Honegger, Arthur > Le roi David

Ernest Ansermet: The Early Days (1916-1955)

8 CD / Cascavelle / 2010-06-08

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra; Capriccio, for piano & orchestra; Symphony of Psalms; Pétrouchka; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; The Snow M...
Performers: Blancard, Jacqueline; Christensen, Ernest; Danco, Suzanne; Davies, Fanny; Heward, Leslie; Micheau, Janine; Stravinsky, Igor
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest

Honegger: King David / Pearson, St. John's Cathedral Chorus

1 CD / Gothic Records / 2009-01-01

Works: Arthur Honegger: Le roi David, oratorio (Psaume symphonique) for narrator, 3 solo voices, 2 choruses & chamber orches
Performers: Poole, Thomas
Conductors: Pearson, Donald
Ensemble: St. John's Episcopal Cathedral Orchestra, Denver

Honegger: King David / Michael O'Neal Singers, et al

1 CD / ACA Digital / 2008-01-01

Works: Arthur Honegger: Le roi David, oratorio (Psaume symphonique) for narrator, 3 solo voices, 2 choruses & chamber orches
Performers: Dean, Barbara; Gilbert, Angela; Howard, Bradley; Kellerman, Janara
Conductors: O'Neil, Michael

In 1921 Swiss playwright Rene Morax asked Honegger to composer music for a play based on the heroic figure of King David. The original version...continue...

Original Masters - Ernest Ansermet - Decca Recordings 1953-1967

6 CD / Decca / 2007-02-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 31 "Der Himmel lacht, die Erde jubilieret" BWV 31; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 22 in E flat major, H 1 no 22 "Philosopher"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 4 i...
Performers: Danco, Suzanne; Hamel, Michel; Martin, Pauline; Montmollin, Marie-Lise de
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

Swiss born Ernest Ansermet formed the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) in 1918-together they had a long recording career on Decca following World War...continue...

Honegger: Le Roi David / Martin, Fersen, Borst, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-11-01

Works: Arthur Honegger: Le roi David, oratorio (Psaume symphonique) for narrator, 3 solo voices, 2 choruses & chamber orches
Performers: Borst, Danielle; Ragon, Gilles; Todorovitch, Marie-Ange
Conductors: Piquemal, Michel
Ensemble: Orchestre de la Cité

"This new Naxos disc offers the original version with a superb group of French (and Swiss) performers. The narration by...Jacques Martin is warm and dramatically...continue...

An American Soprano / Ellen Faull

1 CD / Video Artists International / 1998-12-15

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City); Arthur Honegger: Le roi David, oratorio (Psaume symphonique) for narrator, 3 solo voices, 2 choruses & chamber orches; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, o...
Performers: Faull, Ellen
Conductors: Levin, Sylvan; Buckley, Emerson

Arthur Honegger: Le Roi David

1 CD / Orfeo / 1991-12-03

Works: Arthur Honegger: Le roi David, oratorio (Psaume symphonique) for narrator, 3 solo voices, 2 choruses & chamber orches