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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Saint-Saëns: The Three Violin Concertos, Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Havanaise...
Ulf Hoelscher, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Pierre Dervaux
Klassik - Erschienen bei Warner Classics am 01.01.1977
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Ravel: Concertos pour piano (Mono Version)
Jean Casadesus, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Pierre Dervaux
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1958
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Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre, La jeunesse d'Hercule, Phaéton & Le rouet d'Omphale
Klassik - Erschienen bei Warner Classics am 01.01.1972
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Pierné: Images, Paysages franciscains & Les cathédrales
Klassik - Erschienen bei Warner Classics am 10.03.2023
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Poulenc: Concerto pour deux pianos & Concert champêtre pour clavecin et orchestre (Stereo Version)
Aimée van de Wiele, Francis Poulenc, Pierre Dervaux
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1962
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Messager: Véronique (Mono Version)
Geori Boue, Genevieve Moizan, Roger Bourdin, Pierre Dervaux
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1955
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Les grandes symphonies du XIXe siècle (Stereo Version)
Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre des Concerts Colonne
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1962
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Dutilleux: Symphonie No. 1 (Mono Version)
Paris Opera Orchestra, Pierre Dervaux
Klassik - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1957
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XIXe siècle: Grands concertos (Mono Version)
Orchestre de l'association des concerts Colonne, Pierre Dervaux, Devy Erilh
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1962
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Émile Martin: Le Voilier sous la croix (Mono Version)
Louis Noguera, Orchestre Pasdeloup, Pierre Dervaux
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1959
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Planquette: Les cloches de Corneville (Mono Version)
Colette Riedinger, Ernest Blanc, Jean Giraudeau, Pierre Dervaux
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1955
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Alborada del Gracioso & La valse (Stereo Version)
Orchestre de l'association des concerts Colonne, Pierre Dervaux
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1962
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Bizet : Les Pêcheurs de perles
Klassik - Erschienen bei Warner Classics am 11.10.2010
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Wagner: Chevauchée des Walkyries & Marche funèbre extraite du Crépuscule des dieux (Mono Version)
Orchestre du Theatre National De L'Opera De Paris, Pierre Dervaux
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1959
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Poulenc: Dialogue des Carmelites
Klassik - Erschienen bei Warner Classics am 01.01.1957
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Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles (Stereo Version)
Janine Micheau, Nicolai Gedda, Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre Du Theatre National De L'opera-comique
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1900
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Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites (Mono Version)
Denise Duval, Régine Crespin, Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre du Theatre National De L'Opera De Paris
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.2013
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Concerto pour piano
Gérard Poulet, Abdel Rahman El Bacha, David Lively, Orchestre Colonne, Pierre Dervaux
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 29.08.2006
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Beethoven: Symphonie No. 6 "Pastorale" (Stereo Version)
Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre Colonne
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1962
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Poulenc: Concert champêtre pour clavecin et orchestre & Concerto pour deux pianos (Mono Version)
Francis Poulenc, Aimée van de Wiele, Pierre Dervaux
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
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.2013
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