Berlioz: Les Troyéns à Carthage

[side 1:] Act I, sc. 1: An arbor in Didon's palace.

[side 2:] Act I, cont'd.

[side 3:] Act II, sc. 2: Didon's garden by the seashore

[side 4:] Act II, cont'd.

[side 5:] Act III, sc. 3: The Trojan fleet in port.

[side 6:] Act IV, sc. 4: Didon's apartments; sc. 5: A terrace commanding a view of the sea.

Hermann Scherchen, conductor. Arda Mandikian, mezzo-soprano (Didon); Jean Giraudeau, tenor (Enée); Janine Collard, contralto (Anna); Xavier Depraz, bass (Narbal); Micheline Rolle, soprano (Ascagne); André Dran, tenor (Iopas); Gérard Abdoun (Panthé), bass; Bernard Gallet, tenor (Hylas); Georges Abdoun, baritone (1st soldier); Jean Cazin, bass (2nd soldier) . Ensemble Vocal de Paris, dir. André Jouve.

DESCRIPTION: 3 discs, 33 1/3 rpm, analog, monophonic, 12 in.

NOTES: Recorded 2-3 and 5-9 May 1952, Maison de La Mutualité, Paris (public concert 10 May 1952, Palais de Chaillot).

Westminster WAL 304. Selmer logo appears on all labels beneath Westminster logo. Automatic sequence. Matrix nos. XTV 17755 (label; etched + -1A), XTV 17756 (etched + -1B), XTV 17757 (etched + -2B), XTV 17758 (etched + -2B), XTV 17759 (etched + -2C), XTV 17760 (etched + -1C). Boxed, there titled The Trojans at Carthage; notes by Jacques Barzun. Synopsis, libretto with transl. (by Sam Morgenstern) laid in, 28 pp. $18.40 [rev. September 1952ff.]. 1952.

1. • = Ducretet-Thomson 300 C 117­19 (DTL 93001-03). Progam notes, synopsis by Roger Cotte on slipcase [1954]

   • Reissued as CD: EMI France (Tahra) TAH 143/44 (2 CDs) (1995; US release March 1997).

INDEX: 52~170 1952-05-02