The symphony has been fertile ground for composers throughout history and around the world. This week, we’ll follow its development in France in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Your listeners will enjoy Georges Bizet’s well-liked Symphony in C through to the lesser-known Symphony in C of Paul Dukas.
Symphony, Part 06 (French)
Playlist
Episode 1
Haydn: Symphony No. 7 in C, Le Midi (excerpt)
English Concert/Pinnock
Archiv 423098
:20
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in d minor, Choral (excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti
London 430400
:10
Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat (excerpt)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado
DG 423652
:21
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in c minor (excerpt)
Berlin Philharmonic/Harnoncourt
Teldec 13136
:17
Ives: Symphony No. 1 (excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Thomas
Sony 44939
11:43
Spontini: La Vestale
Allegretto Grazioso (excerpt)
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra/Muti
Sony 66357
:48
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 (excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti
Decca 430400
:30
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (excerpt)
New York Philharmonic/Bernstein
Sony 60968
:38
Saint-Saëns: Symphony in A, I (excerpt)
Orchestre National De L’ORTF/Martinon
EMI 62643
2:09, :35
Saint-Saëns: Symphony #1 in E Flat, Op. 2, I & II
Orchestre National De L’ORTF/Martinon
EMI 62643
13:25
Gounod: Symphony No. 1 in D, I
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra/Hogwood
Lon 430231
6:25
Bizet: Symphony in C, I
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra/Wolff
Teldec 77309
7:17
Gounod: Symphony No. 1 in D, II (excerpt)
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra/Hogwood
Lon 430231
:37
Bizet: Symphony in C, II & IV
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra/Wolff
Teldec 77309
16:02
Episode 2
Saint-Saëns: Symphony #2 In A Minor, I
Orchestre National De L’ORTF/Martinon
EMI 62643
7:05, :19
Hermann: Prelude fr. Vertigo (excerpt)
LA Phil/Salonen
Sony 60991
:08
Saint-Saëns: Symphony In F,Urbs Roma, I (excerpt)
Orchestre National De L’ORTF/Martinon
EMI 62643
:50
Bizet: Roma Symphonie, I, III & IV
Orchestre National De Lille/Casadesus
Erato 45016
11:08, 13:47
Saint-Saëns: Symphony #2 In A Minor, Op. 55, IV
Orchestre National De L’ORTF/Martinon
EMI 62643
7:15
Gounod: Petite Symphonie, I & IV
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra/Hogwood
Lon 430231
10:17, 1:35
Episode 3
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 2 (excerpt)
Orchestre National De L’ORTF/Martinon
EMI 62643
1:06
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in c minor, Organ (excerpt)
Berlin Philhamonic/Levine
DG 419617
1:32
D’Indy: Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op. 25, I
Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy; Casadesus, p.
Sony 46730
10:42
Lalo: Symphony in G minor, I
Basel Symphony Orchestra/Andretta
CPO 999296
8:21
Saint-Saëns: Symphony #3 In C Minor, Organ, Op. 78, I, III & IV
Berlin Philhamonic/Levine
DG 419617
25:55
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21, II
Montreal Symphony Orchestra/Dutoit; Bell, v.
Decca 444802
4:27
Episode 4
Franck: Symphony in d minor, I-III
Orchestre Des Champs-Elysées/Herreweghe
Harmonia Mundi 901771
37:38
Chausson: Symphony in B-flat Major, Op. 20, I
BBC Philharmonic/Tortelier
Chandos 9650
12:01
Episode 5
Dukas: Symphony In C, III
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Tortelier
Chandos 24132
:18, 11:16
d’Indy: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 57, I
Monte Carlo Philharmonic/De Priest
Koch 7280
11:55
Roussel: Symphony No. 1, Op. 7,Le Poéme de la forêt, I & II
Orchestre Philharmonique d’ Radio France/Janowski
RCA 62511
12:34
Roussel: Symphony No. 3 in g minor, Op. 42, III & IV
Orchestre Philharmonique d’ Radio France/Janowski
RCA 62511
8:37
Roussel: Symphony No. 4, IV
Philharmonia Orchestra/Karajan
EMI 63316
4:02