Operas, MELODIES and other vocal works

 

Operas
Béatrice et Bénédict
 Benvenuto Cellini
 Les Troyens 		Prix de Rome cantatas
 La Mort d’Orphée (1827)
 Herminie (1828)
 La Mort de Cléopâtre (1829)
 La Mort de Sardanapale (1830)
 (surviving fragments)		 Melodies for one or more voices
La belle voyageuse
La captive
Le chasseur danois
 Irlande
 Le jeune pâtre breton
Les Nuits d’été
 Pleure, pauvre Colette
Le Trébuchet
 Zaïde
Aubade
La Mort d’Ophélie
Hélène

See also Compilations

OPERAS

Béatrice et Bénédict

Conductor

Orchestra/Chorus

Date of
recording

Company

Catalogue number

Main soloists

Davis
(without dialogue)

LSO/The St Anthony Singers

1963
(1996 reissue)

Decca

448 113-2

Veasey/
Cantelo/Mitchinson/
Cameron/Watts/
Shirley-Quirk

Davis
(without dialogue)

LSO/John Alldis Choir

1977

and 2003 reissue

Philips

416 952-2

4752212

Baker/Tear/
Eda-Pierre/
Watts/Allen/
Bastin/ Van Allan

Nelson
(with original French dialogue)

Orchestre et Chœur de l’Opéra de Lyon

1992

Erato

2292-45773-2

Graham/Viala/
McNair/
Robbin/
Bacquier/
Cachemaille/
Le Texier
Barenboim Orchestre de Paris/
Orchestre de Paris Chorus		 1996 reissue Deutsche Grammophon  4495772 Minton/Domingo/
Contrubas/Denize/
Fischer-Dieskau/
Soyer/Macurdy/Page

Davis
(without dialogue)

 

LSO & Chorus

 

2000

 

LSO Live

 

LSO 0004

 

Shkosa/Tarver/ Gritton/
Mingardo/
Wilson-Johnson/
Naouri/Robinson

Benvenuto Cellini

Conductor

Orchestra/Chorus

Date of
recording

Company

Catalogue number

Main soloists
Tenner Vienna Radio Orchestra 1952

(first release 2006)

 Walhall WLCD0137 Uhl, Wiener, Kermer, Heppe, With, Brichta

(sung in German)
Dorati BBC Symphony Orchestra 1964

(1989 issue)

 Music & Arts CD-618

Mono

 Garrard/Carlyle/
Lewis/Cameron/
Veasey/Kentish
Pritchard Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus 1966

(2004 reissue)

 Gala 7575474152

ASIN: B0002ABU8O

 Gedda/Bisson/ Massard

Davis

 

BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Chorus of the Royal Opera House

1972

 

Philips

 

416 955-2

Gedda/Bastin/
Massard/Soyer/
Blackwell/
Lloyd/Cuenod/
Herincx
Osawa RAI Orchestra of Rome

Weimar version

 1973

(2003 reissue)

 Opera d’Oro 1373
ASIN: B000086ERD		 Bonisolli/Zylis-Gara/
Steiner
Caldwell Opera Company of Boston

(sung in English)

 1975

(2003 reissue)

 VAI Audio 1214-2 Vickers/Wells/
Williams
Beni/Gramm
Nelson Orchestre National de France/
Chœur de Radio France

Paris 1 version

 2003
(2004 issue)		 EMI/
Virgin Classics		 5457062 Kunde/Ciofi/Donato/
Lapointe/Naouri
Norrington MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig/
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR

Weimar version

 2003
(2006 issue)		 SWR music / Hänssler Classic HAN093105 Ford/Claycomb/
Groop/Maltman/
Hawlata/Lukas/
Chum/Mayr
Davis London Symphony Orchestra/
London Symphony Chorus		 2007
(2008 issue)		 LSO Live LSO0623 Kunde/Claycomb/
Jeffery/Coleman-Wright/
Kennedy/Cals/Imbrailo/
Relyea/Foster-Williams/Elliott

Les Troyens

Conductor

Orchestra/Chorus

Date of
recording

Company

Catalogue number

Main soloists

Beecham

(with cuts)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/ BBC Theatre Chorus

1947
(2001 reissue)

Malibran-Music

unspecified

Cambon/Ferrer/
Giraudeau/
Joachim
Scherchen

Acts III,  IV, V (Les Troyens à Carthage)

 Orchestre de la Société des
Concerts du Conservatoire
Paris/Ensemble Vocale de Paris		 1952 Ducretet-Thomson

Tahra

 DTL 93001-3 
(3 LP)
TAH 143-4 
(2 CD)		 Mandikian/Gallet
Giraudeau/Dran
Collard/Rolle/
Depraz
Lawrence

(selection)

 unspecified 1959 and           1960

(1992 issue)		 VAI VAIA 1006 Resnik/Cassilly
Singher/Sarfaty/
Dennison/Lewis/
Wyatt/Smith/
Watson/
Peterson/ Steber
Kubelik

(with cuts)

 La Scala Milan Orchestra and Chorus

Live recording, mono
(sung in Italian)

 1960

(2002 issue)

 Myto Records

Malibran

 unspecified

MCD021256

 Simionato/
del Monaco/
Rankin/ Puglisi

Davis

 

Chorus and orchestra of the Royal Opera House

1969

 

Philips

 

416 432-2

 

Vickers/Veasey/
Lindholm/
Glossop/Begg/
Soyer/Raffell/
Howells/Partridge
Prêtre

(abridged)

 Orchestra e coro di Roma della RAI 1969 Opera d’Oro OPD-1376 Horne/Gedda/
Verrett
Albrecht

(abridged)

 Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra 1976 Gala  GL 100-609 Dernesch/Ludwig/
Chauvet

Dutoit

 

Chœur et Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

1994

 

Decca

 

443 693-2

 

Lakes/Voigt/
Pollet/Quilico/
Perraguin/
Courtis/Ainsley/
Maurette/
Philippe

Davis

LSO & Chorus

2000
(2001 issue)

LSO Live

LSO 0010

Heppner/Lang/
DeYoung/
Mingardo/
Mattei/Milling/
Tarver
Prêtre Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris

(excerpts)

 2003 reissue EMI ASIN : B00008LOM3 Régine Crespin/
Guy Chauvet

PRIX DE ROME CANTATAS

La Mort d’Orphée

Conductor

Orchestra/Chorus

Date of recording

Company

Catalogue number

Soloist

Fournet

Dutch Radio Choir/ Symphony Orchestra

1988

Denon

CO-72886

Garino

Casadesus

Orchestre National de Lille/Chœur Régional Nord/Pas de Calais

1996


2003 reissue

Harmonia Mundi

Naxos reissue

HMC 901542


Naxos 
855 5810

Vallejo

Herminie

Conductor

Orchestra

Date of recording

Company

Catalogue number

Soloist

Davis

 LSO 1969 Philips 416 960-2 Baker

Herreweghe

Orchestre des Champs Élysées

1995

Harmonia Mundi

HMC 901522

Delunsch

Casadesus

Orchestre National de Lille

1996

2003 reissue

Harmonia Mundi

Naxos reissue

HMC 901542

Naxos 855 5810

Lagrange
Villaume Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra 1999 Mondo Musica MFON 10124 Alperyn
Sanderling Orchestre de Bretagne 2001 Arion ARN68585 Pollet
Minkowski Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Les Musiciens du Louvre 2003 Deutsche Grammophon B474 2092 Legy

La Mort de Cléopâtre

Conductor

Orchestra

Date of recording

Company

Catalogue number

Soloist
Bernstein New York Philharmonic 1950 CBS, now on Pearl Pearl GEM 0198 Tourel
Bernstein New York Philharmonic 1961 Sony SMK 60696 Tourel
Del Mar BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 1961 Preiser CD 89993 Vayne

Davis

The Goldsbrough Orchestra

1967

Decca

443 462-2

Pashley
Gibson London Symphony Orchestra 1969
2004 reissue		 EMI 562 8372 and 2435627892 Baker
Boulez BBC Symphony Orchestra
 1976
1994 reissue		 Sony
 SM3K 64 103
 Minton

Davis

LSO

1979

Philips

416 960-2

Baker
Amy Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France 1980 Erato
reissued on CD on Ultima and Warner		 2564-62183-2 Denize
Barenboim Orchestre de Paris 1982 Deutsche Grammophon 410 966-2 Norman

Casadesus

Orchestre National de Lille

1996

2003 reissue

Harmonia Mundi

Naxos reissue

HMC 901542

Naxos 
855 5810

Uria-Monzon

Langrée

Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon

2001

Virgin Classics

5 45422 2

Gens
Gergiev Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 2003 Universal 475 0952 Borodina

La Mort de Sardanapale

Conductor

Orchestra/Chorus

Date of recording

Company

Catalogue number

Soloist

Casadesus

Orchestre National de Lille/Chœur Régional Nord/Pas de Calais

1996

2003 reissue

Harmonia Mundi

Naxos reissue

HMC 901542

Naxos 
855 5810

Vallejo

MELODIES FOR ONE OR MORE VOICES

Irlande – 9 mélodies

Soloists

Date of recording

Company

Catalogue number

Watts/Tear/Slater
Tunnard (piano)

1963
1996 reissue

Complete

Decca

44 113-2

Hampson
Parsons (piano)

1994

(nos 1, 4, 7, 8, 9 only)

EMI

5 55047 2
Correas Schoonderwoerd
(1836 Pleyel pianoforte ) 		2002

(nos 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) 
and 7 other songs 
(see Compilations for detail)

 Alpha Production ALPHA024

Les Nuits d’été

Conductor

Orchestra

Date of
recording

Company

Catalogue number

Soloists
Mitropoulos New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1953
(first release 2006)		 Walhall WLCD0137 Eleano Steber
 Schwarz

 

 BBC SO

 

 1957

2002 reissue

 BBC

 

 L4101-2

 

 Victoria de Los Angeles

 

Barbirolli

New Philharmonia Orchestra

1968
1999 reissue

HMV

5 73446 2

Janet Baker
Mitropoulos Columbia Symphony Orchestra 1972 CBS M61430 Eleanor Steber

Boulez

BBC Symphony Orchestra

1976
1994 reissue

Sony

SM3K
64 103

Minton/Burrows

Davis

LSO

1979

Philips

416 961-2

Armstrong/Veasey/
Patterson/
Shirley-Quirk

Levine

Berliner Philharmoniker

1990

Deutsche Grammophon

445 823-2

von Otter

Gardiner

Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon

1990

Erato

2292-
45517-2

Montague/Robbin/
Crook/Cachemaille
Davis London Symphony Orchestra 1990
 Polygram Records  412493 1990 Norman
Jordan Orchestre philharmonique de Montecarlo 1993 FNAC Musique  592275 Pollet
Steinberg ORF – Symphonieorchester
 1994 RCA  09026 68008-2 Kasarova

Herreweghe

Orchestre des Champs Élysées

1995

Harmonia Mundi

HMC 901522

Balleys

Nelson

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

1997

Sony

SK 62730

Graham

Sinaisky

BBC Philharmonic

1999

BBC Music

BBC MM92

Karnéus
Ansermet Suisse Romande Orchestra
 1963

2000 reissue		 DG Panorama

Decca		 2GP2 469118

460973-2		 Crespin

Langrée

Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon

2001

Virgin Classics

5 45422 2

Gens
Bernardi C. B. C. Orchestra 2001 CBC SM 5000Series SMCD 5137 Maguire
Sanderling Orchestre de Bretagne 2001 Arion ARN68585 Pollet
Boulez Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus 2003 Universal 474 2372 Diener/Tarver/Sedov
Nelson Ensemble Orchestrale de Paris 2004 Virgin 545 6462 David Daniels
Shaw Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 2004 Telarc Classics   CD80084 Ameling


2004 Bluebell  ABCD 096 Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Jan Eyron (piano)
Talmi Quebec Symphony Orchestra 2006 issue CBC Records 5236 Bruggergosman (soprano)
Nagano Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin 2007 issue Harmonia Mundi HMC901932 Fink (mezzo-soprano)

La belle voyageuse, Le chasseur danois, La captive, Le jeune pâtre breton, Zaïde, Aubade, La Mort d’Ophélie 

Conductor

Orchestra

Date of
recording

Company

Catalogue number

Soloists
Morel Columbia Symphony Orchestra 1972 CBS M61430 Eleanor Steber

Davis

 

LSO

 

1969

 

Philips

 

416 960-2

 

Armstrong/Veasey/
Patterson/
Shirley-Quirk

Gardiner

Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon

1990

Erato

2292-45517-2

Montague/Robbin/
Fournier/Crook/
Cachemaille

Pleure, pauvre Colette, Le Trébuchet

Soloists

Date of recording

Company

Catalogue number

Lott/Murray
Johnson (piano)

1990

EMI

CDC 7-49930-2

Hélène

Conductor

Orchestra

Date of
recording

Company

Catalogue number

Soloist
Dausgaard Danish National Symphony Orchestra/
Danish National Choir/DR 		2004
2007 issue		 Chandos CHAN10416

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