Playing time: ??' ??"
Performers:
[1] Henri Merckel (violin), G. Alès (violin), M. Frècheville
('cello), Pierre Pierlot (oboe), Aimée van de Wiele
(harpsichord), Ensemble orchestral de l'Oiseau-Lyre (Oxford) -
Roger Désormière, dir.
[2]-[7] Henri Merckel (violin), M. Frècheville ('cello), R.
Cortet (flute), Myrtil Morel (oboe), Fernand Oubradous (bassoon),
Ruggero Gerlin (harpsichord) - Roger Désormière,
dir.
[8] A. Merckel (viola), Blampon or Blampain (viola), M. Frècheville
('cello), Jacques Neilz ('cello), Isabelle Nef (harpsichord) -
Roger Désormière, dir.
Recording site and date:
[1] Paris, France [1948]
Rel.: 1949.
Excerpts:
[1] L'Oiseau-lyre (France) OL 225/227 [78
r.p.m. x3, 30cm] François Couperin (XIX)
[2]-[7] L'Oiseau-lyre (France) OL 51/52
[78 r.p.m., 30cm] François Couperin (VIII)
[8] L'Oiseau-lyre (France) OL 53 [78 r.p.m.,
30cm] François Couperin (IX) & L'Oiseau-lyre
(France) OL 54 [78 r.p.m., 25cm] François Couperin (X)
Comments:
Information from "Lyrebird Rising, Louise Hanson-Dyer of
Oiseau-Lyre 1884-1962", Jim Davidson, 1994, Amadeus Press,
ISBN 0-931340-72-1, p. 370, 505 & 542; also Bn-Opale plus.
This is the first LP produced (although not entirely) in France.
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Pierre-F. Roberge