Notes and Editorial Reviews
Much of the richly diverse oeuvre of Albert Roussel (1869-1937) grew from his far-flung travels as a young navy officer. One of the major French composers of his time, he produced music that embraces the exotic colours of so-called Impressionism, the rigour of his training at Vincent d’Indy’s Schola Cantorum, and the questing spirit of Modernism. Containing a number of CD premieres, this wide-ranging edition features such performers as Jean Martinon, Charles Munch and Claire Croiza – all colleagues of the composer, who makes appearances as both conductor and pianist – André Cluytens, Michel Plasson and José van Dam.
Much of the richly diverse oeuvre of Albert Roussel (1869-1937) grew from his far-flung travels as a young navy officer. One of the major French composers of his time, he produced music that embraces the exotic colours of so-called Impressionism, the rigour of his training at Vincent d’Indy’s Schola Cantorum, and the questing spirit of Modernism. Containing a number of CD premieres, this wide-ranging edition features such performers as Jean Martinon, Charles Munch and Claire Croiza – all colleagues of the composer, who makes appearances as both conductor and pianist – André Cluytens, Michel Plasson and José van Dam. Read less
Works on This Recording
6.
Ségovia, Op. 29 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Turibio Santos (Guitar)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1925; France
8.
Joueurs de flûte, Op. 27 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Jonathan Snowden (Flute),
Andrew Litton (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1924; France
12.
Trio for Strings, Op. 58 by Albert Roussel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Trio à cordes de Paris
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1937; France
14.
Concerto for Piano in G major, Op. 36 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Danielle Laval (Piano)
Conductor:
Jean-Pierre Jacquillat
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Paris Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1927; France
16.
Evocations, Op. 15 by Albert Roussel
Conductor:
Michel Plasson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1910-1911; France
18.
Résurrection, Op. 4 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Nicolai Gedda (Tenor),
Nathalie Stutzmann (Alto),
José van Dam (Baritone)
Conductor:
Michel Plasson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra,
Toulouse Capitole Chorus
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1903; France
19.
Le festin de l'araignée, Op. 17 by Albert Roussel
Conductor:
Jean Martinon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
ORTF National Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1912; France
20.
Symphony no 2 in B major, Op. 23 by Albert Roussel
Conductor:
Jean Martinon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1919-1921; France
22.
Fanfare pour un sacre païen by Albert Roussel
Conductor:
Jean-François Paillard
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Paris Wind Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1921; France
25.
Le bardit des francs by Albert Roussel
Conductor:
Georges Tzipine
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Elisabeth Brasseur Chorus,
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1926; France
27.
Psalm 80, Op. 37 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
John Mitchinson (Tenor)
Conductor:
Serge Baudo
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stéphane Caillat Vocal Ensemble,
Paris Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1928
28.
Little Suite, Op. 39 by Albert Roussel
Conductor:
Jean Martinon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
ORTF National Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1929; France
29.
Symphony no 3 in G minor, Op. 42 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Jacques Dabat (Violin)
Conductor:
Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lamoureux Concerts Association Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1929-1930; France
30.
Bacchus et Ariane, Op. 43 by Albert Roussel
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Paris Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1930; France
31.
A Glorious Day, Op. 48 by Albert Roussel
Conductor:
Désiré Dondeyne
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Musique des Gardiens de la Paix
32.
Sinfonietta for Strings, Op. 52 by Albert Roussel
Conductor:
André Cluytens
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra,
Paillard Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; France
33.
Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 53 by Albert Roussel
Conductor:
Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lamoureux Concerts Association Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; France
34.
Aenéas, Op. 54 by Albert Roussel
Conductor:
Jean Martinon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
ORTF National Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1935; France
35.
Les Rêves by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Colette Alliot-Lugaz (Soprano),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
37.
Poèmes (4), Op. 3: no 2, Voeu by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Kurt Ollmann (Baritone),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1903; France
40.
Poèmes (4), Op. 8 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Dalton Baldwin (Piano),
José van Dam (Baritone),
Mady Mesplé (Soprano),
Colette Alliot-Lugaz (Soprano)
41.
Flammes, Op. 10 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Colette Alliot-Lugaz (Soprano),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1908; France
42.
La ménace, Op. 9 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Kurt Ollmann (Baritone),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1908; France
43.
Poèmes chinois (2) by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Kurt Ollmann (Baritone),
Mady Mesplé (Soprano),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
44.
Mélodies (2), Op. 19: no 1, Light by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Kurt Ollmann (Baritone),
José van Dam (Baritone),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1918; France
46.
Mélodies (2), Op. 20 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Kurt Ollmann (Baritone),
José van Dam (Baritone),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1919; France
47.
Poèmes (2) de Ronsard, Op. 26 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Mady Mesplé (Soprano),
Patrick Gallois (Flute)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1924; Paris, France
48.
Odes anacréontiques (3), Op. 31 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
José van Dam (Baritone),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1926-1927; France
49.
Odes anacréontiques (3), Op. 32 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
José van Dam (Baritone),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1926-1927; France
50.
Poèmes chinois (2), Op. 35 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Mady Mesplé (Soprano),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1927; France
51.
Vocalise no 1 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Mady Mesplé (Soprano),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1927; France
53.
Vocalise no 2 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
José van Dam (Baritone),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1928; France
54.
Jazz dans la nuit, Op. 38 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Mady Mesplé (Soprano),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1928; France
55.
A Flower Given to my Daughter by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Kurt Ollmann (Baritone),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1931; France
56.
Idylles (2), Op. 44 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Mady Mesplé (Soprano),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1931; France
57.
Poèmes chinois (2), Op. 47 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Mady Mesplé (Soprano),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932; France
58.
Mélodies (2), Op. 50 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Kurt Ollmann (Baritone),
Colette Alliot-Lugaz (Soprano),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1933-1934; France
59.
Mélodies (2), Op. 55 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Colette Alliot-Lugaz (Soprano),
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1935; France
60.
Padmâvatî, Op. 18 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano),
Nicolai Gedda (Tenor),
José van Dam (Baritone),
Isabel Alvarez (Soprano),
Hermina Laborde (Soprano),
Gérard Blatt (Baritone),
Martine Mahé (Mezzo Soprano),
Elena Perez (Alto),
Henri Amiel (Baritone),
Hugues Brambilla (Tenor),
Jean-Jacques Cubaynes (Baritone),
Thierry Dran (Tenor),
Laurence Dale (Tenor),
Marc Vento (Baritone),
Charles Burles (Tenor),
Jane Berbié (Mezzo Soprano),
Marian Etxeberria (Soprano)
Conductor:
Michel Plasson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra,
Orféon Donostiarra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1914-1918; France
Length: 103 Minutes 11 Secs.
Language: French
62.
Poèmes (4), Op. 3: no 3, Le jardin mouillé by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Claire Croiza (Mezzo Soprano),
Albert Roussel (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1903; France
Date of Recording: 12/05/1928
Venue: Studio Albert, Paris
Length: 2 Minutes 11 Secs.
Language: French
63.
Poèmes (4), Op. 8: no 2, Invocation by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Claire Croiza (Mezzo Soprano),
Albert Roussel (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1907; France
Date of Recording: 03/12/1929
Venue: Studio Albert, Paris
Length: 3 Minutes 59 Secs.
Language: French
64.
Poèmes chinois (2), Op. 12: no 2, Amoureux séparés by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Claire Croiza (Mezzo Soprano),
Albert Roussel (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1907-1908; France
Date of Recording: 12/05/1928
Venue: Studio Albert, Paris
Length: 2 Minutes 0 Secs.
Language: French
65.
Mélodies (2), Op. 19: no 1, Light by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Claire Croiza (Mezzo Soprano),
Albert Roussel (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1918; France
Date of Recording: 12/05/1928
Venue: Studio Albert, Paris
Length: 3 Minutes 17 Secs.
Language: French
66.
Mélodies (2), Op. 20: no 2, Sarabande by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Claire Croiza (Mezzo Soprano),
Albert Roussel (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1919; France
Date of Recording: 12/05/1928
Venue: Studio Albert, Paris
Length: 2 Minutes 48 Secs.
Language: French
67.
Jazz dans la nuit, Op. 38 by Albert Roussel
Performer:
Claire Croiza (Soprano),
Albert Roussel (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1928; France
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