4053796005618

Technical Brilliance From Detroit

Paul Paray

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Format: 10CD

Cat No: 600561

Release Date:  07 August 2020

Label:  Documents

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  10

Barcode:  4053796005618

Genres:  Classical  Classical  

  • Description

    When Paul Paray (1886-1979) came to Detroit from Paris in 1951, he already enjoyed a considerable reputation as a composer and conductor in Europe. The industrial centers around Lake Michigan were at the heart of the North American economy. In Chicago, Cleveland and Pittsburgh, the cultural institutions, especially the symphony orchestras, profited from the wealth of the region. In Detroit, the world's largest center of the auto industry, Paray was to bring the local orchestra to the highest level. The exceptional way in which he succeeded in doing just that, makes the ten CDs of this documentation a very special listening experience. Paray, who led the orchestra until 1963, after which he returned to Europe, was aided in this by an outstanding recording technique that has set benchmarks until today. It also was to benefit lesser known works and composers from 19th and early 20th century France, which Paray included in his programs. His sensitive handling of the music of German romanticism is also clearly recognizable in the complete recordings of the Schumann symphonies, which form the conclusion of this 10-CD box. Paray's musical journey began in Rouen, in the boy's choir of the cathedral, and on the organ there, on which he began to improvise as a boy. After his studies at the Paris Conservatory, he was awarded the 1st Grand Rome Prize in 1911. This was followed by directing the orchestras Lamoureux and Concerts Colonne and conducting at the Paris Opera. A highlight in the life of the composer Paul Paray was his Mass for Joan of Arc, which was performed in Detroit on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of her death in 1956.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 2. II. Un bal (A Ball / Ein Ball) Valse – Allegro non troppo
      • 3. III. Scéne aux champs (Scene in the country / Szene auf dem Lande) Adagio
      • 4. IV. Marche au supplice (March to the Scaffold / Gang zum Richtplatz) Allegro non troppo
      • 5. V. Songe d’un nuit du Sabbat (Dream of Sabbath Night / Traum einer Sabbathnacht) Larghetto – Allegro
      • 6. I. Lento – Allegro non troppo
      • 7. II. Allegretto
      • 8. III. Allegro non troppo

      Disc 2

      • 1. I. De l’aube à midi sur la mer (From Dawn till Noon on the Sea / Von der Morgenröte bis zum Mittag auf dem Meer)
      • 2. II. Jeux de vagues (Game of the Waves / Spiel der Wellen) Allegro (dans un rythme très souple)
      • 3. III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer (Dialogue between Wind and Sea / Zwiegespräch zwischen Wind und Meer)
      • 4. Prelude /Vorspiel
      • 5. I. Dans les rues et les chemins (In the Streets and Byways / In den Straßen und Gassen)
      • 6. II. Parfum de la nuit (Fragrance of the Night / Der Duft der Nacht)
      • 7. III. Matin d’un jour de festival (Morning of a Festival Day / Festtagsmorgen)
      • 8. I. Nuages (Clouds / Wolken)
      • 9. II. Fêtes (Festivals / Feste)
      • 10. III. Sirènes (Sirens / Sirenen)

      Disc 3

      • 1. Bolero
      • 2. I. Modéré
      • 3. II. Assez lent
      • 4. III. Modéré
      • 5. IV. Assez animé
      • 6. V. Presque lent
      • 7. VI. Assez vif
      • 8. VII. Moins vif
      • 9. VIII. Epilogue. Lent
      • 10. I. Lever du jour
      • 11. II. Pantomime
      • 12. III. Dansé générale
      • 13. La Valse
      • 14. Alborada Del Gracioso
      • 15. I. Prélude à la nuit
      • 16. II. Malagueña
      • 17. III. Habanera
      • 18. IV. Feria

      Disc 4

      • 1. Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte
      • 2. I. Pavane de la belle endormie (Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty)
      • 3. II. Hop-o‘-mon-pouce (Hop-o’my-Thumb)
      • 4. III. Laideronette, impératrice des pagodes (Laideronette, Empress of the Pagodas)
      • 5. IV. Les conversations de la belle et la bête (The Conversations of the Beauty and the Beast)
      • 6. V. Le jardin des fées (The Fairy Garden)
      • 7. I. Prélude
      • 8. II. Forlane
      • 9. III. Menuet
      • 10. IV. Rigaudon
      • 11. I. En bateau (A Ship / Ein Boot)
      • 12. II. Cortège (A Procession / Ein Festzug)
      • 13. III. Menuet
      • 14. IV. Ballet
      • 15. Prélude (Overture / Ouvertüre)
      • 16. Prélude (Overture / Ouvertüre)
      • 17. Prélude (Overture / Ouvertüre)
      • 18. Mars du couronnement (Coronation March / Krönungsmarsch)

      Disc 5

      • 1. I. Adagio – Allegro moderato
      • 2. II. Poco adagio
      • 3. III. Allegro moderato – Presto
      • 4. IV. Maestoso –Allegro
      • 5. Bacchanale
      • 6. Danse Macabre, Op. 40
      • 7. Marche Héroïque, Op. 34 (Heroic March / Heldenmarsch)
      • 8. Marche Militaire FranÃ�›aise
      • 9. Prélude (Overture /Ouvertüre)
      • 10. (Overture / Ouvertüre)
      • 11. Can Can

      Disc 6

      • 1. La Patrie
      • 2. I. Prélude
      • 3. II. La Garde montante
      • 4. III. Les Dragons d’Alcala
      • 5. IV. Intermezzo
      • 6. V. Aragonaise
      • 7. VI. Les Toréadors
      • 8. Danse Bohème
      • 9. I. Prélude
      • 10. II.Minuetto
      • 11. III. Adagietto
      • 12. IV. Carillon
      • 13. I. Pastorale
      • 14. II. Intermezzo
      • 15. III. Menuet
      • 16. IV. Farandole
      • 17. I. Danse des Nubiennes (Waltz)
      • 18. II. Adagio
      • 19. III. Danse antique (Danse of the Nubians)
      • 20. IV. Variations de Cléopâtre (Cleopatra’s Dance)
      • 21. V. Les Troyennes (Dance of the Trojan Maidens)
      • 22. VI. Variations du miroir (Helen’s Dance)
      • 23. VII. Danse de Phryné (Bacchanalia)

      Disc 7

      • 1. Espaňa
      • 2. Bourrée Fantasque
      • 3. Joyeuse Marche
      • 4. Fête Polonaise
      • 5. Danse Slave
      • 6. Prélude
      • 7. I. Idylle
      • 8. II. Danse villageoise
      • 9. III. Sous bois
      • 10. IV. Scherzo – Valse
      • 11. Prélude (Overture / Ouvertüre)
      • 12. Prélude (Overture / Ouvertüre)
      • 13. Prélude (Overture / Ouvertüre)
      • 14. Gavotte

      Disc 8

      • 1. I. Lent (Allegro vivo)
      • 2. II. Très lent
      • 3. III. Animé, très animé
      • 4. I. Prélude
      • 5. II. Sérénade
      • 6. III. Thème varié
      • 7. IV. Parades de foire
      • 8. V. Fête foraine
      • 9. Prélude (Overture /Ouvertüre)
      • 10. Suite
      • 11. Valse, Act 2

      Disc 9

      • 1. I. Andante un poco maestoso – Allegro molto vivace
      • 2. II. Larghetto
      • 3. III. Scherzo: Molto vivace
      • 4. IV. Allegro animato e grazioso
      • 5. I. Sostenuto assai – Un poco più vivace – Allegro ma non troppo
      • 6. II. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
      • 7. III. Adagio espressivo
      • 8. IV. Allegro molto vivace

      Disc 10

      • 1. I. Lebhaft
      • 2. II. Scherzo: Sehr mäßig
      • 3. III. Nicht schnell
      • 4. IV. Feierlich
      • 5. V. Lebhaft
      • 6. I. Ziemlich langsam – Lebhaft
      • 7. II. Romanze: Ziemlich langsam
      • 8. III. Scherzo: Lebhaft
      • 9. IV. Langsam – Lebhaft
      • 10. Overture / Ouvertüre