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ARTIST
Pierre Monteux

WORKS
Decca & Philips Recordings 1956 - 1964

CATALOGUE NUMBER

475 7798 0 DC7

TRACKLISTING

CD 1

1-7 J.S. Bach: Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV 1067º
8 Gluck: Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orphée et Eurydice)
9-11 Mozart: Flute Concerto in D major, K314º
12-15 Haydn: Symphony No.101 in D major “Clock”*

CD 2

1 Brahms: Tragic Overture, op.81
2 Academic Festival Overture, op.80
3-6 Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73*

CD 3

1 Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un fauneº
2-3 Nocturnesº
Nuages
Fêtes
4-8 Images
I Gigues
II Ibéria: Par les rues et par les chemins, Les parfums de la nuit — Le matin d’un jour de fête
III Rondes de printemps
9-12 Le Martyre de Saint-Sébastien – Fragments symphoniques:
La Cour de Lys
Danse extatique et Finale du 1er acte
La Passion
Le Bon Pasteur

CD 4

1-6 Stravinsky: L’Oiseau de feu – Suite (1919)**
7 Ravel: La Valse
8-18 Ma mère l’oye – complete ballet
19 Boléro

CD 5

1 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op.56a
2-27 Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty – highlightsº

CD 6

1-4 Sibelius: Symphony No.2 in D major, op.43º
5-19 Elgar: Enigma Variations, op.36

CD 7

1-4 Stravinsky: Petrushkaºº
5-17 Le Sacre du printemps

º first international CD release

Artists
Claude Monteux flute
Julius Katchen piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Wiener Philharmoniker*
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra**
Pierre Monteux

RECORDING INFORMATION
Pierre Monteux was born in Paris on 4 April 1875. He began his studies at the Paris Conservatoire at the age of nine and first conducted in Paris at the age of twelve. In 1911 Monteux was appointed principal conductor of Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and conducted the premieres of Stravinsky’s Petrushka, Le Sacre du printemps, and Le Rossignol; he also conducted the premiere of Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé (recently reissued in Decca Originals on 475 7525). From 1919-1924 he was conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and from 1925-1934 was conductor, with Willem Mengelberg, of the Concertgebouw Orchestra. In 1936 Monteux was appointed conductor of the San Francisco Symphony and her remained there until 1952. During this time he became an American citizen (in 1942). In 1961 Monteux was appointed chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. In May 1963 he conducted the fiftieth anniversary performance ofLe Sacre du printemps in London and was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society in December of that year. Monteux was ill several times during the last few years of his life but persevered with this conducting. In April 1964 he was conducting in Italy when he suffered a fall and had to return to the USA to recuperate. Pierre Monteux died on 1 July 1964 at the age of 89.

This Original Masters set devoted to Monteux contains a selection of the various pieces he recorded for Decca & Philips during the last eight years of his life – including the Stravinsky works with which he was so closely linked. It also includes pieces for flute and orchestra by Bach, Gluck and Mozart which appear on international CD for the first time in which he accompanies his son Claude with the London Symphony Orchestra.

To see all Original Masters go to the homepage at www.deccaclassics.com/originalmasters.

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