Rudolf Escher(1912-80): a Catalogue of the Orchestral Music

Started by Dundonnell, Tuesday 05 June 2012, 15:58

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Dundonnell

RUDOLF ESCHER: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

1940:      Sinfonia In Memoriam Maurice Ravel  (unfinished)-Largo: 6 minutes      +  (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Donemus cds)
1941-43:"Musique pour l'esprit en deuil" for orchestra: 24 minutes   +  (Q Disc, NM Classics and Donemus cds)
1945-46:Passacaglia for orchestra, op.10: 13 minutes
1946:      Idyll "Protesilaos en Laodamia" for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone and orchestra: 25 minutes
1947-48:Concerto for string orchestra and timpani, op.14: 23 minutes    + (NM Classics cd)
1949:      "Little Mermaid's Aria" for soprano and orchestra: 8 minutes
1951:      "Chant(Hymne) du Grand Meaulnues" for orchestra,op.19: 18 minutes    +  (NM Classics cd)
1951/61/77: "Nostalgies" for tenor and orchestra, op.21: 17 minutes
1953-54:Symphony No.1: 30 minutes
1956-57:Suite "Hylas" for youth orchestra: 18 minutes
1958/64/71:Symphony No.2: 28 minutes
1969-70/77:"Univers de Rimbaud" for tenor and orchestra: 21 minutes   + (Royal Concergebouw Orchestra cd)


Source:

http://en.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Rudolf+Escher

Christo

Wonderful! A few additions:

1940: Sinfonia In Memoriam Maurice Ravel  (unfinished)-Largo: 6 minutes      +  (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra cd) +Donemus cd (see below)
1941-43: "Musique pour l'esprit en deuil" for orchestra: 24 minutes   +  (Q Disc cd) +NM Classics 92048 +Donemus CVCD10
1947-48: Concerto for string orchestra and timpani, op.14: 23 minutes +NM Classics 92048
1951: "Chant (Hymne) du Grand Meaulnues" for orchestra,op.19: 18 minutes (Donemus cd below; and there's even another one; Peter (pjm) has it. :-)

                                         

Dundonnell

Again, thank you :)

The difficulty is that NM Classics and Donemus cds are now very hard to track down :(

Christo