1940) on the great organ of the Hofkirche in Luzerne, Switzerland.
This piece, one Jehan Alain's earliest, "Variations sur un thème de Clément Jannequin", is actually no such thing. Scholarship since Alain's death has identified the theme as being by a pen other than Jannequin's.

Gilbert Amy This recording is taken from an old LP - long out of print - recorded by Pierre Segond (to whom the piece is dedicated) at the Reformed Cathedral of Saint Pierre in Geneva on a large Metzler organ of 1965. A particular thank you must go to Segond's arguably most famous pupil, American theatre organist Llewellyn ("Lew") Williams (of the Organ Stop Pizza restaurant, Mesa, Arizona, with its four-manual, 78-rank Wurlitzer), who sent me this fantastic recording.

Angel S 37247 d'Indy Symphony on French Mountain Air   Orchestre de Paris; Serge Baudo, 

conductor.  Franck Symphonic Var & Les Djinns; Ciccolini, Paul Strauss, Orchestre de Liege

The French harpsichord. Angel [1973] Rameau, J.P. Suite in A minor.--Dandrieu, J.F. Suite in C major. Igor Kipnis, harpsichord