Debussy: His First Performers | Warner 9029566542

Debussy: His First Performers

Label: Warner

Cat No: 9029566542

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 10

Release Date: 18th May 2018

Contents

Artists

Claude Debussy (piano)
Ricardo Vines (piano)
Alfred Cortot (piano)
Marguerite Long (piano)
Walter Gieseking (piano)
Marcelle Meyer (piano)
Quatuor Calvet
Maurice Marechal (cello)
Robert Casadesus (piano)
Marcel Moyse (flute)
Eugene Ginot (viola)
Lily Laskine (harp)
Jacques Thibaud (violin)
Mary Garden (soprano)
Ninon Vallin (soprano)
Gustave Cloez (piano)
Claire Croiza (mezzo-soprano)
Francis Poulenc (piano)
George Reeves (piano)
Camille Maurane (baritone)
Hugues Cuenod (tenor)
Jacqueline Blancard (piano)
Maggie Teyte (soprano)
Jane Bathori (mezzo-soprano)
Charles Panzera (baritone)
Jacques Jansen (high-baritone)
Irene Joachim (soprano)
Henri-Bertrand Etcheverry (bass-baritone)
Germaine Cernay (mezzo-soprano)
Paul Cabanel (bass)
Leila Ben Sedira (soprano)
Emile Rousseau (baritone)
Armand Narcon (bass)
Marthe Nespoulos (soprano)
Hector Dufrane (baritone)
Yvonne Brothier (soprano )
Vanni Marcoux (baritone)
Women of the Berkshire Festival Chorus
Coeurs Yvonne Gouverné
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Orchestre des Concerts Straram
Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire
Orchestre des Festivals Debussy
L’Orchestre de la Suisse romande
Orchestre des Concerts Colonne
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise
Boston Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestre national de France
Grand orchestre
Orchestre symphonique
Orchestre des Concerts Pasdeloup

Conductors

Camille Chevillard
Walther Straram
Philippe Gaubert
Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht
Charles Munch
Ernest Ansermet
Gabriel Pierne
Piero Coppola
Arturo Toscanini
Henri Busser
Pierre Monteux
Gustave Cloez
Jean Fournet
Roger Desormiere
Georges Truc

Works

Debussy, Claude

Arabesques (2)
Ariettes oubliees (6)
Ballades (3) de Francois Villon, L126b (orch. Debussy)
Cello Sonata in D minor, L135
Chansons de Bilitis (3)
Children's Corner (orch. A Caplet)
Children's Corner
Danses sacree et profane (harp and strings)
Epigraphes antiques (6) (arr. E Ansermet)
Estampes (3)
» no.2 La soiree dans Grenade (Evening in Granada)
» no.3 Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the rain)
Fetes galantes Set 1, L80
Fetes galantes Set 2, L104
Images pour orchestre
Images pour piano, Book 1
Images pour piano, Book 2
Jeux
L'Enfant prodigue
» L'annee en vain... Cependant les oirs
La Mer
Le Promenoir des deux amants
Mandoline
Nocturnes (3)
Pelleas et Melisande (excerpts)
Pelleas et Melisande
Petite Suite (orch. H Busser)
Poemes (5) de Charles Baudelaire
» III Le jet d'eau
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune
Preludes (12), Book 1
Preludes (12), Book 2
Sonata for flute, viola and harp
String Quartet in G minor, op.10
Suite bergamasque
Violin Sonata in G minor, L148

Artists

Claude Debussy (piano)
Ricardo Vines (piano)
Alfred Cortot (piano)
Marguerite Long (piano)
Walter Gieseking (piano)
Marcelle Meyer (piano)
Quatuor Calvet
Maurice Marechal (cello)
Robert Casadesus (piano)
Marcel Moyse (flute)
Eugene Ginot (viola)
Lily Laskine (harp)
Jacques Thibaud (violin)
Mary Garden (soprano)
Ninon Vallin (soprano)
Gustave Cloez (piano)
Claire Croiza (mezzo-soprano)
Francis Poulenc (piano)
George Reeves (piano)
Camille Maurane (baritone)
Hugues Cuenod (tenor)
Jacqueline Blancard (piano)
Maggie Teyte (soprano)
Jane Bathori (mezzo-soprano)
Charles Panzera (baritone)
Jacques Jansen (high-baritone)
Irene Joachim (soprano)
Henri-Bertrand Etcheverry (bass-baritone)
Germaine Cernay (mezzo-soprano)
Paul Cabanel (bass)
Leila Ben Sedira (soprano)
Emile Rousseau (baritone)
Armand Narcon (bass)
Marthe Nespoulos (soprano)
Hector Dufrane (baritone)
Yvonne Brothier (soprano )
Vanni Marcoux (baritone)
Women of the Berkshire Festival Chorus
Coeurs Yvonne Gouverné
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Orchestre des Concerts Straram
Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire
Orchestre des Festivals Debussy
L’Orchestre de la Suisse romande
Orchestre des Concerts Colonne
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise
Boston Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestre national de France
Grand orchestre
Orchestre symphonique
Orchestre des Concerts Pasdeloup

Conductors

Camille Chevillard
Walther Straram
Philippe Gaubert
Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht
Charles Munch
Ernest Ansermet
Gabriel Pierne
Piero Coppola
Arturo Toscanini
Henri Busser
Pierre Monteux
Gustave Cloez
Jean Fournet
Roger Desormiere
Georges Truc

About

Claude Debussy, who died 100 years ago in March 1918, is one of history's greatest composers and the most influential of all French composers. A father of modern music, Debussy lived in the early days of the recording era.

All the artists who appear in this 10-CD set, Debussy: His First Performers, were in some way pioneers in the performance of his music in the first half of the 20th century. All the recordings in this collection provide an authoritative and illuminating point of reference in our appreciation of Debussy.

The roster of performers is led by musicians who knew the composer personally, some of whom gave world premieres of his works. They also made some of the earliest recordings that feature on this set. Covering a period that extends from 1904 to 1963, Debussy: His First Performers also embraces landmark interpretations by artists, born during Debussy's lifetime, who have come to define our understanding of the composer's genius.

Among the most significant names in this collection – which covers piano, chamber and orchestral music, song and opera – are: pianists Ricardo Viñes, Alfred Cortot, Marcelle Meyer, Marguerite Long, Walter Gieseking – and Debussy himself (recordings made on piano rolls); violinist Jacques Thibaud; singers Mary Garden, Jane Bathori, Ninon Vallin, Claire Croiza (accompanied by Francis Poulenc at the piano), Maggie Teyte and Charles Panzéra; conductors Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht, Arturo Toscanini, Pierre Monteux, Ernest Ansermet, Roger Désormière and Charles Munch.

Contents:

CD 1: Piano

1. Estampes, L108a: II. La Soirée dans Grenade
- Claude Debussy (piano)

2. Ricardo Viñes speaks about Claude Debussy
3. Images (Second Book), L120: III. Poissons d’or
4. Estampes, L108a: II. La Soirée dans Grenade
- Ricardo Viñes piano
   
Préludes (First Book), L125:
5. VIII. La Fille aux cheveux de lin
6. XII. Minstrels
7. X. La Cathédrale engloutie
8-13. Children’s Corner, L119a
- Alfred Cortot (piano)
   
14-15. Deux Arabesques, L74
16. Estampes, L108: III. Jardins sous la pluie
- Marguerite Long (piano)

17-28. Préludes (First Book), L125
- Walter Gieseking (piano)

CD 2: Piano

1-4. Suite bergamasque, L82
5-7. Images (First Book), L105
8-10. Images (Second Book), L120
- Walter Gieseking (piano)

11-22. Préludes (Second Book), L131
23. L’Isle joyeuse, L109a
- Marcelle Meyer piano

CD 3: Chamber & Orchestral Music

1-4. String Quartet in G minor, op.10 L91
- Quatuor Calvet

5-7. Sonata for cello and piano, L144
- Maurice Maréchal (cello), Robert Casadesus piano

8-10. Trio Sonata, for flute, viola and harp, L145
- Marcel Moyse (flute), Eugène Ginot (viola), Lily Laskine (harp)

11-13. Sonata, for violin and piano, L148
14. Minstrels, for violin and piano, L125b (arr. Debussy)
- Jacques Thibaud (violin), Alfred Cortot (piano)

15. Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, L87a
- Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux / Camille Chevillard

CD 4: Orchestral Music

1. Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, L87a
- Marcel Moyse (flute), Orchestre des Concerts Straram / Walther Straram

2. Nocturnes, L98a: I. Nuages
- Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire • Philippe Gaubert

3-5. Trois Nocturnes, L98a
- Orchestre des Festivals Debussy / Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht

6-8. La Mer, L111a
- Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire / Charles Munch

9-14. Six Épigraphes antiques, L139c (orch. Ansermet)
- L’Orchestre de la Suisse romande / Ernest Ansermet conductor

CD 5: Orchestral Music

1. Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, L87a
- Orchestre des Concerts Colonne / Gabriel Pierné

2-3. Deux Danses, pour harpe chromatique et orchestre à cordes, L113a
- Lily Laskine (harp), Orchestra / Piero Coppola

4. Estampes, L108b: II. La Soirée dans Grenade (orch. Coppola)
5. Images (Second Book), L 120: I. Cloches à travers les feuilles (orch. Coppola)
- Orchestra / Piero Coppola

6-11. Children’s Corner, L119b (orch. André Caplet)
- Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire / Piero Coppola

12-14. La Mer, L111a
- BBC Symphony Orchestra / Arturo Toscanini

15-18. Petite suite, L71b (orch. Büsser)
- Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française / Henri Büsser

CD 6: Orchestral Music

1-3. Trois Nocturnes, L98a
- Women of the Berkshire Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Monteux

4-8. Images for orchestra, L118a (1905-12)
- London Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Monteux
   
9. Jeux, L133a
- Orchestre national de France / Pierre Monteux

CD 7: Mélodies

1-3. Ariettes oubliées (Paul Verlaine), L63b (2nd version): (excerpts I, III & V[I])   
- Mary Garden (soprano), Claude Debussy (piano)

4. Mandoline (Paul Verlaine), L43a
5. L’Enfant prodigue, L61b: II. « L’année en vain chasse l’année … »
- Ninon Vallin (soprano) / Grand orchestre (5), Gustave Cloëz (piano (4), conductor (5))

6. Ariettes oubliées, L63b (1903): II. Il pleure dans mon cœur
7. Cinq Poèmes de Charles Baudelaire, L70 : IIIa. Le Jet d’eau
 - Claire Croiza (mezzo-soprano), Francis Poulenc (piano (6)), George Reeves (piano (7))

8-10. Trois Ballades de François Villon, L126b (orch. Debussy)
- Camille Maurane (baritone), Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux / Jean Fournet

11-16. Ariettes oubliées, L63b (2nd version)
- Hugues Cuénod (tenor), Jacqueline Blancard (piano)
   
17-19. Trois Chansons de Bilitis, L97
20-22. Le Promenoir des deux amants (Tristan L’Hermite), L129
23-25. Fêtes galantes, First book (Paul Verlaine), L86
- Maggie Teyte (soprano), Alfred Cortot (piano)

26-28. Fêtes galantes, Second book (Paul Verlaine), L114
- Jane Bathori (mezzo-soprano), piano Pleyel

29-30. Trois Ballades de François Villon, L126b (orch. Debussy): (excerpts II & III)
- Charles Panzéra (baritone), Orchestra / Piero Coppola

CD 8-10: Opera

Pelléas et Mélisande, L93 (complete)
- Pelléas: Jacques Jansen (high-baritone)
- Mélisande: Irène Joachim (soprano)
- Golaud: Henri-Bertrand Etcheverry (bass-baritone)
- Geneviève: Germaine Cernay (mezzo-soprano)
- Arkel: Paul Cabanel (bass)
- Yniold: Leïla Ben Sedira (soprano)
- Shepherd: Émile Rousseau (baritone)
- Doctor: Armand Narçon (bass)
- Chœurs Yvonne Gouverné, Orchestre Symphonique / Roger Désormière

Pelléas et Mélisande (excerpts)
9. Act 1, Scene 1: « Je ne pourrai plus sortir de cette forêt » (Golaud, Mélisande)
10. Act 1, Scene 2: « Voici ce qu'il écrit à son frère Pelléas » (Arkel, Geneviève, Pelléas)
11. Act 2, Scene 2: « Ah! Ah! Tout va bien » (Golaud, Mélisande)
- Mélisande: Marthe Nespoulos (soprano)
- Golaud: Hector Dufrane (baritone)
- Geneviève: Claire Croiza (mezzo-soprano)
- Arkel: Armand Narçon (bass)
- Orchestre symphonique / Georges Truc

Pelléas et Mélisande (excerpts)
12.    Act 2, Scene 1: « Vous ne savez pas où je vous ai menée ? » (Pelléas, Mélisande)
13.    Act 3, Scene 3: « Ah ! Je respire enfin » (Pelléas, Golaud)
14.    Act 4, Scene 4: « Une grande innocence » (Golaud)
15.    Act 4, Scene 4: « Nous sommes venus ici il y a bien longtemps » (Mélisande, Pelléas)
16.    Act 4, Scene 4: « Quel est ce bruit ? » (Mélisande, Pelléas)
- Mélisande: Yvonne Brothier (soprano)
- Pelléas: Charles Panzéra (baritone)
- Golaud: Vanni-Marcoux (baritone)
- Orchestre des Concerts Pasdeloup / Piero Coppola

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