Pierre Dervaux
Even as critics and the public were beginning to complain that the elusive French style was waning, Pierre Dervaux was leading performances of grace, elegance, and meticulous detail. By his early 30s, the conductor/composer had demonstrated the ability to get the best from his musicians and singers while infusing works with compelling urgency. Dervaux presided over the premiere recording of one of the twentieth century's most enduring operas and was an accomplished composer in his own right. As a pedagogue at Montreal's Conservatory, the École Normale in Paris, and the summer academy at Nice, he exerted a positive influence on a succeeding generation of conductors. Dervaux's training was thorough: at the Paris Conservatoire, he studied counterpoint and harmony with Marcel Samuel-Rousseau and Jean and Noël Gallon and piano with Isidor Philipp, Armand Ferté, and Yves Nat. He began his career as an assistant conductor at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in 1945. His podium debut, however, took place with the Orchestre Pasdeloup in 1947, an occasion that won the young conductor considerable recognition. Subsequently, he was appointed vice president of the Concerts Pasdeloup and remained in that position until 1955. Meanwhile, the same year he first appeared as a full conductor, Dervaux was engaged as principal conductor by the Opéra de Paris, where he continued until 1970. During this time, Dervaux was entrusted with the June 21, 1957, Paris premiere of Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites. The following January, Dervaux conducted the first recording, a standard-setting studio performance with Denise Duval, Régine Crespin, and Rita Gorr. In 1968, Dervaux was engaged as musical director of Québec's Orchestre Symphonique and remained there until 1971, when he was appointed music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Pays de Loire. In 1978, coinciding with his teaching at the Nice Academy, he began a four-year engagement as music director of the Nice Opéra. During his career, Dervaux appeared as guest conductor with many orchestras in other parts of Europe, in America, and the Far East, but always devoted himself primarily to those institutions with which he was engaged. His compositions include several concertos, two symphonies, and various chamber and solo piano works.
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Bizet & Gounod: Airs d'opéras (Mono Version)
Paul Finel, Orchestre du Theatre National De L'Opera De Paris, Pierre Dervaux
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1959
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Chopin: Concerto pour piano No. 1 - Liszt: Concerto pour piano No. 1 (Mono Version)
Eric Heidsieck, Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre Colonne
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1963
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Grieg: Concerto pour piano, Op. 16 - Tchaikovsky: Concerto pour piano, Op. 23 (Mono Version)
Raymond Trouard, Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre Colonne
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1962
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Liszt: Concerto pour piano No. 1 & Fantaisie sur des thèmes populaires hongrois (Mono Version)
Gyorgy Cziffra, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Pierre Dervaux
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1957
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Airs d'opéras français (Mono Version)
Pierrette Alarie, Orchestre Lamoureux, Pierre Dervaux
Klassiek - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1954
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Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 (Mono Version)
Henryk Szeryng, Orchestre de l'association des concerts Colonne, Pierre Dervaux
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1957
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XIXe siècle : Grands concertos, vol. 10 (Stereo Version) (Stereo Version)
Orchestre de l'association des concerts Colonne, Pierre Dervaux, Raymond Trouard
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1962
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XIXème siècle: Grands concertos, vol. 9 (Stereo Version)
Eric Heidsieck, Orchestre de l'association des concerts Colonne, Pierre Dervaux
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1962
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XIXème siècle: Grands concertos, vol. 7 (Stereo Version)
Yuri Boukoff, Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre de l'association des concerts Colonne
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1962
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Claude Debussy: La Mer / Fêtes / Ibéria (No. 2 from Images Pour Orchestre)
Pierre Dervaux, L'Orchestra Des Concerts Colonne
Klassiek - Released by Music Manager on 12 sep. 2019
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Maurice Ravel: Boléro / Rhapsodie Espagnole
L'Orchestre Des Concerts Colonne, Maurice Ravel, Pierre Dervaux
Klassiek - Released by Music Manager on 29 nov. 2012
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Beethoven: Symphonie No. 6 "Pastorale" (Mono Version)
Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre Colonne
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1962
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XIXème siècle: Grands concertos, vol. 8 (Stereo Version)
Devy Erlih, Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre de l'association des concerts Colonne
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1962
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Offenbach & Varney: Ouvertures (Mono Version)
Robert Benedetti, Pierre Dervaux
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1958
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Verdi: La traviata, Extracts (French Version, Mono Version)
Paris Opera Orchestra, Pierre Dervaux, Mado Robin
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1963
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Ravel: Bolero / Rhapsodie Espagnol
L'Orchestre Des Concerts Colonne, Pierre Dervaux
Klassiek - Released by Music Manager on 17 sep. 2020
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Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from "Tristan und Isolde"
Pierre Dervaux, Paris Opera Orchestra
Opera - Released by Sunday Club Records on 24 jan. 2014
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