Honegger: Le Roi David; Prélude, fugue et postlude; Monopartita; Napoléon; Le Chant de Nigamon; Prélude pour la "Phædre" / Marius Constant / Charles Dutoit / Jeanine Collard / Christiane Eda-Pierre / Eric Tappy / Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (2 CD) (FLAC)

Honegger: Le Roi David; Prélude, fugue et postlude; Monopartita; Napoléon; Le Chant de Nigamon; Prélude pour la "Phædre" / Marius Constant / Charles Dutoit / Jeanine Collard / Christiane Eda-Pierre / Eric Tappy / Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra 

Disc 1


Le roi David, oratorio (Action musicale) for narrator, 3 solo voices, 2 choruses & orchestra, H37c

1 - Part 1. Introduction      2:13

2 - Part 1. The Song of David, the Shepherd      1:44

3 - Part 1. Psalm: All praise to Him - Fanfare      2:01

4 - Part 1. Song of Victory      0:24

5 - Part 1. March      2:02

6 - Part 1. Psalm: In the Lord I put my trust      1:58

7 - Part 1. Psalm: O had I the wings of a dove      3:21

8 - Part 1. Song of the Prophets      1:41

9 - Part 1. Psalm: Pity me, Lord!      2:49

10- Part 1. Saul's Camp      2:18

11- Part 1. Psalm: God the Lord shall be my light       1:42

12- Part 1. Incantation      2:35

13- Part 1. March of the Philistines       1:32

14- Part 1. Lament of Gilboa       5:08

15- Part 2. Song of the Daughters of Israel       1:45

16- Part 2. The Dance before the Ark       10:27

17- Part 3. Now my voice in song upsoaring       1:34

18- Part 3. Song of the Handmaid        1:55

19- Part 3. Psalm of Penitence        2:44

20- Part 3. Psalm: Behold, in evil I was born        4:31

21- Part 3. Psalm: O shall I raise mine eyes unto the mountains       1:46

22- Part 3. The Song of Ephraim       1:03

23- Part 3. March of the Hebrews       2:32

24- Part 3. Psalm: Thee will I love, o Lord       2:46

25- Part 3. Psalm: In my distress       1:23

26- Part 3. The Crowning of Solomon       2:01

27- Part 3. The Death of David      5:35


Performer:  Jeanine Collard (Mezzo Soprano), Christiane Eda-Pierre (Soprano), Eric Tappy (Tenor),
Jean Desailly (Spoken Vocals)
Conductor:  Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Written: 1921; France 



Disc 2

1 - Prélude, fugue, postlude, for orchestra (extracted from Amphion), H. 71a       13:49

Conductor:  Marius Constant
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Written: 1948; France 


2 - Monopartita, for orchestra in F sharp minor, H. 204       12:51

Conductor:  Marius Constant
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Written: 1951; France 


Prélude pour La Tempête, prelude for orchestra, H. 48a

3 - Prelude       4:22

Conductor:  Marius Constant
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra 


Napoléon, film score suite for orchestra, H64

4 - Les Ombres       2:50

Conductor:  Marius Constant
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Written: 1927; France 


5 - Le Chant de Nigamon, for orchestra, H16       10:29

Conductor:  Marius Constant
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Written: 1917; France 


Phaedre, incidental music for 8 female vocalists & orchestra, H61

6 - Imprecation de Thesee       1:30

7 - Prelude       5:29

8 - Mort de Phaedre       3:08

Conductor:  Marius Constant
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Written: 1926


9 - Pastorale d'été, symphonic poem for chamber orchestra, H31      8:16

Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Written: 1920; France


10- Mouvement symphonique No. 3, for orchestra, H83       9:42

Conductor:  Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Written: 1932-1933; France 

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