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Piano Works – Scaramouche

January 7, 2021 by Elizabeth and Elliott Hurwitt

The famous piano duo Scaramouche (1937) was arranged from incidental music Milhaud had composed for Molière’s Le médecin volant. In the version Milhaud created for his friends Marcelle Meyer and Ida Jankelevitch, it soon became one of the cornerstones of the piano duo repertoire. On the aforementioned Ian Hobson CD there is an unexciting performance […]

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Filed Under: Keyboard Music, Milhaud on CD Tagged With: Antonio de Almeida, Christian Ivaldi, Claude Hobson, Eduard Brunner, Elena Winther, EMI (Pathé) CDM 7 69854-2, Hommage à Benny Goodman, Ian Hobson, Ida Jankelevitch, Katia and Marielle Labèque, Koch Schwann 3-1035-2, Le bal martiniquais (1944), Le carnaval d'Aix (1926), Marcelle Meyer, Margit Rahkonen, Molière's Le médecin volant, Noël Lee, Paris (1948), Pekka Savijoki, Philips 426 284-2, Scaramouche (1937), Seiji Ozawa, Suite française (1944), Suite provençale (1936), Vladimir Pleshakov

Ballets – La création du monde

January 4, 2021 by Elizabeth and Elliott Hurwitt

La création du monde, the 1923 jazz ballet for eighteen instruments (originally performed with sets by Fernand Léger) is, of all Milhaud’s works, the one with the firmest footing in the repertoire. Of the numerous available recordings the oldest is a 1932 performance conducted by the composer (Pearl Gemm CD 9459). Needless to say, this […]

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Filed Under: Ballet Scores, Milhaud on CD Tagged With: Arabesque Z6569, Arthur Bloom, Arthur Honegger, Arthur Weisberg, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch, Elektra/Nonesuch 71281-2, EMI CDM 7 63945 2, Fernand Léger, Fred Sherry, Georges Prêtre, Gilbert Kalish, Henri Dutilleux, Ian Hobson, La création du monde, Le loup, Les biches, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Pearl Gemm CD 9459, RCA (Gold Seal 60685-2), Sinfonia da Camera, Suite provençale

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