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About the conductor Georges Pretre

Georges Prêtre was born in Waziers, France, on 14 August 1924. He studied trumpet and composition at the Paris Conservatoire from 1939 to 1944, and conducting under André Cluytens. He initially intended to be a composer, but soon turned to conducting. He made his début in 1946 at the Marseilles Opera House with Le Roi d'Ys and spent the next decade working in provincial opera houses around France. He first conducted in Paris in 1956 when he gave the Paris premiere of Richard Strauss's Capriccio at the Opéra-Comique, where he remained until 1959. His debut in the USA came in 1959 at the Chicago Lyric Opera with Thaïs, and he first conducted at Covent Garden in 1961, the Metropolitan in New York in 1964 and La Scala, Milan, in 1965. In 1961 he was chosen by Maria Callas to conduct a recording of French arias for her and he became her preferred conductor for the rest of her professional career. He has conducted major orchestras all over the world and in 1986 he accepted an appointment with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.

CDs and DVDs featuring the conductor Georges Pretre

CATALOGUE NR: 6876442  (barcode: 5099968764425)
RECORD LABEL: EMI 20th Century Classics
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 18-Jan-2010

COMPOSER: Albert Roussel
TRACKS: Symphony No.3 in G minor op.42. Symphony No.4 in A op.53. Sinfonietta for String Orchestra op.52. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra op.36. Bacchus et Ariane op.43. Le festin de l'araignee op.17. Pour une fete de printemps op.22. Resurrection op.4.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre de la Societe du Conservatoire de Paris and French National Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Andre Cluytens and Georges Pretre
ARTISTS: Danielle Laval      

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CATALOGUE NR: 3714872  (barcode: 0094637148723)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Gemini
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 02-Oct-2006

COMPOSER: Albert Roussel
TRACKS: Bacchus et Ariane op.43. Symphony No.2 in B flat op.23. Le Festin de l'Araignee op.17. Symphony No.3 in G minor op.42. Sinfonietta for String Orchestra op.52. Symphony No.4 in A op.53.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre National de France and Conservatoire Concerts Society Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre and Andre Cluytens

- Feb-2007 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564696599  (barcode: 0825646965991)
RECORD LABEL: Warner Maestro
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 6.95
RELEASE DATE: 07-Apr-2008

COMPOSER: Camille Saint-Saens
TITLE: Marie-Claire Alain
TRACKS: Symphony No.2 in A minor op.55. Symphony No.3 in C minor op.78 'Organ'.
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre
ARTISTS: Marie-Claire Alain      

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CATALOGUE NR: BLV107222  (barcode: 8712177026227)
RECORD LABEL: Bella Voce
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 15.35
RELEASE DATE: 26-Oct-1998

COMPOSER: Camille Saint-Saens
TITLE: Samson & Dalila
TRACKS: plus highlights of Carmen.
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre
ARTISTS: Fiorenza Cossotto   Guy Chauvet    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Samson & Dalila recorded in 1975 and Carmen highlights in 1971

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CATALOGUE NR: 7470942  (barcode: 0077774709422)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29

COMPOSER: Charles Gounod
TITLE: Messe solennelle de Sainte Cecile
ORCHESTRA: French Radio New Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre
ARTISTS: Barbara Hendricks   Laurence Dale   Jean Philippe Lafont  

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'Prêtre here directs an almost ideal performance, vividly recorded, with glowing singing from the choir as well as the three soloists'

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CATALOGUE NR: 900304  (barcode: 4035719003048)
RECORD LABEL: BR Klassik
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 26-Apr-2011

COMPOSER: Charles Gounod
TITLE: Great Singers Live - Nicolai Ghiaurov
TRACKS: Faust : Le veau d'or est toujours debout! / Vous qui faites l'endormie (Charles Gounod). La jolie fille de Perth : Tra la la la - Quand la flamme de l'amour (Georges Bizet). Sadko : Am Felsenufer toben ungestum die Wellen (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov). Ein Leben fur den Zaren : Sie ahnen die Wahrheit - Brichst du an o Morgenrot (Mikhail Glinka). Aleko : Alles im Schlaf / Vom nacht'gen Himmel strahlt der Mond in kühler Schonheit (Sergei Rachmaninov). Boris Godunov : Lang lebe Zar Boris Feodorowitsch (Modest Mussorgsky). Simon Boccanegra : A te l'estremo addio - Il lacerato spirito (Giuseppe Verdi). Don Carlos : Ella giammai m'amo (Giuseppe Verdi). Il barbiere di Siviglia : La calunnia e un venticello (Gioacchino Rossini). Viel Larm um nichts : Kanzone des Betrunkenen (Tichon Chrennikow).
ORCHESTRA: Munchner Rundfunkorchester
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre and Alfredo Antonini
ARTISTS: Nicolai Ghiaurov      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1966 and 1969

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CATALOGUE NR: 0948622  (barcode: 5099909486225)
RECORD LABEL: EMI The Home of Opera
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 6.49
RELEASE DATE: 16-May-2011

COMPOSER: Charles Gounod
TITLE: Faust - highlights
TRACKS: Vin ou biere. O sainte medaille.… Avant de quitter ces lieux… Le veau d'or est toujours debout. Nous nous retrouvons mes amis!… Ainsi que la brise egere… Ne permettrez vous pas ma belle demoiselle. Quel trouble inconnu me penetre!… Salut! demeure chaste et pure. Je voudrais bien savoir… Il etait un roi de Thule… Ah!.. Je ris. Il se fait tard!… Adieu!. Seigneur daignez permettre… Souviens-toi du passe… Quand du Seigneur. Gloire immortelle de nos aieux. Vous aui faites I'endormie. Alerte alerte… Anges purs anges radieux… Christ est ressuscite.
ORCHESTRA: Paris Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre
ARTISTS: Placido Domingo   Mirella Freni   Nicolai Ghiaurov   Thomas Allen

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: enhanced CD with libretto

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CATALOGUE NR: 5550162  (barcode: 0724355501622)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.99

COMPOSER: Christoph Willibald Gluck  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Maria Callas - La Divina 2
TRACKS: Alceste - Divinites du Styx (Gluck). Carmen (Bizet). Ernani (Verdi). Manon Lescaut - In quelle trine morbide (Puccini).Aida (Verdi). Orphee et Eurydice - J'ai perdu mon Eurydice(Gluck). Vespri siciliani 'The Sicilian Vespers' - Merce dilette amiche Bolero (Verdi). Louise - Depuis le jour (Charpentier). La Boheme - Donde lieta usci Mimi's farewell (Puccini). Mignon (Thomas). La Traviata (Verdi). Don Carlo (Verdi). Samson et Dalila - Printemps qui commence (Saint-Saens). La Sonnambula (Bellini). Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea). Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti).
ORCHESTRA: French Radio New Philharmonic and Paris Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre
ARTISTS: Maria Callas   Jane Berbie   Nadine Sautereau  

- Penguin Guide 1/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 9007  (barcode: 5029365900720)
RECORD LABEL: Brilliant Classics
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.69
RELEASE DATE: 16-Feb-2009

COMPOSER: Darius Milhaud
TITLE: Orchestral Works
TRACKS: Orchestre National de France / Leonard Bernstein - La Creation du monde op.81a. Saudades do Brasil op.67 selection : No.7 Corcovado / No.9 Sumare / No.8 Tijuca / No.11 Larenjeiras. Le Boeuf sur le toit op.58. Noel Lee / Christian Ivaldi / Michel Beroff / Jean-Philippe Collard - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo / Georges Pretre - Paris op.284. Le Carnaval d'Aix op.83b. Suite francaise op.248. Suite provencale op.152b.
ORCHESTRA: French National Orchestra and Monte Carlo Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Leonard Bernstein and Georges Pretre
ARTISTS: Noel Lee   Michel Beroff   Christian Ivaldi   Jean-Philippe Collard

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: EMI recordings from 1971 and 1983

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CATALOGUE NR: 5626472  (barcode: 0724356264724)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
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COMPOSER: Francis Poulenc
TRACKS: Concert Champetre. Concerto in D Minor For Two Pianos. Organ Concerto in G Minor.
ORCHESTRA: Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre

- Penguin Guide 4 star 'this present issue with Duruflé's authoritative account of the Organ Concerto, made in the presence of the composer, is thoroughly recommendable in every way and the sound, exceptional in its day, is still first class'

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CATALOGUE NR: 3361452  (barcode: 0094633614529)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 5 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.37
RELEASE DATE: 07-Nov-2005

COMPOSER: Francis Poulenc
TITLE: Piano Works
TRACKS: Aubade. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in D minor. Sonata for 2 pianos. L'Embarquement pour Cythere. Elegie for 2 pianos. Capriccio for 2 pianos. Sonata for piano duet. 3 Mouvements Perpetuels. Valse. Suite in C - piano. 5 Impromptus. Promenades. Napoli - suite for piano. Pastourelle. 2 Novelettes. 3 Pieces : Pastorale / Toccata / Hymne. Piece breve sur le nom d'Albert Roussel. 8 Nocturnes. Valse-improvisation sur le nom de Bach. Improvisations. Villageoises. 3 Feuillets d'album. Presto in B flat. 2 Intermezzi. Humoresque. Badinage. Suite Française d'apres Claude Gervaise. Les Soirees de Nazelles. Bourree au Pavillon d'Auvergne. Melancolie. 2 Improvisations. Intermezzo. Theme varie. 2 Improvisations. Novelette sur un theme de Manuel de Falla. Improvisation No.15 in C minor 'Hommage a Edith Piaf'.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts and Monte Carlo Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre
ARTISTS: Gabriel Tacchino   Bernard Ringeissen   Jaques Fevrier  

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CATALOGUE NR: 3556892  (barcode: 0094635568929)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Encore
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99
RELEASE DATE: 05-Jun-2006

COMPOSER: Francis Poulenc
TRACKS: Gloria : Gloria in excelsis Deo / Laudamus te / Domine Deus / Domie Fili unigenite / Domine Deus Agnus Dei / Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris. Stabat Mater : Stabat Mater dolorosa / Cujus animam gementem / O quam tristis / Quae moerebat / Quis est homo / Vidit suum / Eja Mater / Fac ut ardeat / Sancta Mater / Fac ut portem / Inflammatus et accensus / Quando corpus.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre National de France
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre
ARTISTS: Barbara Hendricks      

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CATALOGUE NR: 3102019  (barcode: 0094631020193)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Classic Archives
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 14.29
RELEASE DATE: 03-Oct-2005

COMPOSER: Francis Poulenc
TITLE: Francis Poulenc and Friends
TRACKS: Concert in the Salle Gaveau 1959 - Flute Sonata (Francis Poulenc). La Voix Humaine (Francis Poulenc). Les Mamelles de Tiresias (Francis Poulenc). La Courte Paille - excerpts (Francis Poulenc). Concerto for two pianos and orchestra (Francis Poulenc). Flute Sonata (Francis Poulenc). Pastourelle Toccata (Francis Poulenc). Trois Mouvements perpetuels (Francis Poulenc). Excerpts : Banalites / Chansons villageoises / Chansons gaillardes / Concerto for organ strings and timpani (Francis Poulenc).
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre National de la RTF
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre
ARTISTS: Francis Poulenc   Jean-Pierre Rampal   Denise Duval   Maurice Gendron

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 4:3 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 115 minutes / Recorded: 1954-1968 - Dec-2005 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 3102039  (barcode: 0094631020391)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Classic Archives
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 14.29
RELEASE DATE: 03-Oct-2005

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Victoria de los Angeles
TRACKS: Wohin?. An die Musik (Schubert). Vergebliches Standchen (Brahms). Jota (de Falla). El retrato de Isabela (Vives). Profile in Music - La vida breve: 'Vivan los que rien!' (de Falla). Il barbiere di Siviglia : Una voce poco fa' (Rossini). Pano muricano (Nin). Tannhauser : 'Dich teure Halle gross ich wieder' (Wagner). Madama Butterfly : 'Con onor muore' (Puccini). Interviews by John Freeman. El major timido. De aquel majo amante. El tra la la y el punteado (Granados). El amor y los ojos. El retrato de Isabela (Vives). Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito (Montsavatge). Bonus - Damunt de tu nomes les flors (Federico Mompou).
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre
ARTISTS: Victoria de los Angeles   Gerald Moore   Patrick Harvey   Felix Zanetti

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 4:3 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 79 minutes / Recorded: 1957 & 1971

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CATALOGUE NR: 3951232  (barcode: 0094639512324)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 08-Jun-2009

COMPOSER: Georges Bizet
TITLE: La jolie Fille de Perth - complete
ORCHESTRA: Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre
ARTISTS: June Anderson   Alfredo Kraus   Jose van Dam   Gino Quilico

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CATALOGUE NR: 5666632  (barcode: 0724356666320)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 07-Sep-1998

COMPOSER: Georges Bizet
TITLE: Carmen - highlights
ORCHESTRA: Paris Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre
ARTISTS: Maria Callas   Nicolai Gedda   Andrea Guiot   Robert Massard

- Penguin Guide 2 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5857642  (barcode: 0724358576429)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Gemini
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 05-Apr-2004

COMPOSER: Georges Bizet
TITLE: The Pearl Fishers - complete
ORCHESTRA: Paris Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre
ARTISTS: Ileana Cotrubas   Alain Vanzo   Guillermo Sarabia  

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CATALOGUE NR: 9667172  (barcode: 5099996671726)
RECORD LABEL: EMI The Home of Opera
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 15.95
RELEASE DATE: 17-Oct-2009

COMPOSER: Georges Bizet
TITLE: Carmen - complete
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre du Theatre National de l'Opera
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre
ARTISTS: Maria Callas   Nicolai Gedda   Andrea Guiot   Robert Massard

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 16-page booklet with tracklist and synopsis in English French German and Spanish - third disc is CD-Rom with pdf booklet including original notes and complete libretto in sung language English French and German

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CATALOGUE NR: 7290332  (barcode: 5099972903322)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 6.49
RELEASE DATE: 09-Jan-2012

COMPOSER: Georges Bizet
TITLE: Les Pecheurs des Perles - highlights
TRACKS: Prelude. Mais qui vient la?. Demeure parmi nous Nadir. C'est toi toi qu'enfin je revois. Au fond du temple saint… Amitie sainte - Temple Duet. A cette voix… Je crois entendre encore. Le ciel est bleu!. O Dieu Brahma. Me voila seule dans la nuit. De mon amie fleur endormie… Leila! Leila!. Ton coeur n'as pas compris le mien. L'orage s'est calme… O Nadir tendre ami de mon jeune age. Je fremis… Quoi! Innocent?… Je suis jaloux. Sombres divinites... O lumiere sainte. Le jour enfin perce la nue!.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre du Theatre National de l'Opera de Paris
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre
ARTISTS: Ileana Cotrubas   Alain Vanzo   Guillermo Sarabia   Roger Soyer

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: CD includes libretto

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CATALOGUE NR: CDCFPD4721  (barcode: 0077776714622)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Classics for Pleasure
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.25
RELEASE DATE: 23-Oct-1990

COMPOSER: Georges Bizet
TITLE: Les Pecheurs de Perles - complete
TRACKS: The Pearl Fishers.
ORCHESTRA: Paris Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre
ARTISTS: Alain Vanzo   Ileana Cotrubas   Guillermo Sarabia   Roger Soyer

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 18/27-Jul-1977 in Salle Wagram Paris

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