Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ

André Cluytens, conductor. Victoria de los Angeles, soprano (Ste. Marie); Nicolai Gedda, tenor (Récitant); Roger Soyer, baritone (St. Joseph); Ernest Blanc, baritone (Hérode), Xavier Despraz, bass (Père de famille); Bernard Cottret, bass (Polydorus); Rémy Corazza, tenor (Centurion). Chœurs René Duclos.

DESCRIPTION: 2 discs, 33 1/3 rpm. Microgroove, stereophonic. Automatic sequence. Matrix nos. 2YLA 11387 - 2YLA 11390. René Challan, producer; Paul Vavasseur, engineer.

NOTES: Recorded September, October 1965 and September 1966, Salle Wagram. Producer: René Challan; Engineer: Paul Vavasseur.
See also 51~030 (earlier Cluytens recording, 1951). Cluytens's last recording with Société des Concerts. He died 3 June 1967.

VSM SAN 170 – 171, CANHS 170 - 171, (EMI SANGL 170) Gold label. ℗  1967 (d. l. 1967).

• • = Angel SB 3680 (S 36355-36356) [1967]. [Additional numbers on container: SBL-3680, BL-3680.] Program notes translated from the French of Maurice Tassart, and libretto by the composer, with English translation by Joseph Allen ([12] pp.) laid in container.

  • Rpt. 1979

  • = Seraphim 6125 (SIB-6125) (2 discs) [1982].

  • CDs:
    
    

    • CD: in Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Roméo et Juliette, EMI Classics ("Doublefforte" series) CDFB 68586 (2 CDs). With excerpts from Roméo et Juliette (Chicago SO / Giulini). [1987?]

    • CD (re-release): in Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Roméo et Juliette, etc.: EMI CZS 5 68586 2 (2 discs). 1995.

    • In André Cluytens: The Complete Orchestra and Concerto Recordings, 65 CDs Erato 0190295886691 (2017), CD 64, 65 (tr. 1-4).

    • STREAMING:

    • André Cluytens: Complete Stereo Orchestral Recordings, 1957-1966, 245 tracks, tr. 222-242.

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    • Spotify, Amazon, Apple

    • Shpehrd's Farewell in  In Il était une fois André Cluytens,  68 tracks Erato (2025) tr. 30

INDEX: 67~040 1965-09-00