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Debussy Mélodies (1980 Recording)
''Debussy Mélodies'' is a 178-minute studio album of sixty of Claude Debussy's art songs, presented roughly in order of composition, performed by Elly Ameling, Michèle Command, Mady Mesplé, Frederica von Stade and Gérard Souzay with piano accompaniment by Dalton Baldwin. It was released in 1980. Recording The album was recorded using analogue technology in April 1971, January and December 1977, October and December 1978 and January and February 1979 in the Salle Wagram, Paris.Debussy, Claude: ''Mélodies'', EMI Classics CD, CMS 7 64095-2, 1991 Cover art The covers of the LP and CD versions of the album both feature a photograph by Lauros-Giraudon of a detail of ''Tête de jeune fille vue de profil'' by Aristide Maillol (1861-1944), a painting in the Musée Rigaud, Perpignan.Debussy, Claude: ''Mélodies'', EMI Pathé Marconi LP, 2C 165 16371-4, 1980 Critical reception Alan Blyth reviewed the album on LP in ''Gramophone (magazine), Gramophone'' in December 1980. Debussy's limit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salle Wagram
The Salle Wagram is a historic auditorium in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built in 1865. It has been listed as an official historical monument by the French Ministry of Culture since March 2, 1981. First built in 1812 as the Bal Dourlans, the huge ballroom was designed by Adrien Alphonse Fleuret, and has been the setting for international congresses, political conferences, fashion exhibitions and dance competitions.Holoman, D. Kern. ''The Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, 1828–1967.'' Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004, p490. From the 1950s the hall was much used as a classical recording venue, including a Beethoven symphony cycle with the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra conducted by Carl Schuricht, Stravinsky ballets with the same orchestra under Pierre Monteux, the complete ''Carmen'' with Maria Callas and Nicolai Gedda, and in the 1990s for many Poulenc recordings with the French National Orchestra under Charles Dutoit.Philip Stuart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
