Claude DEBUSSY

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The Fall of the House of Usher

Pelléas et Mélisande

Rodrigue et Chimène

 

La Chute de la maison Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher)

EMI, 1983

Paris, 13 May 2006

 

* EMI, 1983           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Monte-Carlo, Salle Garnier

Recording date : 13-16 June 1983

Revised and orchestrated by Juan Allende Blin

 

Christine Barbaux

François Le Roux

Pierre-Yves Le Maigat

Jean-Philippe Lafont

– Lady Madeline

– Le Médecin

– L'Ami

– Roderick

 

Orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

conducted by Georges Prêtre

 

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* Paris, Maison de Radio France, Salle Olivier Messiaen

Concert performance : Saturday 13 May 2006

Broadcast : France Musique, Friday 19 May 2006

 

Annick Massis

Jean-François Lapointe

Renaud Delaigue

Henk Neven

– Lady Madeline

– Le Médecin

– L'Ami

– Roderick

 

Orchestre national de France

conducted by Juraj Valcuha

 

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Pelléas et Mélisande

Grammofono 2000, 1941

Disques Montaigne, 1962

Sony, 1970

Decca, 1990

Naxos, 1996

naïve, 2000

Paris, 30 April 2002

Glyndebourne, 18 June 2004

Paris, 13 September 2004

New York, 19 January 2005

 

 

* Grammofono 2000, 1941           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Paris

Recording date : April-May 1941

 

Jacques Jansen

Irène Joachim

Henri Etcheverry

Paul Cabanel

Germaine Cernay

Leila Ben Sedira

Armand Narçon

Emile Rousseau

– Pelléas

– Mélisande

– Golaud

– Arkel

– Geneviève

– Yniold

– Un médecin

– Un berger

 

Chœurs Yvonne Gouverné

Orchestre Symphonique

conducted by Roger Desormière

 

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* Disques Montaigne, 1962           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Recording date : Tuesday 13 March 1962, live

 

Jacques Jansen

Micheline Grancher

Michel Roux

André Vessières

Solange Michel

Françoise Ogeas

Marcel Vigneron

– Pelléas

– Mélisande

– Golaud

– Arkel

– Geneviève

– Yniold

– Un médecin

 

Chorale Lyrique de la RTF

Orchestre National

conducted by Désiré Émile Inghelbrecht

 

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* Sony, 1970           camera_2.gif

Recording location : London, EMI Studios

Recording date : December 1969 and January 1970

 

George Shirley

Elisabeth Söderström

Donald McIntyre

David Ward

Yvonne Minton

Anthony Britten

Dennis Wicks

– Pelléas

– Mélisande

– Golaud

– Arkel

– Geneviève

– Yniold

– Un médecin / Un berger

 

Royal Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Royal Opera house Covent Garden

conducted by Pierre Boulez

 

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* Decca, 1990           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Montréal, St Eustache

Recording date : May 1990

 

Didier Henry

Colette Alliot-Lugaz

Gilles Cachemaille

Pierre Thau

Claudine Carlson

Françoise Golfier

Phillip Ens

– Pelléas

– Mélisande

– Golaud

– Arkel

– Geneviève

– Yniold

– Un médecin / Un berger

 

Chœurs de l'OSM

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

conducted by Charles Dutoit

 

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* Naxos, 1996           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Lille, Opéra

Recording date : 12-23 March 1996

 

Gérard Théruel

Mireille Delunsch

Armand Arapian

Gabriel Bacquier

Hélène Jossoud

Françoise Golfier

Jean-Jacques Doumène

– Pelléas

– Mélisande

– Golaud

– Arkel

– Geneviève

– Yniold

– Un médecin / Un berger

 

Chœur régional Nord / Pas-de-Calais

Orchestre national de Lille - Ragion Nord / Pas-de-Calais

conducted by Jean-Claude Casadesus

 

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* naïve, 2000           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Recording date : Tuesday 14 and Thursday 16 March 2000, live

 

Wolfgang Holzmair

Anne Sofie von Otter

Laurent Naouri

Alain Vernhes

Hanna Schaer

Florence Couderc

Jérôme Varnier

– Pelléas

– Mélisande

– Golaud

– Arkel

– Geneviève

– Yniold

– Un médecin / Un berger

 

Chœurs de Radio France

Orchestre national de France

conducted by Bernard Haitink

 

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* Paris, Salle Favart

Concert performance : Tuesday 30 April 2002

Broadcast : France Musiques, Saturday 11 May 2002

 

Jean-Sébastien Bou

Magdalena Kozena

François Le Roux

Jérôme Varnier

Nathalie Stutzmann

Marion Harousseau

Nicolas Testé

– Pelléas

– Mélisande

– Golaud

– Arkel

– Geneviève

– Yniold

– Un médecin

 

Orchestre de Chambre Gustav Mahler

conducted by Marc Minkowski

 

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* Glyndebourne, Opera Theatre

Performance : Friday 18 June 2004

Broadcast : Radio Classique, Sunday 21 November 2004

 

Russell Braun

Marie Arnet

John Tomlinson

Christian Tréguier

Nadine Denize

David Stark

Michael Druiett

Richard Mosley-Evans

– Pelléas

– Mélisande

– Golaud

– Arkel

– Geneviève

– Yniold

– Un médecin

– Un berger

 

The Glyndebourne Chorus

London Philharmonic Orchestra

conducted by Louis Langrée

 

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* Paris, Opéra Bastille

Performance : Monday 13 September 2004

Broadcast : Radio Classique, live

 

Simon Keenlyside

Mireille Delunsch

José van Dam

Ferruccio Furlanetto

Dagmar Peckova

Sébastien Ponsford

Frédéric Caton

David Bizic

– Pelléas

– Mélisande

– Golaud

– Arkel

– Geneviève

– Yniold

– Un médecin

– Un berger

 

Chœur et Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

conducted by Sylvain Cambreling

 

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* New York (NY), Florence Gould Hall

Performance : Wednesday 19 January 2005

"In house" recording of the 1895 piano version

Download from operashare, Thursday 25 May 2006

 

Kevin Greenlaw

Patricia Petibon

Andrew Slater

Dmitri Kavrakos

Joyce Castle

Jesse Dembo

Philip Littell

– Pelléas

– Mélisande

– Golaud

– Arkel

– Geneviève

– Yniold

– Un médecin / Un berger

 

conducted by Raphaël Rochet at the piano

 

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Rodrigue et Chimène

Lyon, 14 May 1993

Erato, 1994

 

* Lyon, Opéra Nouvel

Performance : Friday 14 May 1993

Broadcast : France Musique, live

Orchestrated by Edison Denisov - World Premiere

 

Jules Bastin

Donna Brown

Jean-Philippe Courtis

Laurence Dale

Vincent Le Texier

Gilles Ragon

Hélène Jossoud

– Don Gomez

– Chimène

– Don Diègue

– Rodrigue

– Le Roi

– Hernan

– Inès

 

Chœur et Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon

conducted by Kent Nagano

 

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* Erato, 1994           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Opéra de Lyon

Recording dates : 09-16 September 1993, 19-21 January and 24 September 1994

 

Jules Bastin

Donna Brown

José van Dam

Laurence Dale

Vincent Le Texier

Gilles Ragon

Hélène Jossoud

Jean-Paul Fouchécourt

Jean-Louis Meunier

Jean Delescluse

– Don Gomez

– Chimène

– Don Diègue

– Rodrigue

– Le Roi

– Hernan

– Inès

– Bermudo

– Don Juan d'Arcos

– Don Pèdre de Terruel

 

Chœur et Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon

conducted by Kent Nagano

 

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