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Jean-François Paillard and his orchestra were the key to the success of Erato Records, representing a certain idea of French music from the 1950s to the 1970s. This student of Igor Markevitch quickly stood out by forming the orchestra bearing his name and by dedicating himself to a then little-known branch of French music from Lully to Debussy. His rigidity with regard to the rise of historically informed baroque music (period instruments, tuning fork, playing mode) rendered his approach obsolete, even though it opened the door to this revival, at least as far as the considered repertoire is concerned. Among Jean-François Paillard’s many recordings, this one holds a special place because it represents one of his very rare and cautious forays into the repertoire written at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Recorded in 1970, this is a very smooth and lively version of the Petite Suite written by a young Debussy still immersed in his stays in Russia with Madame von Meck, Tchaikovsky's benefactress, in a diaphanous orchestration by Henri Büsser.
This enjoyment was increased tenfold by a reunion with the great harpist Lily Laskine playing one of her favourite works, the Danses pour harpe et orchestre à cordes that Debussy composed at the request of Pleyel as a display of its instruments. As for Épigraphes antiques, this is one of Debussy’s last works, composed in 1914 for piano four hands, with the idea of a future orchestration. It was the conductor Ernest Ansermet who fulfilled this wish in 1932 with his delicate orchestration, followed forty years later by this version for strings alone, due to the talent of the transcriber and performer Jean-François Paillard. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Jean-Francois Paillard, Conductor, MainArtist - Claude Debussy, Composer - Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Orchestra - Henri Busser, Orchestrator
© 2020 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division. Remastered 2019 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division
Jean-Francois Paillard, Conductor, MainArtist - Claude Debussy, Composer - Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Orchestra - Henri Busser, Orchestrator
© 2020 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division. Remastered 2019 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division
Jean-Francois Paillard, Conductor, MainArtist - Claude Debussy, Composer - Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Orchestra - Henri Busser, Orchestrator
© 2020 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division. Remastered 2019 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division
Jean-Francois Paillard, Conductor, MainArtist - Claude Debussy, Composer - Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Orchestra - Henri Busser, Orchestrator
© 2020 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division. Remastered 2019 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division
Lily Laskine, Harp, FeaturedArtist - Jean-Francois Paillard, Conductor, MainArtist - Claude Debussy, Composer - Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Orchestra
© 2020 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division. Remastered 2019 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division
Lily Laskine, Harp, FeaturedArtist - Jean-Francois Paillard, Conductor, MainArtist - Claude Debussy, Composer - Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Orchestra
© 2020 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division. Remastered 2019 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division
Jean-Francois Paillard, Conductor, MainArtist - Claude Debussy, Composer - Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Orchestra
© 2020 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division. Remastered 2019 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division
Jean-Francois Paillard, Conductor, MainArtist - Claude Debussy, Composer - Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Orchestra
© 2020 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division. Remastered 2019 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division
Jean-Francois Paillard, Conductor, MainArtist - Claude Debussy, Composer - Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Orchestra
© 2020 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division. Remastered 2019 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division
Jean-Francois Paillard, Conductor, MainArtist - Claude Debussy, Composer - Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Orchestra
© 2020 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division. Remastered 2019 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division
Jean-Francois Paillard, Conductor, MainArtist - Claude Debussy, Composer - Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Orchestra
© 2020 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division. Remastered 2019 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division
Jean-Francois Paillard, Conductor, MainArtist - Claude Debussy, Composer - Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Orchestra
© 2020 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division. Remastered 2019 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division
Album review
Jean-François Paillard and his orchestra were the key to the success of Erato Records, representing a certain idea of French music from the 1950s to the 1970s. This student of Igor Markevitch quickly stood out by forming the orchestra bearing his name and by dedicating himself to a then little-known branch of French music from Lully to Debussy. His rigidity with regard to the rise of historically informed baroque music (period instruments, tuning fork, playing mode) rendered his approach obsolete, even though it opened the door to this revival, at least as far as the considered repertoire is concerned. Among Jean-François Paillard’s many recordings, this one holds a special place because it represents one of his very rare and cautious forays into the repertoire written at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Recorded in 1970, this is a very smooth and lively version of the Petite Suite written by a young Debussy still immersed in his stays in Russia with Madame von Meck, Tchaikovsky's benefactress, in a diaphanous orchestration by Henri Büsser.
This enjoyment was increased tenfold by a reunion with the great harpist Lily Laskine playing one of her favourite works, the Danses pour harpe et orchestre à cordes that Debussy composed at the request of Pleyel as a display of its instruments. As for Épigraphes antiques, this is one of Debussy’s last works, composed in 1914 for piano four hands, with the idea of a future orchestration. It was the conductor Ernest Ansermet who fulfilled this wish in 1932 with his delicate orchestration, followed forty years later by this version for strings alone, due to the talent of the transcriber and performer Jean-François Paillard. © François Hudry/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:56
- Main artists: Jean-François Paillard
- Composer: Claude Debussy
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
© 2020 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division. Remastered 2019 Erato Disques, a Warner Music UK Division
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