Honegger - Jeanne d'Arc au bucher & Une cantate de noel - FLAC

ARTHUR HONEGGER

JEANNE D'ARC AU BUCHER

Dramatic oratorio on the poem by Paul Claudel


Spoken roles
Jeanne d'Arc - Nelly Borgeaud

Brother Dominic - Michel Favory

The ass, Reynold of Chartres, John of Luxemburg, a peasant, the priest - René Brun

William of Flavy, the usher - Francois Loup

A voice (in the prologue), Mother of Barrels - Annie Gaillard

Bedford, Herold III, Miller Musty, another peasant - Tony Jacquot

Perrot - Anne-Marie Rodde


Sung roles
Soprano (in the prologue), the Virgin - Christianne Chateau

Margaret (soprano) - Anne-Marrie Rodde

Catherine (contralto) - Huguette Brachet

Herold I, the clerk (tenor) - Pedro Proenza

Tenor solo, Porcus - Zdenek Jankovsky

Bass solo, Herold II - Francois Loup

Child's voice - Lenka Loubalová
Czech Philharmonic Chorus, chorus master: Josef Veselka

Kühn Children's Chorus, chorus master: Jiri Chvála

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

conductor: Serge Baudo


ARTHUR HONEGGER

UNE CANTATE DE NOEL

for bariton, children's and mixed chorus, organ and orchestra
Jindrich Jindrák - baritone

Jaroslav Tvrzsky - organ

Czech Chorus, chorus master: Josef Veselka

Kühn Children's Chorus, chorus master: Jiri Chvála

Prague Symphony Orchestra

conductor: Serge Baudo


Recorded at the Dvorak Hall of the House of Artists, Prague, 14-20 October 1974 (Jeanne d'Arc) and 16-19 May 1966 (Une
cantate de noel).

Recording director: Eduard Herzog

Recording engineers: Miloslav Kulhan (Jeanne d'Arc) and Frantisek Burda (Cantate)

Editor: Jana Smékalová
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