A Portrait of France

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Annotation

Recorded Paris June 1960
Track 7 recorded in London 1960
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Tracklist

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1Danse Macabre; op.40
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1960-06)
recording engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
engineer:
Bob Katz (American engineer) and Jeremy Kipnis
executive producer:
David Chesky and Norman Chesky
producer:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des concerts symphoniques de Paris (in 1960-06)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor) (in 1960-06)
recording of:
Danse macabre, op. 40 (symphonic poem for orchestra) (in 1960-06)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (in 1874)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 16) and Works of Camille Saint-Saëns by opus number (number: op. 40)
is based on:
Danse macabre (song for voice and piano)
quotes music from:
Missa pro defunctis: Sequentia “Dies irae” (plainchant)
Camille Saint‐Saëns7:12
2March of the Little Soldiers
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1960-06)
recording engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
engineer:
Bob Katz (American engineer) and Jeremy Kipnis
executive producer:
David Chesky and Norman Chesky
producer:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des concerts symphoniques de Paris (in 1960-06)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor) (in 1960-06)
recording of:
March of the Little Lead Soldiers (in 1960-06)
composer:
Gabriel Pierné (French composer and conductor)
Gabriel Pierné3:23
3Funeral March of a Marionette
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1960-06)
recording engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
engineer:
Bob Katz (American engineer) and Jeremy Kipnis
executive producer:
David Chesky and Norman Chesky
producer:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts Symphonique de Paris (in 1960-06)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor) (in 1960-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1960)
recording of:
Marche funèbre d’une marionnette (for orchestra, 1879) (in 1960-06)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
arrangement of:
Marche funèbre d’une marionnette (Funeral March of a Marionette, original, for piano solo, 1872)
Charles Gounod3:58
4La Valse
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1960-06)
recording engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
engineer:
Bob Katz (American engineer) and Jeremy Kipnis
executive producer:
David Chesky and Norman Chesky
producer:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des concerts symphoniques de Paris (in 1960-06)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor) (in 1960-06)
recording of:
La Valse (for orchestra) (in 1960-06)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (from 1919 until 1920)
publisher:
Ed. Durand & Cie (1909–1947) and Soc. Arima (rights society?)
part of:
Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 72)
Maurice Ravel11:24
5Petite Suite: En Bateau
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1960-06)
recording engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
engineer:
Bob Katz (American engineer) and Jeremy Kipnis
executive producer:
David Chesky and Norman Chesky
producer:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des concerts symphoniques de Paris (in 1960-06)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor) (in 1960-06)
recording of:
Petite Suite, L. 65, CD 71b : I. En bateau (for orchestra) (in 1960-06)
orchestrator:
Henri Büsser (French composer, organist, conductor) (in 1907)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1888 until 1889)
orchestration of:
Petite Suite, L. 65, CD 71a : I. En bateau (for piano 4-hands)
part of:
Petite Suite, L. 65, CD 71b (for orchestra)
Claude Debussy4:24
6Faust: Ballet Music
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1960-06)
recording engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
engineer:
Bob Katz (American engineer) and Jeremy Kipnis
executive producer:
David Chesky and Norman Chesky
producer:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des concerts symphoniques de Paris (in 1960-06)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor) (in 1960-06)
partial recording of:
Faust: Ballet Music no. 1 (in 1960-06)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
Charles Gounod6:06
7The Afternoon of a Faun: Prelude
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1960)
recording engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
engineer:
Bob Katz (American engineer) and Jeremy Kipnis
executive producer:
David Chesky and Norman Chesky
producer:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (“house orchestra” of Decca Records, associated since 1980 with conductor Ross Pople) (in 1960)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor) (in 1960)
recording of:
Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86, CD 87, original version for orchestra) (in 1960)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1891 until 1894-09)
dedicated to:
Raymond Bonheur (composer, 1861-1939)
premiered at:
[concert] (1894-12-22)
publisher:
Eugène Fromont (in 1895-10)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 6), Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 86) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 87)
Claude Debussy9:43
8Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1960-06)
recording engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
engineer:
Bob Katz (American engineer) and Jeremy Kipnis
executive producer:
David Chesky and Norman Chesky
producer:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des concerts symphoniques de Paris (in 1960-06)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor) (in 1960-06)
recording of:
Orphée aux enfers : Ouverture (Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture) (in 1960-06)
additional composer:
Carl Binder (in 1860)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
part of:
Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld, opéra féerie in four acts, 1874)
part of:
Orphée aux Enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld, opéra bouffe in two acts, 1858)
part of:
Orpheus in der Unterwelt (opéra-féerie in 4 Akten, 1871)
part of:
Orpheus in the Underworld
Jacques Offenbach9:34
9Bolero
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1960-06)
recording engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
engineer:
Bob Katz (American engineer) and Jeremy Kipnis
executive producer:
David Chesky and Norman Chesky
producer:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des concerts symphoniques de Paris (in 1960-06)
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor) (in 1960-06)
recording of:
Boléro (in 1960-06)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ed. Durand & Cie (1909–1947) and Soc. Arima (rights society?)
premiered at:
Palais Garnier in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1928-11-22)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 9) and Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 81)
Maurice Ravel16:02

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copyrighted (©) by:Ardee Music Publishing, Inc. (not for release label use! for publisher/copyrights use related to Reader’s Digest) (in 1991)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/14401009 [info]