Fournet, Jean

Arthur Grumiaux: The Art of the Violin - Concertos & sonatas by Beethoven, Brahms, Lalo, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Tchaikovsky [7 CDs]

7 CD / Traditions Alive / 2013-03-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 1 in B flat major, K 207; Concerto for Violin no 2 in D major, K 211; Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216; Concerto for Violin in D major, K 271...
Performers: Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Haskil, Clara
Conductors: Paumgartner, Bernhard; Moralt, Rudolf; Haitink, Bernard; Beinum, Eduard Van; Fournet, Jean

A 7-CD set, in a slim-line wallet box, which features one the most iconic violinists of the twentieth century. Grumiaux is presented in performances of...continue...

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

3 CD / Supraphon / 2013-02-07

Works: César Franck: Rédemption; Les Eolides, M 43; Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), symphonic poem (also arr. for piano, 4 hands), M. 44; Les Djinns, symphonic poem for piano & orchest...
Performers: Maxian, Frantisek
Conductors: Fournet, Jean
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Symphony Orchestra

In the past century, Jean Fournet (1913 - 2008), a "gentle perfectionist", as some of the critics characterized him, was one of the leading champions...continue...
Recording information: Rudolfinum, Prague....continue...

Faure: Requiem; Pavane / Sylvia McNair, Thomas Allen, Neville Marrinier - ASMF

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Pelléas et Mélisande, incidental music and suite for orchestra, Op. 80; Fantaisie for Flute and Piano, Op. 79; Pa...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bennett, William; Birch, John; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; McNair, Sylvia
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Guest, George; Fournet, Jean
Ensemble: ; Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields

In recognizing Faure's standing among French composers, his compatriot Jean Roger-Ducasse declared "more profound than Saint-Saens... more classic than Debussy, Grabriel Faure is the master...continue...

Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vol. 6: 1990-2000

14 CD / RCO Live / 2011-10-11

Works: Béla Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11/Sz 48; Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 119; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastor...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barainsky, Claudia; Brautigam, Ronald; Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]; Komlosi, Ildiko; Kovacs, Kolos; Laurendeau, Jean; Masseurs, Peter; Murray, Ann; Shelton, Lucy [Sop...
Conductors: Fischer, Iván; Tennstedt, Klaus; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Berglund, Paavo; Chailly, Riccardo; Dutoit, Charles; Solti, Sir Georg; Previn, Andre; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Jansons, Mariss; Haitink, B...
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

The Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a recorded history of six decades of performances by the Concertgebouw Orchestra, taken from broadcasts contained in...continue...

Dukas: Orchestral Music

1 CD / Regis Records / 2011-03-05

Works: Paul Dukas: La Péri, fanfare to the ballet; La Péri, ballet; Symphony in C major; The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra
Conductors: Fournet, Jean

"The Fournet recording is amongst the best ever ... this is second to none." - The Penguin Guide...continue...

French Orchestral Music: Chausson, Fauré, Honegger

1 CD / Regis Records Import / 2010-08-07

Works: Ernest Chausson: Symphony in B flat major, Op. 20; Gabriel Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Arthur Honegger: Rugby, tone poem for orchestra (Mouvement symphonique no 2), H. 67;...
Conductors: Fournet, Jean

Jean Fournet and the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of the Netherlands give idiomatic performances of two cornerstones of the French Orchestral repertoire. They are coupled with...continue...

50 Classical Music Favorites

3 CD / Decca / 2010-06-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F; Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Suite no 3 in D; Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G min...
Performers: Agostini, Federico; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Arrau, Claudio; Black, Neil; Carmirelli, Pina; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Colandrea, Italo; Copley, Michael [Recorder/Flute]; Davidovich, Bella; Freire, ...
Conductors: ; Brüggen, Frans; Davis, Colin; Masur, Kurt; Varviso, Silvio; Haitink, Bernard; Beinum, Eduard Van; Marriner, Sir Neville; Zinman, David; Schreier, Peter; Bychkov, Semyon; Szell, George; Bauer-T...
Ensemble: ; I Musici

Nan Merriman sings Opera Arias

1 CD / Bella Voce Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Ambro...
Performers: Ketelaars, Leo; Lugt, Elisabeth; Merriman, Nan; Rizzoli, Bruna; Sante, Sophia van; Vocals], Ernst Haefliger [Tenor
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen; Basile, Arturo; Fournet, Jean

Beethoven Edition Vol 3 - Ravel, Saint-Saens / Idil Biret

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-09-29

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Piano no 5 in F major, Op. 103 "Egyptian"; Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Concerto for Piano left hand
Performers: Biret, Idil
Conductors: Fournet, Jean
Ensemble: Bilkent Symphony Orchestra

Airs, Mélodies, Oratorios / Lucienne Delvaux, et al

2 CD / Musique en Wallonie / 2009-09-01

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Edouard Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Don Carlos; Carl Philipp Eman...
Performers: Beckma, Frank; Delhaye, Albert; Delvaux, Lucienne; Vecray, Huberte
Conductors: Hertog, Johannes den; Fournet, Jean; Doneux, Edgard; André, Franz; Travis, Francis
Ensemble: ; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilversum Radio Symphony Orchestra

Holnd Fstvl - A Dutch Miracle - Fifty Years - 1947-1997

7 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Ernani; Falstaff; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492...
Performers: Alva, Luigi; Ameling, Elly; Andreolli, Florindo; Andriessen, Louis; Arnaud, Claudine; Barbieri, Fedora; Barick, David; Barwahser, Hubert; Beekman, Marcel; Benschop, Yvonne; Berberian, Cathy; Beretty,...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Rescigno, Nicola; Abbado, Claudio; Maderna, Bruno; De Waart, Edo; Berio, Luciano; Britten, Benjamin; Alldis, John; Duffalo, Richard; Friesen, Heinz; Leeuw...
Ensemble: American Wind Orchestra; ASKO Ensemble; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Danzi Woodwind Quintet; English Opera Group; Ensemble InterContemporain; Ensemble Modern; Hague Residentie Orchestra; Instrumen...

French Opera Masterworks / Fournet, Solti, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Fromental Halévy: La juive; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Léo Delib...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Badaro, Thelma; Baldwin, Anthony; Benvenuti, Monica; Beretta, Anna; Bickerstaff, Robert; Bilt, Peter van der; Blanc, Ernest; Bris, Michele Le; Cahill, Teres...
Conductors: Guadagno, Anton; Prêtre, Georges; Solti, Sir Georg; Fournet, Jean; Piantini, Carlos

Six complete operas from the French repertoire in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos! Exciting live recordings...continue...

Simply Debussy

4 CD / Simply / 2007-10-09

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Tarentelle styrienne; Suite for Piano "Pour le piano"; La mer; Préludes, Book 1; Images for P...
Performers: Beroff, Michel; Chee-Yun; Eguchi, Akira; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques [Conductor/Violin]; Le Sage, Eric; Meyer, Paul; Muller, Philippe; Planes, Alain; Rouvier, Jacques; Takahashi, Yuji [Piano]
Conductors: Fournet, Jean; Krivine, Emmanuel; Inbal, Eliahu

Grosse Sänger unseres Jahrhunderts: Inge Borkh

1 CD / / 2006-10-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Gian Carlo Menotti: The Consul; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; U...
Performers: Bajew, Christo; Borkh, Inge; Josef Neumann; N.N.; Rohr, Otto van; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Wiener, Otto
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Fournet, Jean; Müller-Kray, Hans; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Krannhals, Alexander

BBC Music Magazine
A fine 85th birthday tribute to an intensely dramatic singing actress, from her operetta through to her greatest roles, in Beethoven, Weber, and...continue...

Grand Tier - Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila/ Fournet, Vickers

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-06-13

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Performers: Bilt, Peter van der; Blanc, Ernest; Dominguez, Oralia; Driessen, Henk; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Fournet, Jean
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Chorus

"If you haven't heard Vickers in the role of Samson, you haven't heard Samson... [he is] caught here in his absolute prime...Oralia Dominguez sings Dalila...it's...continue...

Orchestre Colonne - Hundred Thirty Years Dedicated to Music

2 CD / Cascavelle / 2006-03-01

Works: Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Emmanuel Chabrier: Le roi malgré lui, opéra-comique in 3 acts; España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Edouard Lalo: Le Roi d...
Performers: Cahuzac, Louis; Darré, Jeanne-Marie; Darrieux, Marcel; Dherin, Gustave; Doyen, Jean; Lopes, M.H.
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre; Pierné, Gabriel; Colonne, Édouard; Paray, Paul; Fournet, Jean
Ensemble: Colonne Concerts Orchestra

Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles / Fournet, Simoneau, Alarie

2 CD / Philips / 2005-09-13

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Bianco, Rene; Depraz, Xavier; Simoneau, Leopold [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Fournet, Jean
Ensemble: Elisabeth Brasseur Chorus

Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles / Fournet, Simoneau, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-02-01

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Bianco, Rene; Depraz, Xavier; Simoneau, Leopold [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Fournet, Jean
Ensemble: Elisabeth Brasseur Chorus

Long neglected, this early opera by Bizet has gradually risen in popularity in recent years until it has become second only to 'Carmen' among Bizet's...continue...

Ravel: L'heure espagnole; Rossini / Fournet, et al

1 CD / Living Stage / 2005-01-06

Works: Maurice Ravel: L' heure espagnole, opera in 1 act; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bruscantini, Sesto; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Kraus, Herbert; Misciano, Alvino; Monreale, Leonardo; Monti, Nicola; Petri, Mario; Tadeo, Giorgio [Bass Voc...
Conductors: Fournet, Jean; Rossi, Mario; Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: ; Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra

French Opera Arias / Janine Micheau

1 CD / Testament / 2004-12-14

Works: Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Charles Gounod: Mireille; Roméo et Juliette; Emma...
Performers: Gianotti, Pierre; Luca, Libero de; Micheau, Janine; Mollien, Jean
Conductors: Desormiere, Roger; Erede, Alberto; Fournet, Jean

In all her roles, Micheau was admired for the care, skill and taste with which she used her decidedly French vocal timbre. Her light voice...continue...

Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila / Fournet, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2004-06-08

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Performers: Bilt, Peter van der; Blanc, Ernest; Dominguez, Oralia; Driessen, Henk; Rijk, Aad De; Vant'Hoff, Bert; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Fournet, Jean
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Symphony

An oustanding recording of the most famous opera by Saint-Saens, and one of the glories of the entire French opera repertoire, in crystalline sound with...continue...

Janine Micheau sings Thomas, Charpentier, Bizet, et al

1 CD / Pearl / 2003-02-25

Works: Claude Debussy: La damoiselle élue; Emmanuel Chabrier: Ode à la musique; Le roi malgré lui, opéra-comique in 3 acts; Charles Gounod: Mireille; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Ham...
Performers: Collard, Jeanine; Micheau, Janine; Mollien, Jean
Conductors: Fournet, Jean; Desormiere, Roger; Bigot, Eugene

Boieldieu: La dame blanche / Fournet, Gedda, Spoorenberg

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-10-01

Works: François-Adrien Boieldieu: La dame blanche
Performers: Aarden, Mimi; Driessen, Henk; Gedda, Nicolai; Hoekman, Guus; Sante, Sophia van; Spoorenberg, Erna; Vroons, Frans
Conductors: Fournet, Jean
Ensemble: Hilversum Radio Chorus

This sparkling, lyrical comic opera is the masterpiece of Boieldieu (1775-1834), one of the leaders of the opera-comique school in France. Its tenor arias in...continue...

Massenet: Manon / Zylis-Gara, Kraus, Gramm, Fournet, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2001-10-07

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Ciliento, Nicoletta; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Gramm, Donald; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Matsumoto, Miwako; Paige, Norman; Patrick, Julian; Sutliff, Richard; Zylis-Gara, Teresa
Conductors: Fournet, Jean; Erede, Alberto
Ensemble: ; Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra

Eloquence - Tchaikovsky: Concertos /Postnikova, Ricci, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2001-04-10

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35
Performers: Postnikova, Viktoria; Ricci, Ruggiero
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Fournet, Jean
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Symphony; Vienna Symphony Orchestra