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Hello All !
Glad I discovered this wonderful forum !

I just happened to find a new recording of Roger-Ducasse's complete piano works, which I've been hoping for for a long time.  I've tried to get Stephen Hough interested in this composer, but unsuccessfully... This brand new 3-CD set has been (wonderfully, from little I've heard so far) recorded by Martin Jones, another champion of piano rarities, for Nimbus.

Roger-Ducasse is, in my opinion, a rather injustly neglected composer who'd deserve a resurrection in the concert halls.
His totally forgotten opéra-comique, CANTEGRIL, is a brilliant depiction of the lively atmosphere of a small pyrenean village, and its "piquant" characters, around the love affair of Cantegril (a pleasant version of a village Don Giovanni, and the sweet Francezine).  The score recalls at times Canteloube (the orchestral interludes), and Ravel (the lively Octet).

His ballet "Orphée", on the steps of Ravel's Daphnis & Chloé and Roussel's Bacchus & Ariane, is a wonderful, richly-orchestrated work which deserves a complete recording, and not just the 3 excerpts available on Naxos.

Yes !! I was looking forward to this recording, having attended 2 performances of the Freiburg show.  Nutthaporn Thammathi is indeed a revelation, especially considering his young age.  You'll also discover another wonderful young soprano, Irma Mihelic.  There might have been a few minor cuts, especially in the ballet, but I think it's otherwise pretty complete.

PS : The Youtube videos of Nutthaporn Thammathi still don't give the best idea of him.  After hearing him on the 1st night, I booked a ticket for a 2nd performance 2 days later (this time with Irma Mihelic, who was much better than her cover who sang on the 1st night), and a few months later, I made the trip to Budapest (from France) to hear him again at the Budapest Opera (still in the same role, which he had even improved from the Freiburg performances).