André Cluytens, though born in Belgium, achieved fame as one of the supreme French conductors of his era, renowned for his refinement and the sheer joy of his music-making. In the mid-20th century he built a substantial, varied and distinguished discography and became the first conductor to record the complete Beethoven symphonies with the Berliner Philharmoniker. This 65-disc set, uniting all his recordings of orchestral, concerto and choral repertoire, embraces the mainstream and the esoteric, and includes numerous items making their debut on CD or retrieved from the archives and released for the very first time.
Bach, C P E:
Cello Concerto No. 3 in A major, Wq. 172 (H439)
Andre Navarra (cello)
Beethoven:
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Monique de la Brucholleirie (piano)
The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
Solomon (piano)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Solomon (piano)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15
Emil Gilels (piano)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Emil Gilels (piano)
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral’
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Egmont Overture, Op. 84
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
David Oistrakh (violin)
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: 1. Allegro con brio
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 – Allegretto scherzando
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
Fidelio Overture Op. 72c
The Ruins of Athens Overture, Op. 113
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ‘Eroica’
Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral’
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Egmont Overture, Op. 84
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ‘Choral’
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Gabriel Tacchino (piano)
Berlioz:
L’Enfance du Christ, Op. 25
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 (excerpts)
King Lear Overture, Op. 4
Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9
Le Corsaire Overture, Op. 21
Béatrice et Bénédict, Op. 27: Overture
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Rákóczi March
La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Ballet des Sylphes
La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Menuet des Follets
Benvenuto Cellini Overture
Béatrice et Bénédict, Op. 27: Overture
Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9
Le Corsaire Overture, Op. 21
L’Enfance du Christ, Op. 25
Queen Mab scherzo (from Roméo et Juliette)
Chasse royale et Orage (from Les Troyens)
Bizet:
Patrie Overture, Op. 19
Carmen Suite No. 1
L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1
L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2
Bohemian Scenes
Symphony in C
Patrie Overture, Op. 19
L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1
L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2
Carmen Suite No. 1
Boieldieu:
La Dame blanche : Overture
Bondeville:
Gaultier Garguille
Rodolphe… Emma… Tu ne m’attendais pas (from Madame Bovary)
Je souffre… Pourquoi mon amour (from Madame Bovary)
Borodin:
In the Steppes of Central Asia
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Chabrier:
España
Charpentier, M-A:
In nativitatem Domini canticum, H. 416: Nuit
Chopin:
Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
Jeanne-Marie Darre (piano)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
Marguerite Long (piano)
Debussy:
Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien
La Boite A Joujoux
Children’s Corner
Jeux – Poème dansé
Images for orchestra
Danses sacrée et profane
Annie Challan (harp)
Delage:
Quatre Poèmes hindous
Berceuse phoque (No. 2 from Trois Chants de la jungle)
Delibes:
Coppélia – Suite
Sylvia: Suite
Dvorak:
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ‘From the New World’ – Largo
Falla:
El sombrero de tres picos
Fauré:
Requiem, Op. 48
Ballade in F sharp major for solo piano or piano & orchestra, Op. 19
Requiem, Op. 48
Franck, C:
Symphony in D minor
Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra, M46
Rédemption Symphonic Interlude
Psyche Suite
Le Chasseur maudit
Le Chasseur maudit
Les Eolides – Symphonic Poem
Les Djinns, Op. 45
Rédemption Symphonic Interlude
Gershwin:
An American in Paris, tone poem
Glinka:
Kamarinskaya
Gounod:
Mireille: Overture
Faust – Ballet Music
Mireille: Overture
Faust – Ballet Music
Handel:
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV348
Haydn:
Symphony No. 94 in G Major ‘Surprise’
Symphony No. 104 in D major ‘London’
Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor ‘Farewell’
Symphony No. 96 in D major ‘Miracle’
Hérold:
Le Pre aux Cleres.- Overture
Indy:
Symphonie sur un chant montagnard, Op. 25
Lalo:
Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21
Dino Francescatti (violin)
Le Roi d’Ys: Overture
Laparra:
La Habenara (prelude)
Liszt:
Les Préludes, symphonic poem No. 3, S97
Massenet:
Les Érinnyes (excerpts)
Scènes alsaciennes
Scènes pittoresques
Phèdre: Overture
Mendelssohn:
Symphony No. 4 – Saltarello: Presto
Menotti:
Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra
Youri Boukoff (piano)
Mozart:
Don Giovanni, K527: Overture
Serenade No. 13 in G major, K525 ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’: Allegro
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 – Molto Allegro
Mussorgsky:
A Night on the Bare Mountain
Pictures at an Exhibition
A Night on the Bare Mountain
Khovanshchina: Prelude
Nigg:
Piano Concerto No. 1
Pierre Barbizet (piano)
Pierné, G:
Cydalise et le Chèvre-Pied
Concertstück for harp & orchestra in G sharp, Op. 39
Annie Challan (harp)
Prokofiev:
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
Samson Francois (piano)
Rachmaninov:
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Emil Gilels (piano)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Gabriel Tacchino (piano)
Ravel:
Ma Mère l’Oye
Pavane pour une infante défunte
La Valse
Rapsodie Espagnole
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Boléro
Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs No. 4)
Daphnis et Chloé – Suite No. 1
Daphnis et Chloé – Suite No. 2
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Menuet antique
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Ma Mère l’Oye
Une barque sur l’océan (Miroirs No. 3)
Rapsodie Espagnole
La Valse
La Valse
Piano Concerto in G major
Piano Concerto in D major (for the left hand)
Boléro
La Valse
Rapsodie Espagnole
Ma Mère l’Oye
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Daphnis et Chloé
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Menuet antique
Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs No. 4)
Une barque sur l’océan (Miroirs No. 3)
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Rimsky Korsakov:
Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36
Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
Scheherazade, Op. 35
Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36
Flight of the Bumble Bee
4 Romances, Op. 3: I. The Pine and the Palm
Boris Christoff (bass)
2 Songs, Op. 49
Boris Christoff (bass)
Rossini:
Semiramide Overture
Roussel:
Bacchus et Ariane, Op. 43 – Suite No. 2
Le Festin de l’Araignée, Op. 17 – fragments symphonique
Sinfonietta for string orchestra, Op. 52
Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 42
Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 53
Saint-Saëns:
Overture to the opera ‘La Princesse jaune’, Op. 30
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
Emil Gilels (piano)
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 ‘Organ Symphony’
Schubert:
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 ‘Unfinished’
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 ‘Unfinished’
Schumann:
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Andre Navarra (cello)
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Manfred Overture, Op. 115
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 ‘Rhenish’
Shostakovich:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet & strings, Op. 35
Dmitri Shostakovich (piano), Ludovic Vaillant (trumpet)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102
Dmitri Shostakovich (piano)
Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 ‘The year 1905’
Smetana:
Má Vlast: Vltava
Má Vlast: Z ceských luhu a háju
Strauss, R:
Burleske for Piano and orchestra in D minor, AV85
Marcelle Meyer (piano)
Don Juan, Op. 20
Liebesszene (from Feuersnot)
Stravinsky:
Persephone
Tchaikovsky:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Aldo Ciccolini (piano)
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36: Scherzo
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 ‘Pathétique’ – Allegro molto vivace
Wagner:
Siegfried Idyll
Siegfried: Waldweben
Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Funeral March
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture
Tannhäuser: Overture
Der fliegende Holländer: Overture
Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 1
Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 3
Weber:
Oberon Overture
Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65
Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra, Orchestre de l’Association des Concert Colonne, Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, André Cluytens