Gérard Souzay [sound recording] : the early recordings
- Author:
- Souzay, Gérard, 1918-2004
- Additional Titles:
- Early recordings
- Published:
- Harrow, Middlesex, England : Dutton Laboratories, [1999]
- Copyright Date:
- ℗1999
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc (72 min., 11 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Additional Creators:
- Robin, Jacqueline, Touraine, Geneviève, Aïtoff, Irène, 1904-2006, Damase, Jean-Michel, 1928-2013, Lindenberg, Édouard, 1908-1973, Bassani, Giovanni Battista, approximately 1650-1716, Scarlatti, Alessandro, 1660-1725, Campra, André, 1660-1744, Durante, Francesco, 1684-1755, Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963, Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856, Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695, Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750, Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924, Franck, César, 1822-1890, Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893, Leguerney, Jacques, 1906-1997, Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937, and Société des concerts du Conservatoire. Orchestre
- Language Note:
- Sung variously in Italian, French, German, and English.
- Contents:
- Posate, dormite / Bassani (2:35) -- O cessate / A. Scarlatti (2:04) -- Air de ballet / Lully (2:40) -- Vergin tutt'amor / Durante (2:42) -- Le bestiaire (4:17) ; La grenouillère (1:48) ; Reine des mouettes (0:51) / Poulenc -- Der arme Peter (5:41) ; Der Sandman (1:50) ; Dein Angesicht (2:35) / Schumann -- Sound the trumpet (1:57) ; My dearest, my fairest (3:22) / Purcell -- So oft ich meine Tabakspfeife; Willst du dein Herz mir schenken (3:58) ; Gedenke doch, mein Geist; Wie wohl ist mir, o Freunde der Seelen (4:36) / J.S. Bach -- Mandoline (1:33) ; Le plus doux chemin (1:34) / Fauré -- Nocturne / Franck (4:08) -- Ah! Qui brula d'amour (3:17) ; Pendant le bal (2:25) / Tchaikovsky -- Sept poèmes de François Maynard / Leguerney (11:44) -- Don Quichotte à Dulcinée / Ravel (6:17)
- Subject(s):
- Related Titles:
- Wie wohl ist mir, O Freund der Seelen
- Note:
- Songs or (tracks 11-12), duets; principally piano acc., the final 3 with orchestra. The 3rd work, attributed here to Lully, actually by Campra.
Compact disc; analog recording.
Biographical note on the singer by Alan Blyth ([2] p.) inserted in container. - Participant/Performer Note:
- Gërard Souzay, baritone ; with (tracks 11-12) Geneviève Touraine, soprano ; Jacqueline Bonneau (tracks 1-10, 13-14, 20-26), Geneviève Touraine (tracks 11-12), Jean-Michel Damase (tracks 15-17), Irene Aïtoff (tracks 18-19), piano ; Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire ; Edouard Lindenberg, conductor (tracks 27-29)
- Data/Place of Event:
- Recorded in Paris, between June 26, 1947 and Sept. 1951; mostly released originally as 78-rpm discs.
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