Gaubert: Les Chants de la mer, suite: trois tableaux symphoniques  (1929) 

Chants et parfums, mer colorée (07:34) — La ronde sur le falaise (scherzo) (03:44) — Là-bas, très loin, sur la mer (04:04) 

Philippe Gaubert, conductor 

DESCRIPTION: 2 discs, 78 rpm, 12 in. 

NOTES: As "Orchestre Symphonique de Paris."  Work apparently composed in mid-1929; first performed 12 October 1929 (not SdC; see Baker's Biographical Dictionary); perf. by the SdC in Luxembourg, 12 April 1930; Vevey, 27 September 1930; and in Paris, Salle des Concerts, 16 November 1930 (as 1re audition au Conservatoire). A dating guide by Peter Copeland of the National Sound Archive, London, suggests a date in the first half of 1930 for this recording; this is consistent with the Columbia contract in effect until 13 February 1930, on which date a new contract was concluded with Gramphone that effectively separated the Gaubert (a Columbia artist) from the orchestra's recordings; see book, pp. 432-33. The date of composition 1931 as sometimes given for this work apparently results from a confusion with Gaubert's "sequel," Les Chant de la terre. 

Columbia fr. LFX 45–46

Also: 

Columbia am. 6935–36D (set X 109)

Columbia Japan test pressings for matrix no. LX 1317/19; 1324-2. [At auction, 2004.]

CD: 

CD: in French Composers Conduct, VAI Audio VAIA 1075 (La gloire du disque français), tr. 8-10. Transfers and digital mastering: Barton Wimble. 1994.

INDEX: 36~010 1930-02-00e