Notes: | The 1st work an opera; 2nd work incidental music for vocal soloists, narrator, orchestra and chorus; 3rd work for women's chorus and orchestra; 4th work originally for piano 4 hands, arr. for orchestra; 5th and 6th works for orchestra; 7th work for orchestra and (in the 3rd movement) wordless women's chorus. Compact discs. Three booklets with program notes in English and French, and libretti or texts in French (104, 48, 27 p. : ill.) inserted in individual containers. Jacques Jansen, baritone (1st work) ; Micheline Grancher, Françoise Ogean, sopranos (1st work) ; Solange Michel, mezzo-soprano (1st & 2nd works) ; Michel Roux, bass-baritone (1st work) ; André Vessières, Marcel Vigneron, basses (1st work) ; Ethel Sussman, soprano (2nd work) ; Christine [sic] Gayraud, contralto (2nd work) ; André Falcon, narrator (2nd work) ; Yoshiko Furusawa, soprano (3rd work) ; Fredda [sic] Betti, narrator (3rd work) ; Chœur de la Radio Télévision Française (1st-3rd, 7th works) ; Orchestre National ; Désiré Emile Inghelbrecht, conductor. Recorded in various locations in France between December 14, 1957 and December 17, 1963. The texted vocal works sung in French.
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