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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Rabaud: La procession nocturne, Divertissement sur des chansons russes, Églogue & Danses de Mârouf, savetier du Caire
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Ravel : Concertos pour piano, Boléro, La Valse
Manuel Rosenthal, Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris, Orchestre Du Sudwestfunk Baden Baden, Pierre Sancan
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Tchaikovsky & Liszt: Orchestral Works
Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Pierre Dervaux, Gyorgy Cziffra
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Orchestral Works
Orchestre Colonne, Pierre Dervaux
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Anthologie de la musique russe, vol. 2 (Mono Version)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Pierre Dervaux
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1959
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Wagner: Orchestral Works (Mono Version)
Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre du Theatre National De L'Opera De Paris
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1958
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Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles (Mono Version)
Orchestre Du Theatre National De L'opera-comique, Chœur du Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique, Pierre Dervaux
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Anthologie de la musique russe, vol. 1 (Mono Version)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Pierre Dervaux
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1959
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Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu, suite (1919 Version, Mono Version)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Pierre Dervaux
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Ouvertures célèbres (Mono Version)
Orchestre Colonne, Pierre Dervaux
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Messager: Fortunio, extraits (Stereo Version)
Michel Dens, Liliane Berton, Orchestre Colonne, Pierre Dervaux
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Tchaikovsky: Concerto pour piano No. 1 - Balakirev: Islamey (Mono Version)
Gyorgy Cziffra, Orchestre National de France, Pierre Dervaux
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Henri Tomasi : Le silence de la mer - Symphonie du Tiers-Monde - Retour à Tipasa
Orchestre philharmonique de l'O.R.T.F.|Pierre Dervaux|Daniel Mesguich
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Poulenc: Dialogue des Carmélites
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Messager: Fortunio, extraits (Mono Version)
Liliane Berton, Michel Sénéchal, Orchestre Colonne, Pierre Dervaux
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Beethoven: Concerto pour piano No. 5 "L'empereur" (Mono Version)
Yuri Boukoff, Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre Colonne
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Tchaikovsky: Concerto pour piano No. 1 (Stereo Version)
Marina Goglidze-Mdivani, Orchestre de l'association des concerts Colonne, Pierre Dervaux
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Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 11
Eric Heidsieck, Orchestre de l'association des concerts Colonne, Pierre Dervaux
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Prokofiev: Symphonie No. 1 "Classique" (Mono Version)
Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
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Delibes: Lakmé, sélection (Mono Version)
Pierrette Alarie, Léopold Simoneau, Orchestre Lamoureux, Pierre Dervaux
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