Composer: Claude Achille Debussy, Arthur Honegger, Jacques Ibert, Maurice Jarre, Olivier Messiaen, Marcel Mihalovici, Darius Milhaud, Maurice Ravel, Albert Roussel
Orchestra: Sudwestfunkorchester Baden-Baden
Conductor: Hans Rosbaud
Number of Discs: 4
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: SWR Music
Catalogue: SWR19115CD
Release: 2022
Size: 1.31 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
01. Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, L. 86
Debussy: 3 Nocturnes, L. 91
02. No. 1, Nuages
03. No. 2, Fêtes
04. Debussy: Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire, L. 77 (Version for Orchestra)
05. Debussy: Berceuse heroïque, L. 132 (Version for Orchestra)
06. Debussy: Jeux, L. 126
Debussy: La Mer, L. 109
07. I. De l’aube a midi sur la mer
08. II. Jeux de vagues
09. III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer
CD 02
Ravel: Miroirs, M. 43
01. No. 4, Alborada del gracioso (Version for Orchestra)
Ravel: Ma mère l’Oye, M. 60 (Version for Orchestra)
02. I. Pavane de la belle au bois dormant
03. II. Petit poucet
04. III. Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes
05. IV. Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête
06. V. Le jardin féerique
Roussel: Concert pour petit orchestre, Op. 34, L. 41
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Andante
09. III. Presto
Roussel: Suite in F Major, Op. 33, L. 39
10. I. Prélude
11. II. Sarabande
12. III. Gigue
Roussel: Symphony No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 42, L. 53
13. I. Allegro vivo
14. II. Adagio
15. III. Vivace
16. IV. Allegro con spirito
CD 03
Ibert: Le chevalier errant
01. I. Les moulins
02. II. Danse des galériens
03. III. L’age d’or
04. IV. Les comédiens et finale
05. Milhaud: L’homme et son désir, Op. 48 (Version for Orchestra)
06. Jarre: Concertino pour percussion et cordes
Messiaen: Chronochromie, I/43
07. I. Introduction
08. II. Strophe I
09. III. Antistrophe I
10. IV. Strophe II
11. V. Antistrophe II
12. VI. Épôde
13. VII. Coda
CD 04
Honegger: Symphony No. 3, H. 186 “Liturgique”
01. I. Dies irae
02. II. De profundis clamavi
03. III. Dona nobis pacem
Mihalovici: Symphony No. 2, Op. 66 “Sinfonia partita”
04. I. Intrada e ricercar
05. II. Invenzione
06. III. Perpetuum mobile
07. IV. Finale
Mihalovici: Toccata for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 44
08. I. Moderato
09. II. Allegro
Hans Rosbaud was a passionate musician, whose conscientiousness, intuition and experience were extended to even the most complex and contemporary musical forms. The diversity of the works presented here demonstrate his musical universality, and serve to further contradict the reputation he garnered during his lifetime as being only a technically superior champion of the avant-garde.
With the exception of two pieces by Debussy composed in the 1890s, this present anthology of French orchestral repertoire comprises compositions from the 20th century, featuring Ravel’s Ma Mère l’Oye, Ibert’s Le Chevalier errant and Messiaen’s Chronochromie alongside works by French-Swiss composer Honegger, member of the legendary Groupe des Six, and Bucharest-born Mihalovici, who, like Honegger, studied composition under the traditionalist Vincent d’Indy.