Discography
Recordings are listed alphabetically by title arranged in the categories below:
Compact Discs
Music of Jean-Michel Damase:
- Notable Recordings
- General
Jean-Michel Damase, piano
DVD
VHS
Vinyl
Music of Jean-Michel Damase
Jean-Michel Damase, piano
Listings are presented in this format:
- Title
- Artist
- Label / Catalogue number
- Work(s)
- Notes (when applicable)
Compact Discs
Jean-Michel Damase: Ballade; Duo Concertant; Double Concertos
Rachel Talitman, harp; Luc Loubry, bassoon and conductor; Benoît Fromanger, flute; Pierre-Henri Xuereb, viola; Chamber Orchestra 'Il Sono'
Harp & Co CD 5050 06
Ballade for harp and string orchestra; Duo Concertant for flute, harp, and string orchestra; Concerto for viola, harp, and string orchestra; Concerto for bassoon, harp, and string orchestra
World première recordings
Jean-Michel Damase: Music for Flute, Harp & Strings
Anna Noakes, flute; Gillian Tingay, harp with Richard Friedman, violin; Jane Atkins, viola; Ferenc Szucs, cello
Academy Sound and Vision (ASV) DCA 898
Quintet for flute, harp, violin, viola & cello; Sonata for flute & harp; Variations "Early Morning"; Trio
for Flute, Harp & Cello
Gramophone Magazine "Critic's Choice" & Penguin Good CD Guide selection
Jean-Michel Damase: Chamber Music for Winds & Piano (also "Musique de chambre avec flûte")
Jean-Michel Damase, piano; Gérard Bourgogne, flute; Jacques Tys, oboe; Arnaud Leroy, clarinet; Masako Kudo, flute
Disques Pierre Verany / Arion PV705041
Quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet, and piano; Sonate en concert for flute and piano; Trio for two flutes and piano; Trio for flute, oboe, and piano
Piano Music by Jean-Michel Damase
Nicholas Unwin, piano
Somm Recordings SOMMCD 034
Introduction et Allegro; Thème et Variations; Sonate; Apparition; Huit Études; Sonatine
Awarded highest rating ***** (all categories) by BBC Music Magazine
Rhapsodie: Fantasie: Poème / Music for Horn & Orchestra
Ben Jacks, horn; Orchestra Victoria; The Queensland Orchestra; Barry Tuckwell, conductor
Melba Recordings MR 301117
Concerto for horn and orchestra; Rhapsodie for horn and orchestra
World première recordings; "[A] fantastic release of music for horn and orchestra. ... [T]he most rewarding and significant factor here is the presence of two first recordings of concertante works for French horn by the inimitable Frenchman Jean-Michel Damase. ... This is a winner - and a keeper!" Fanfare Magazine (August 2009); ABC Classic FM (Australia) CD of the Week, 16 March 2009
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Amy Porter & Nancy Ambroise King
Amy Porter, flute; Nancy Ambroise King, oboe; Philip Bush, piano
Boston Records BR 1055 [2004]
Trio for flute, oboe & piano
Childsplay
Eleanor Turner, harp
Arts in Fusion AIF03 [2006]
Sicilienne variée for harp
Concours Long-Thibaud; Paris 1992 Piano
Midori Nohara, piano
REM REM 311187 [1993]
Introduction et Allegro for piano
Contemporary Collection, A
Jennifer Stinton, flute; Brewer, harp
Collins Classics COL 12972
Sonata for flute & harp; Variations "Early Morning"
Trois créations françaises au festival du Comminges
Françoise PETIT, clavecin; François-Henri HOUBART, orgue
Quantum QM6953 [1996]
Toccata, Passacaille et Final pour clavecin et orgue
Décollage
Fumiko Ando, flute; Ichiro Nodaira, piano
Nami (Japan) WWCC-7321
Sérénade for flute & strings (arr for piano)
Deep Remembering
Williams, Gail, horn; Covert, Mary Ann, piano
Summit Records DCD 298
Berceuse for horn & piano
Vera Dulova - Russian Performing School
Vera Dulova, harp
RCD RCD 16204
Sonatine for two harps
Duos for Flute and Harp
Shigenori Kudo, flute; Naoko Yoshino, harp
Sony Classical SK 48033
Variations "Early Morning" for flute & harp
Early One Morning : French Music for Flute & Harp
Judith Hall, flute; Hugh Webb, harp
Dinmore Records DRD 041
Variations "Early Morning" for flute & harp
Ecoensemble Trio
Ecoensemble Trio (Morena Mestieri, flute; Paola Fundarò, oboe; Anna Bellagamba, piano)
Eurarte EA 0024
Trio for flute, oboe & piano
Essential Harp, The
Sarah Bullen, harp
Egan 00002
Adagietto for harp
Eugène le mystérieux (highlights)
Michel Cadiou (Eugène); Jacqueline Boyer (Fleur); Orch de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire;
Felix Nuvolone, cond
EMI Classics (France) EMI 68891
Eugène le mystérieux (highlights), 15 arias and interludes
Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise (and other works for flute & piano)
Shigenori Kudo, flute; Naoko Ishibashi, piano
Victor Entertainment VICC-60029 (Japan)
Andantino for flute & piano
Flautissimo
Dóra Seres, flute; Emese Mali, piano
Hungaraton
Rhapsodie for oboe and piano, op.6 (arr flute & piano)
Flute Music of France
Christopher Hyde-Smith, flute; Jane Dodd, piano
Claudio Recordings CR3808
Nocturne from La croqueuse de diamants (arr flute & piano)
Flûte Panorama, Vol 5
Frederic Chatoux, flute; Benoît Wery, harp
Skarbo SKR 4012
Sonatine for flute & harp
Franzosische Impressionen
Trio Cantabile
Thorofon CTH 2135 [1992]
Sonate en concert for flute, piano & cello
Franzosische Muzik fur Horn und Klavier
Peter Damm, horn; Peter Rosel, piano
Ars Vivendi 2100137 [1989] reissued on Berlin Classics 9392
Pavane variée for horn & piano
French Music for Flute & Harp
Shigenori Kudo, flute; Rachel Talitman, harp
Discover International 920141
Sonata for flute & harp
French Music for Harp, Flute & Bassoon
Harpeggio
ASV Quicksilva ASQ 6252
Trio for Flute, Harp & Cello (arranged for flute, harp, and bassoon)
French Wind Music
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
Chandos CHAN 9362
Dix-sept variations for wind quintet
Gems for Bassoon
Kathleen Reynolds, bassoon; Michele Levin, piano
EcoClassics CDS801
Aria for bassoon and piano, op.7 (1949)
Greensleeves
Christian Lardé, flute; Marie-Claire Jamet, harp
Pierre Vérnay PV730083 ; AR 030 [1996]
Sonata for flute & harp
Healing Harp, The
Naoko Yoshino, harp
Philips 446 064
Sicilienne variée for harp
Impressions for Harp and Marimba / Duo Arparimba
Duo Arparimba
Koch Classics 315822
Petits Dialogues for harp & marimba
Masterpieces for Harp and Orchestra
Sylvia Kowalczuk, harp Hungarian Virtuosi / Aristid von Wurtzler, cond
Hungaroton HCD 31550 [1993]
Concertino for harp and orchestra
Meisterhafte Blasermusik ("Masterworks for Brass")
Trio Armin Rosin
Hanssler Classic 98.557 [1990]
Trio for trumpet, trombone and piano
Mouvance: French music for harp and voice
Chantal Mathieu, harp; Sakuya Koda, soprano
DORON DRC 3036 [2005]
Epigrammes et Madrigaux for voice & harp
Music from France for Flute and Harp
Edward Schultz, flute; Karin Fuller, harp
Musical Heritage Society MHS 512295 [1988]
Sonata for flute & harp
Musique Francaise
Duo Ariane
Adda 590147
Sonata for flute & harp
Pleasure Songs for Flute
Ranson Wilson, flute; studio orchestra
Angel 69069 [1987]
Gigue from Sonate en concert (arr for flute & chamber orchestra)
Prières sans paroles: French Music for Trumpet & Organ
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet; Simon Preston, organ
Bis BIS-CD-1109
Trois prières sans paroles for trumpet & organ
Purovuansu no fukei [Tableaux de Provence]
Jean-Yves Fourneau, alto saxophone; Hiroshi Nagao, piano
Philips (Japan) PHCP 5035 [1992]
Vacances for alto saxophone & piano
David Pyatt Recital
David Pyatt, horn; Martin Jones, piano
Erato 3984 21632
Berceuse for horn and piano; Pavane variée for horn & piano
Rampal Edition: Flute & Harp
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Lily Laskine, harp
Erato AW 45837 [1992]
Sonata for flute & harp
Reflets
Maxence Larrieu, flute; Benoît Wery, harp
Editions Passions EP000201
Second Sonata for flute & harp
Revelations
Anna Noakes, flute Gillian Tingay, harp with Richard Friedman, violin; Jane Atkins, viola; Ferenc Szucs, cello
Academy Sound and Vision (ASV) ASV 1001
Quintet for flute, harp, violin, viola & cello (Mvt 1)
Rhapsodie
Ieuan Jones, harp
Academy Sound and Vision (ASV) ASV 2111
Sicilienne variée for harp
Sheba Sound, The
The Sheba Sound (Catherine Smith; Sandra Mackay; Nicholas Hunka; David Owen Norris)
Oboe Classics / IODA CC2014
Suite pour Quatre for two oboes, bassoon, and harpsichord
Sextour de Harpes de Paris, Le [The Paris Harp Sextet]
Paris Harp Sextet
Adda 581124 [1989]
Presto from Sonatine for two harps
Sonatas
Southworth, Clare, flute
Sonate en concert for flute, piano & cello
Sonatas for Flute & Harp
Louise di Tullio, flute Susann McDonald, harp
Klavier KCD 11015 [1989]
Sonata for flute & harp
Spectral Trio
Spectral Trio (Richard Sherman, flute; Jan Eberle, oboe; Kimberly Schmidt, piano)
Blue Griffin BGR125
Trio for flute, oboe, and piano
Studies in Relief
Marilyn Keiser, Don Eagle, Ciompi Quartet
Pro Organo PO 7143
Trois prières sans paroles for trumpet & organ
Toward The Sea
Robert Aitken, flute; Erica Goodman, harp
Bis BIS-CD-650
Sonata for flute & harp
Virtuoso Horn, The
Frank Lloyd, horn; Roger Vignoles, piano
Merlin MRFD 92092
Berceuse for horn & piano
Whirlwind
Elisabeth Remy, harp
ACA CM20070
Sicilienne variée for harp
White Peacock, The
Harris-Coates Duo
Barking Dog BDR 022
Quatre Facettes for flute & guitar
Jean-Michel Damase, pianist
Gabriel Fauré: Barcarolles, Nocturnes
Accord / Universal 472 302 (France)
Treize Barcarolles for piano; Nocturnes N°4, 5 & 6 for piano
Awarded: Diapason d'Or
Fauré: Noctures - Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Accord / Universal 476 759 (France)
Fauré: Noctures N° 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13; Valse-caprice N°3 in G, op.59; Impromptu N°3 in A-Flat, op.34 for piano
Awarded: Diapason d'Or
Épreuves de danse 1998
Ministère de la musique et danse (France) DMD1998 [1998]
unknown works; accompaniment to certification and diploma performances by dance 1998 candidates
Gerard Souzay - The Early Recordings, BAM Recordings
Dutton Laboratories / Harmonia Mundi CDLX 7036
Gerard Souzay, baritone; songs by Bassani, Scarlatti, Lully, Durante, Poulenc, Schumann, Purcell, JS Bach, Fauré, Franck, Tchaikovsky, Lequerney, Ravel
Some selections: Jacqueline Bonneau, piano
DVD
Black Tights (also Un, Deux, Trois, Quatre)
L'Orchestre des Concerts-Lamoureux; Marius Constant
Kino Video K157
La croqueuse de diamants (edited)
* Does not include song, "La croqueuse de diamants"
L'Escarpolette
Production by French TV (1980)
House of Opera
Zizi Jeanmaire Dances Roland Petit
Complete presentation of La croqueuse de diamants from the film Black Tights (also Un, Deux, Trois, Quatre) [1960]
L'Orchestre des Concerts-Lamoureux; Marius Constant
Kultur D3161
VHS
Introduction à Colette
directed by Bernard Betrand; produced by Colette de Jouvenel; material adapted by Thierry Maulnier; voices incl Françoise Christophe, Pierre Lafont, "Participants incl Maurice Chevalier,
Leslie Caron & Jean-Michel Damase"
Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France) [1986]
Animated film for L'Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française;
Television Premiere: 18 March 1968
Musique et la vie, La
directed by Pierre Nivollet; produced by Michel Hofmann; presented by Bernard Gavoty; music by Ibert, Rameau & Haydn; Jean-Michel Damase, "participant"
Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France)[1986]
Animated film for L'Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française;
Television Premiere: 18 Feb 1962
Philippe Hériat ou La liberté du cœur
directed by Franco Contini; written by Philippe Hériat
Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France) [19-?]
Animated film for L'Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française; contains extract from Piège de lumière
Television Premiere: 10 Jan 1972
Presto
Gérard Herzog, director; Pierre Petit, producer;
Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France) [1986]
Animated film for L'Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française; incl music by Damase, Ruggero Leoncavallo, André Popp, Paul Amar, Jacques Ferny
Television Premiere: 10 Jun 1971
Vinyl (LP)
Black Tights (Soundtrack)
RCA Victor International FSO 3 [1962]
La croqueuse de diamants (selections from the film score, i.e. not complete ballet)
Concerto pour clarinette et orchestre (Jean Françaix) / Sonatine pour deux pianos, et al (Jean-Michel
Damase)
L'Orchestre de chambre de Nice; Pol Mule (Françaix); Michèle-Élise Querard & Jean-Michel Damase,
pianos
Inédits ORTF 995 019 [1971?]
Sonatine for two pianos; Pièces brèves for piano: Tarantelle; Carillion
Concerti pour harpe et orchestre
Mireille Flour, harp; Grand Orchestre symphonique de Radio-Luxembourg; Henri Pensis
Musidisc (France) 30 RC 633 [196-?]
Concerto for harp & orchestra
Contemporary French Wind Music
French Wind Quintet (Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Jacques Lancelot, clarinet; Pierre Pierlot, oboe; Gilbert Coursier, horn; Paul Hongne, bassoon
London OL 50122
Dix-sept variations for wind quintet
Croqueuse de diamants, La (selections?) (78 RPM)
Decca DECCA GAF 15102 [1952]
Les bicyclettes; La valse à cinq temps from La croqueuse de diamants (?)
Croqueuse de diamants, La (Slow chanté du ballet) b/w La Rue Montorgueil (45 RPM)
Zizi Jeanmaire, vocalist; orchestra / P. Bonneau, cond Odéon
Odéon 7MO1318 [1957]
"Slow" from La croqueuse de diamants
Croqueuse de diamants, La b/w Sur le pont du nord (78 RPM)
Renée Lebas, vocalist; Jo Boyer and his orchestra
Mercury MERCURY 4245 [1955]
Song ("Slow"?) from La croqueuse de diamants
Detroit Symphony Woodwind Quintet
Ervin Monroe, flute; Donald Baker, oboe; Eugene Wade, horn; Paul Schaller, clarinet, Robert Williams, bassoon
Coronet LPS 3064 [1980]
Dix-sept variations for wind quintet
Dreams and Fantasies
Chrysolith (Rebecca Flannery, harp; Diane Kern, flute)
Towerhill T-1019 [1983]
Sonata for flute & harp
Évolution de la musique de flûte, Une
Christian Larde, flute; Françoise Baudlot, piano; P. Degenne, cello
Club national du disque CND29 [1957]
Sonate en concert for flute, piano & cello [ad libitum]
Féeries (45 RPM)
Decca DECCA 455659 [1958]
Féeries for piano (incl Peau d'âne; Le chat botte; Cendrillon; La belle aux cheveux d'or; L'oiseau bleu; Le mouton; Le petit Poucet; La belle et la bête; Le petit chaperon rouge; La biche au
bois; Riquet à la houpe; Gracieuse et Percinet; Les fées)
Flöte und Harfe
Gunther Pohl, flute; Clifford Lanataff, harp
Musicaphon BM 30 SL 1926 [1982?]
Sonata for flute & harp
French Harp Music
Nicanor Zabaleta, harp
Deutsche Grammophon 2531 051 [1978]
Sicilienne variée for harp
French Music for Horn and Piano
Frøydis Ree Wekre, horn; Jens Harald Bratlie, piano
Varèse International [1979]
Berceuse, Op 19 for horn & piano
Impressions for Flute
Ransom Wilson, flute; Nancy Allen, harp; ensemble unknown
Angel [1978]
Gigue from Sonate en concert (arr for flute & harp and/or string nonet)
Magic Harp, The
Olga Erdeli, harp; Chamber Ensemble of the Moscow Radio Large Symphony Orchestra; Gennady Rozhdestvensky, cond
Melodiya CM-03477/78 [197-]
Reissue: Westminster Gold WG-8346 [1977]
Concertino for harp & string orchestra
Masters of Flute and Harp, Vol 1
Louise di Tullio, flute Susann McDonald, harp
Klavier KS 556 [1976]
reissued on CD as Sonatas for Flute & Harp
Sonata for flute & harp
Mostly Concerti
New York Harp Ensemble / Aristid von Wurtzler, cond
Musical Heritage Society MHS 4260 [1981]
Concertino for harp & strings (arranged for four harps)
Music by Candlelight
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Lily Laskine, harp
Epic LC 3917 [1966]
Sonata for flute & harp
Music for flute and harp
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Lily Laskine, harp
Musical Heritage Society MHS 1345 [1972]
Sonata for flute & harp
Music for flute and harp
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Lily Laskine, harp
Columbia / Odyssey Y 33520 [1975]
Sonata for flute & harp
Musicolor vol 6
L'Orchestre de Musique Légère de l'ORTF; Paul Bonneau
Technisonor E.F.M. (Éditions Françaises de Musique) TEC 506
Guitare pour orchestre
Norwegian Chamber Soloists Play Chamber Music for Winds
Harald Bergersen, clarinet; Torkil Bye, flute; Brynjar Hoff, oboe; Oddvar Mikalsen, bassoon; Frøydis Ree Wekre, horn
Varèse International [1977]
Dix-sept variations for wind quintet
Œuf à la coque, L' (Maurice Thiriet) / La croqueuse de diamants (Jean-Michel Damase)
Orchestre de l'Association des concerts Colonne; George Tzipine, cond
Columbia FC 1060 [195-?]
La croqueuse de diamants (selections)
Quintette pour flute, violon, alto, violoncelle et harpe
Quintette Instrumental de Paris (Gaston Crunelle, flute; Réné Bas, violin; Pierre Ladhuie, viola; Pierre Coddée, cello; Bernard Galais, harp)
Les Discophiles Français DF 730062 [195-]
Quintet for flute, harp, violin, viola & cello
Répertoire du soprano, La
Renée Doria, soprano
Adda / Doria Patrimoine 81101 / 81102 / 81103 / 81104 (4-disc set) [1982]
"La perle égarée" for voice & piano
Sérénade pour flûte et orchestre à cordes
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Orchestre de chambre de l'ORTF / André Girard, cond
Erato [1977]
Sérénade for flute & string orchestra
Silk Rhapsody
Orchestre de Association des concerts Lamoureux; Jean-Michel Damase, cond; Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Pierre Pierlot, oboe; Jean-Michel Damase, piano
Erato (France) STU 70312 or STE 70312 [1966]
Silk Rhapsody for orchestra; Trio for flute, oboe & piano
Sonate pour clarinette et harpe
Gabriel Sauvaire, clarinet; Catherine de Preissac, harp
Cybelia CY 668 [1985?]
Sonata for clarinet & harp
Trio pour flûte, harpe et violoncelle
Trio Nordmann (Marielle Nordmann, harp; André Guilbert, flute; Claude Burgos, cello)
Erato STU 70706
Trio for flute, harp & cello
(Reissued on Twentieth-Century Trios (see below)
Trois siécles de harpe
Bernard Galais, harp
Vega (France) 8.006 - 8.008 [1968]
Introduction et Toccata for harp
Twentieth-Century Trios
Trio Nordmann (Marielle Nordmann, harp; André Guilbert, flute; Claude Burgos, cello)
Musical Heritage Society [1978]
Trio for flute, harp & cello
Twentieth-Century Trios for Flute, Cello & Piano
Tipton Trio
Westminster WST 17147 [1968]
Sonate en concert for flute, piano & cello [ad libitum]
Wie eine Unterhaltung zu zwein
Brigitte Langnickel-Kohler, harp; Reinhard Langnickel, piano
Aulos AUL 66017 [1998]
piece unknown
Jean-Michel Damase, pianist
Classiques favoris du piano, Les
Saint-Germain des Pres 135511 [2000]
Compliments series of pubications of the same name (Éditions Lemoine 1984) of works selected,
edited, classified progressively and provided with fingerings by Theodore Lack. Includes short pieces by
Beethoven, Chopin, Cramer, Mendelssohn, Scarlatti, Rameau, Hændel, Daquin & Paradies.
Contes d'Andersen
Decca DECCA 455667 [1958]
François de la Rochefoucauld: L'enfant au tombeau; La reine des neiges; Les souliers rouges; La
petite fille aux allumettes;
Horizon chimérique, L' (78 RPM)
Decca GAG 1693 [19-?]
Gérard Souzay, baritone
Gabriel Fauré: L'horizon chimérique for baritone & piano
Féeries (45 RPM)
Decca DECCA 455659 [1958]
Jean-Michel Damase: Féeries for piano (incl Peau d'âne; Le chat botte; Cendrillon; La belle aux
cheveux d'or; L'oiseau bleu; Le mouton; Le petit Poucet; La belle et la bête; Le petit chaperon rouge; La biche au bois; Riquet à la houpe; Gracieuse et Percinet; Les fées)
Images
Decca DECCA FS 123606 [1955]
Claude Debussy: Images for piano
Jean-Michel Damase plays Fauré and Ravel
London International TW 91035 [195-]
Gabriel Fauré: Nocturne №12, Op 107; Barcarolle, №4, Op 44; Valse-caprice №3, Op 59;
Impromptu №3, Op 34; Maurice Ravel: Prélude; Menuet sur le nom de Haydn; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Toccata (from Le Tombeau de Couperin, №6)
Musique Française
Decca DECCA FMT163709 [1957]
Jean-Michel Damase: Théme et variations; Claude Debussy: Estampes; Gabriel Fauré: Barcarolle №12;
Francis Poulenc: Toccata; Albert Roussel: Trois pièces, Op 49
Sonate en la mineur, Op 105, №5, etc
Lumen LD 2441 [19-?]
Michel Chauveton, violin
Robert Schumann: Sonata in a minor for violin & piano
Jacques Leguerney: Sonatine in G Major for violin & piano
Thauergonel, Die (78 RPM)
Decca DECCA GAF 15101 [1952]
Franz Liszt: Die Thauergondel (La Lugubre gondola)