Conductor Jean Fournet in Prague - Includes works by Franck, Debussy, Falla

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Album Summary

Performer

• Frantisek Maxian (Piano)

Conductor

• Fournet, Jean

Ensembles

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• Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
• Prague Symphony Orchestra

Composers

• Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946)
• César Franck (1822 - 1890)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)

Notes & Reviews:

In the past century, Jean Fournet (1913 - 2008), a "gentle perfectionist", as some of the critics characterized him, was one of the leading champions of French music throughout the world. In addition to heading globally renowned orchestras (director of the Opera-Comique in Paris, chief conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra), he also left a distinctive footprint in Prague, with the Czech Philharmonic in particular. He first appeared there as a guest at the Prague Spring festival in 1954, then in January 1961, and for the last time, at the age of 90 (!), in 2003. At the time of the Iron Curtain, Fournet represented for the Czech Philharmonic a rare and precious opportunity to enter the world of French music with the most competent guide there was. During his visits to Prague between 1963 and 1967, he and the orchestra made the enchanting and highly acclaimed recordings presented on this CD: in their "Ancerl" period, the Czech Philharmonic naturally embraced Fournet's refinement, sense of form and purity of colors. The precious recordings, newly remastered, are being released on a Supraphon CD for the very first time.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Rudolfinum, Prague.

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Works Details

César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Rédemption :: Symphonic Interlude, for orchestra

• Conductor: Jean Fournet
• Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Rudolfinum, Prague (1967-01-23&1967-01-25&1967-)
• Running Time: 13 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1874

César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Les Eolides, M 43

• Conductor: Jean Fournet
• Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: Rudolfinum, Prague (1967-01-23&1967-01-25&1967-)
• Running Time: 10 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1876

César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), symphonic poem (also arr. for piano, 4 hands), M. 44

• Conductor: Jean Fournet
• Notes: Rudolfinum, Prague (1967-01-23&1967-01-25&1967-)
• Running Time: 14 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1882

César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Les Djinns, symphonic poem for piano & orchestra (also arr. for 2 pianos), M. 45

• Performer: Frantisek Maxian (Piano)
• Conductor: Jean Fournet
• Notes: Rudolfinum, Prague (1967-01-23&1967-01-25&1967-)
• Running Time: 13 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1884

César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Psyché, symphonic poem for chorus & orchestra (also arr. for piano, 4 hands), M. 47

• Conductor: Jean Fournet
• Notes: Rudolfinum, Prague (12/03/1964-12/05/1964)
• Running Time: 28 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1887-1888

Debussy, Claude : Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra

• Conductor: Jean Fournet
• Notes: Rudolfinum, Prague (1963-10-23&1963-10-25_1963-)
• Running Time: 25 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1897-1899

Falla, Manuel de : Three Dances, from the ballet El sombrero de tres picos :: 1. Los vecinos

• Conductor: Jean Fournet
• Notes: Rudolfinum, Prague (02/07/1965-02/10/1965)
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1917-1919

Falla, Manuel de : Three Dances, from the ballet El sombrero de tres picos :: 2. Danza del molinero

• Conductor: Jean Fournet
• Notes: Rudolfinum, Prague (02/07/1965-02/10/1965)
• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1917-1919

Falla, Manuel de : Three Dances, from the ballet El sombrero de tres picos :: 3. Danza final

• Conductor: Jean Fournet
• Notes: Rudolfinum, Prague (02/07/1965-02/10/1965)
• Running Time: 6 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1917-1919

Debussy, Claude : Ibéria, for orchestra, L. 122/2

• Conductor: Jean Fournet
• Notes: Rudolfinum, Prague (02/07/1965-02/10/1965)
• Running Time: 20 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1905-1908

Debussy, Claude : Rondes du printemps, for orchestra, L. 122/3

• Conductor: Jean Fournet
• Notes: Rudolfinum, Prague (02/07/1965-02/10/1965)
• Running Time: 7 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1905-1908

Debussy, Claude : La mer

• Conductor: Jean Fournet
• Notes: Rudolfinum, Prague (1963-10-23&1963-10-25_1963-)
• Running Time: 24 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1903-1905