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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Jeanne d'Arc (Mono Version)
Orchestre National de France, Pierre Dervaux
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Festival de musique russe (Mono Version)
Pierre Dervaux, Amsterdams Philharmonisch Orkest
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Lecocq & Offenbach: Ouvertures (Mono Version)
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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (Mono Version)
Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre Colonne
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Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" (Mono Version)
Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre Colonne
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Tchaikovsky: Symphonie No. 6 "Pathétique" (Mono Version)
Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre Colonne
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Tchaikovsky: Concerto pour violon, Op. 35 (Mono Version)
Devy Erlih, Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre Colonne
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Grands concertos du XIXe siècle, vol. 8 (Stereo Version)
Devy Erlih, Orchestre Colonne, Pierre Dervaux
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Petrassi: Coro di morti - Dutilleux: Symphonie No. 1 (Mono Version)
Pierre Dervaux, Ferruccio Scaglia, Orchestre du Theatre National De L'Opera De Paris
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Musique française (Mono Version)
Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre de l'association des concerts Colonne
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Musique française (Stereo Version)
Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre de l'association des concerts Colonne
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Dukas: La Péri - Schmitt: La tragédie de Salomé, poème symphonique (Mono Version)
Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre du Theatre National De L'Opera De Paris
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 (Stereo Version)
Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre de l'association des concerts Colonne
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XIXe siècle : Grands concertos (Stereo Version) (Stereo Version)
Orchestre de l'association des concerts Colonne, Pierre Dervaux
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé suite No. 2, Alborada del Gracioso, La valse (Mono Version)
Orchestre de l'association des concerts Colonne, Pierre Dervaux
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Varney: Extrait des Mousquetaires au couvent - Planquette: Extraits des Cloches de Corneville (Mono Version)
Robert Benedetti, Orchestre De Robert Benedetti, Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre De Pierre Dervaux
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XIXème siècle: Grandes symphonies, vol. 5 (Stereo Version)
Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre de l'association des concerts Colonne
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XIXe siècle: Grands concertos, vol. 6 (Stereo Version) (Stereo Version)
Charles Cyroulnik, Pierre Dervaux, Orchestre de l'association des concerts Colonne
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Ouvertures des opérettes célèbres (Mono Version)
Robert Benedetti, Pierre Dervaux
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Lehár: Frasquita & Paganini, extraits chantés en français (Mono Version)
Bernard Alvi, Robert Massard, Pierre Dervaux Orchestra, Pierre Dervaux
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Bizet: Carmen, extraits (Mono Version)
Jean Madeira, Nicola Filacuridi, Orchestre Pasdeloup, Pierre Dervaux
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on Jan 1, 1961
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