Chabrier

Chabrier
Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier (January 18, 1841 – September 13, 1894) was a French Romantic composer and pianist. Although known primarily for two of his orchestral works, España and Joyeuse marche, he left an important corpus of operas (including L'étoile), songs, and piano music. He was admired by composers as diverse as Debussy, Ravel, Richard Strauss, Satie, Schmitt, Stravinsky, and the group of composers known as Les six. Stravinsky alluded to España in his ballet Petrushka; Gustav Mahler called España "the beginnings of modern music" and alluded to the "Dance Villageoise" in the Rondo Burleske movement of his Ninth Symphony. Ravel wrote that the opening bars of Le roi malgré lui changed the course of harmony in France, Poulenc wrote a biography of the composer, and Richard Strauss conducted the first staged performance of Chabrier's incomplete opera Briséïs.

Chabrier was also associated with some of the leading writers and painters of his time. He was especially friendly with the painters Claude Monet and Édouard Manet, and collected Impressionist paintings before Impressionism became fashionable. A number of such paintings from his personal collection are now housed in some of the world's leading art museums.
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Chabrier

Chabrier

Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier (January 18, 1841 – September 13, 1894) was a French Romantic composer and pianist. Although known primarily for two of his orchestral works, España and Joyeuse marche, he left an important corpus of operas (including L'étoile), songs, and piano music. He was admired by composers as diverse as Debussy, Ravel, Richard Strauss, Satie, Schmitt, Stravinsky, and the group of composers known as Les six. Stravinsky alluded to...
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13 albums
MONTEUX The Early Recordings (1929/30) - PASC219
MONTEUX The Early Recordings (1929/30) - PASC219
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STRAVINSKY Le sacre du printemps
RAVEL Le petit poucet (Ma mère l’oye)
COPPOLA Interlude dramatique
CHABRIER Fête Polonaise ( Le Roi malgré lui)
RAVEL La valse
Recorded in 1929 and 1930
Total duration: 62:27

Orchestre Symphonique de Paris
Pierre Monteux, conductor

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MUNCH The Complete New York Philharmonic Recordings (1947/48) - PASC448
MUNCH The Complete New York Philharmonic Recordings (1947/48) - PASC448
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    SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
    D’INDY: Symphony on a French Mountain Air
    MOZART    : Piano Concerto No. 21
    MOZART    : Symphony No. 35, “Haffner”
    LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2
    CHABRIER    : Bourée Fantasque

    Studio and Live recordings, 1947/48
    Total duration: 2hr 12:55

    Charles Munch, conductor
    Robert Casadesus,     piano
    Édouard Nies-Berger,     organ
    Walter Hendl     and Arthur Schuller, piano
    Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York

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    PARAY conducts Franck, Ibert, Ravel, Chabrier (1953/55) - PASC346
    PARAY conducts Franck, Ibert, Ravel, Chabrier (1953/55) - PASC346
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    FRANCK Symphony in D minor
    IBERT Escales
    RAVEL Rapsodie Espagnole
    CHABRIER España - Rapsodie
    Recorded in 1953 and 1955
    Total duration: 71:07

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    conductor Paul Paray

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    STOKOWKSI conducts Brahms, Thomson, Chabrier (1950) - PASC215
    STOKOWKSI conducts Brahms, Thomson, Chabrier (1950) - PASC215
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    THOMSON The Mother of Us All Suite
    BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
    CHABRIER Joyeuse marche - marche française
    Recorded 1950
    Total duration: 57:29

    New York Philharmonic Orchestra
    Leopold Stokowski     - conductor
    Dimitri Mitropoulos     - conductor

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    STOKOWSKI Acoustic, Volume 3 (1917-24) - PASC471
    STOKOWSKI Acoustic, Volume 3 (1917-24) - PASC471
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      RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2
      VARIOUS       Symphonic movements and short pieces
      Acoustic studio recordings, 1917-1924
      Total duration: 79:41

      Leopold Stokowski, conductor
      Sergei Rachmaninov,       piano
      The Philadelphia Orchestra
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      SZIGETI The Complete European Columbia Recordings (1926-46) - PABX042
      SZIGETI The Complete European Columbia Recordings (1926-46) - PABX042
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      BACH Violin Sonatas 1 & 2
      BACH Concerto for Two Violins
      HANDEL Violin Sonata No. 4
      TARTINI Violin Sonata in G
      TARTINI Violin Concerto in D minor
      MOZART Violin Sonata No. 21
      MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4
      short works by BACH, EXAUDET, TARTINI, VERACINI

      BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
      WEBER Violin Sonata No. 3
      PAGANINI Caprices
      SCHUBERT Rondo

      MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
      BRAHMS Violin Concerto
      BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 3
      Music by Berlioz, Hubay, Elgar, Kreisler, Dvořák, Chabrier, Rimsky-Korsakov, Falla

      WARLOCK Capriol Suite
      PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto
      BARTÓK Hungarian Folk Tunes
      BARTÓK Romanian Folk Dances
      IVES Violin Sonata No. 4
      BLOCH Violin Concerto
      music by Debussy, Ravel, Milhaud, Lie, Szymanowski, Scriabin, Stravinsky




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