Sheherazade ; Les Nuits D'ete

Sheherazade ; Les Nuits D'ete [sound recording] / Ravel ; Berlioz. - New York : Decca Records, ©1991. - 1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 12cm + 1 booklet (30 p.) - 010029

Songs and song cycles for soprano and orchestra. Texts in French with trad. English also printed as text inserted into the container; program notes in English. Reprint. by ArkivMusic from an album first appeared on the London Records label. Texts by Tristan Klingsor (1st work), Stéphane Mallarmé (3rd work) and Théophile Gauthier (4th work). Suzanne Danco, soprano; Orchestra of French-speaking Switzerland (1st-3rd works); Ernest Ansermet, conductor (1st-3rd works); Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (4th work); Thor Johnson, conductor (4th work) ; André Pépin (2nd work) Recorded April 24, 1951, Music Hall, Cincinnati (4th work) and in October 1954, Victoria Hall, Geneva (1st-3rd works)

MAURICE RAVEL - Shéhérazade : 1. Asie 2. La flûte enchantée 3. L'indifférent Deux Mélodies Hébraïques : 4. Kaddisch 5. L'énigme éternelle Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé : 6. Soupir 7. Placet futile 8. Surgi de la croupe et du bond HECTOR BERLIOZ - Les Nuits D'été, Op.7 : 9. Villanelle 10. Le spectre de la rose 11. Sur les lagunes (Lamento) 12. Absence 13. Au cimetière (Clair de lune) 14. L'île inconnue (9:00) -- (2:30) -- (3:08) -- (4:37) -- (1:25) -- (3:34) -- (3:56) -- (2:35) -- (2:16) -- (5:56) -- (7:02) -- (5:01) -- (4:37) -- (4:21)


Sung in French.

028942598829

425 988-2 London Records


Songs (High voice) acc. Orchestra.
Melody cycles.

CD 783.6642 RAVE