It is an epic treatment to french words by the swiss poet rene morax of a. At any rate, i bought ansermets fine le roi david and, at the clerks suggestion, i also purchased a copy of ansermets wonderful london lp of the magnard 3rd symphony my introduction to an unaccountably neglected masterpiece long overdue, along with ansermets brilliant honegger 3rd, for. Le roi david was composed in mezieres, switzerland, in 1921 by arthur honegger, as incidental music for a play in french by rene morax. Tchaikovsky ballets ansermet major classics m2cd002m2cd001. On the other hand, practically an entire disc is given over to le roi david by ansermets compatriot honegger, which seems overly extravagant to me, when instead we might have had, say, the brahms third and bartoks music for strings, percussion, and celesta neither composer is represented. All these composers and ravel besides lurk in the pages of le roi david.
Le roi david symphonic psalm in three parts after the drama by rene morax 1873 1963, composed 1921. Arthur honeggerle roi david product detail online vinyl shop. Ansermets recording of the nutcracker is in a league of its own and many will find fascinating his own sequencing of. Honegger, a roi david le stravinsky, i histoire du. It was first conceived in 1921 as a fourhour dramatic spectacular, involving spoken.
Find ernest ansermet discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Mar 15, 2017 l ike almost all of arthur honeggers output, the dramatic psalm le roi david is rarely performed now. A new music service with official albums, singles, videos, remixes, live performances and more for android, ios and desktop. In 1921 the swiss poet, rene morax 18731963 devised a drama incorporating music, dialogue and dance on the subject of the life of king david. Honegger nevertheless accepted and delivered the goods on time. Dutoit is the former artistic director and principal. I sure do pray that the economic woes dont kill off this line. Ansermets recording of the nutcracker is in a league of its own and many will find fascinating his own sequencing of numbers from swan lake and the sleeping beauty. A good transfer, if not in the startlingly transparent class as hdtts superb ansermet petrushka.
The instrumental forces of honeggers le roi david were originally what we hear here, namely 11 wind instruments, a harmonium, a celesta, a doublebass and percussion and it was only in 1923, two years after the premiere, that the composer scored it for the larger forces which then seemed to him more suited to the work. He jettisons numbers 3, 4, 6 and 9 from act 1, losing more than 20 minutes in the process. Charles edouard dutoit oc goq born 7 october 1936 is a swiss conductor. It was called dramatic psalm, but has also been performed as oratorio, without staging.
Honegger originally wrote his le roi david music for the forces that were available at moraxs mezieres village theatre group, creating a score for the resources available. Transferred from a london 4track tapedate of recording. Igor stravinsky bio, albums, pictures naxos classical. Sixty years on, the same orchestra albeit scaled down to honeggers original pit band tri. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for. Eloquence is one of the bright spots out there in this business. The plot, based on biblical narration, tells the story of king david, first a shepherd boy, his victories in battle, relationship to saul, rise to power, adultery. Le roi david, arthur honegger, deuxieme partie 1 youtube.
Provided to youtube by universal music group honegger. Nevertheless, this is a lovely, balletic reading of tchaikovskys evergreen favourite for christmas, and can be recommended to all. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. Swiss romande orchestra, daniel reuss mirare mir318 all recordings of this inventive biblical drama rest in the shadow of ansermets vintage decca version. Le roi david a symphonic psalm in three parts after a drama by rene moraxpacific 231artists. At the recommendation of stravinsky, who happened to be staying in a neighboring village, and the conductor ernest ansermet, morax approached arthur honegger, who quickly. Orchestral honegger, a roi david le stravinsky, i histoire du soldat suite ansermet 1956 naxos classical archives 9. Le roi david ernest ansermet, suzanne danco on allmusic. Arthur honeggers king david francis poulencs gloria peformed july 2, 1997 in 1921 the swiss playwright rene morax was searching for someone to write incidental music to his play le roi david, with which he intended to reopen his theatre du jorat in the village of mezieres in the swiss alps. The overall quality is astounding in very respect, so much so that the monaural sound is never noticed as lacking.
The instrumental forces of honegger s le roi david were originally what we hear here, namely 11 wind instruments, a harmonium, a celesta, a doublebass and percussion and it was only in 1923, two years after the premiere, that the composer scored it for the larger forces which then seemed to him more suited to the work. Hindemithviola sonata op11 no4honeggerviola sonata. If you dont see images below, please disable your browsers ad blocker for this site. Decca sound the mono years 1944 1956 orchestral instrumental ffrr full frequency range recording. This was to be performed at the theatre du jourat near lausanne. Ernest ansermet and the suisse romande live and breathe this music and it lives on in these superb decca recordings just to remind us of what we in europe have lost. Honegger replied, oh, i just fell back on massenet. Ansermet was a reliable, insightful interpreter of composers from mozart to martin who also composed a symphonic poem and orchestrated debussys six epigraphes antiques. While universal, emi, and sony just repackage the same old stuff at ever.
Ernest ansermet was a true artist and musician of real substance he knew both ravel and debussy and gave first performances of many works which for various reasons all good. Honegger le roi david mirare mir318 jq classical music. In september 2018, he was named principal guest conductor of the st petersburg philharmonic as of the season 20182019. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. The composition of le roi david came about in rather an unusual way, as is related in mathieu fercys useful notes.
Honegger, a roi david le stravinsky, i histoire du soldat suite ansermet 1956 ns 0445. The nutcracker casse noisette complet ballet in two acts, op. Curzon, fournier, ricci, gulda, katchen and many others 53 cds, limited edition 53. At any rate, i bought ansermet s fine le roi david and, at the clerks suggestion, i also purchased a copy of ansermet s wonderful london lp of the magnard 3rd symphony my introduction to an unaccountably neglected masterpiece long overdue, along with ansermet s brilliant honegger 3rd, for a reincarnation on cd. Honegger wrote his le roi david music for rene moraxs mezieres village theatre group in 1908 creating a score for the resources available. Thecashbox music page43 september21,1957 septemberalbumreleases lpamabtrlistedteleftofasterisk eplimberlistedterightefasterisk imramaaim. Moraxs play was adapted from the story of king davi. Texts and translations for back bay chorale fall 2005 concert. Honeggers joke at his own expense points out the extreme eclecticism of the work. Ernest ansermet decca recordings 19531967 ernest ansermet. The three 2cd tchaikovskyansermet sets, the sleeping beauty, the nutcracker and swan lake, represent his complete tchaikovsky recordings for decca. Little did honegger realise how successful the production would be. Original masters ernest ansermet decca recordings 1953.
Le roi david, arthur honegger, premiere partie 1 youtube. Tchaikovsky ballets ansermet major classics m2cd002. Music had always been an important component of performances at the theatre du jorat, but morax had inexplicably waited until the last minute to engage a composer. This work began as a series of musical interludes to illustrate the action of a play by the vaudois poet rene morax. In 2017, he became the 103rd recipient of the royal philharmonic society gold medal award. In fact its overwhelming popularity and that of the.
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