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Ten Best Recordings of Milhaud’s Music

January 8, 2021 by Elizabeth and Elliott Hurwitt

With dozens of Milhaud discs to choose from, a “10 Best” list will help shorten the casual listener’s shopping list. Elektra/Nonesuch 9 71316-2 piano music played by William Bolcom. ADDA 581292 vocal music directed by Bernard Desgraupes. Hyperion CDA66594 Le boeuf sur le toit and other works directed by Ronald Corp. Chant du Monde LDC […]

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Filed Under: Milhaud on CD Tagged With: ADDA 581292, Adès 13.284-2, ARCAM 590143, Bernard Desgraupes, Catalogue de fleur, Chant du Monde LDC 278 1069, Classical Collector 150 122, Darius Milhaud, Elektra/Nonesuch 71281-2, Elektra/Nonesuch 9 71316-2, Hyperion CDA66594, La création du monde, Le boeuf sur le toit, Le pauvre matelot, Les malheurs d'Orphée, Ronald Corp, Sénart, Serge Baudo, Service Sacré, Suite provençale, William Bolcom

Orchestral Works – Concertos

January 8, 2021 by Elizabeth and Elliott Hurwitt

Milhaud’s stature as a master orchestrator is apparent in current concerto recordings. Of these, the greatest gem is the Concerto no. 1 for cello (1934) in a superb performance by Mstislav Rostropovich and the London Symphony Orchestra under Kent Nagano (Erato 2292 45489-2). The first movement, “Nonchalant,” opens with a brief prelude much like a […]

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Filed Under: Milhaud on CD, Orchestral Works Tagged With: Artur Balsam, Concertino d'hiver, Concertino de printemps, Concerto for Harp, Concerto No. 1, Concerto no. 2 for violin, Danses de Jacarémirim, Frédérique Cambreling, Jaroslav Krombholc, Josef Hála, Kent Nagano, La création du monde, Le carnaval d'Aix, Les songes, Louis Kaufman, Marguerite Long, Mstislav Rostropovich, Philippe Bender, Riccardo Caramella, Ronald Corp, Salade, Zdenek Pulec

Le Boeuf sur le toit

January 4, 2021 by Elizabeth and Elliott Hurwitt

Milhaud’s great early ballet, Le boeuf sur le toit (1919, scenario by Cocteau), is one of his most protean pieces, with different dissonances and rhythms emerging in each recording. On a Leonard Bernstein recording with the Orchestre National de France (EMI CDC-7 47845 2), the sound is very sleek and glitzy, like a good pops orchestra or Broadway […]

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Filed Under: Ballet Scores, Milhaud on CD Tagged With: Chandos 9023, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Edouard Exerjean, EMI CDC-7 47845 2, Hyperion CDA66594, Jean Wiener, Le boeuf sur le toit, Leonard Bernstein, Libor Pesek, Orchestre National de France, Philippe Corre, Pierre Verany PV 786 091, René Bénédetti, Ronald Corp, Ulster Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier

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