Hugues Cuénod (b. June 26, 1902) - A Discography

Conception & research: Pierre-F. Roberge
For comments, additions and corrections pfr@videotron.ca
Last update: 01/01/2008

This is an "under construction" and for now a relatively complete discography of Hugues Cuénod; details will be added and inaccuracies corrected when known.

Biography:
A short biography will be written in a near future, but here is a press release by Bradley S. Klapper, Associated Press writer, for Cuenod's 105th birthday:

Tenor Cuenod, 105, Credits Small Voice
Hugues Cuenod, the oldest singer ever to debut at the Metropolitan Opera, celebrates his 105th birthday Tuesday with a message to his younger colleagues: Don't shout.
Cuenod, until recently the world's oldest active opera performer, was known throughout his seven-decade career for his acting and a light, natural tenor that he applied to everything from Monteverdi to Puccini. But his chords were still strong enough at 84 to project across the Met as the emperor in Turandot. He performed other roles elsewhere into his 90s.
"I always had a small voice," Cuenod said Monday in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "With this voice, I really loved to sing small things in big theaters, rather than big things in small theaters."
Cuenod, speaking in English and his native French, recounted his 1951 debut at Milan's La Scala and his first performances three years later at London's Royal Opera. A veteran of over 400 performances at the Glyndebourne festival in Britain, he credited his longevity to an ability to express feelings in soft tones, the only ways he claimed he could.
"I didn't shout or scream," Cuenod said from the Chateau de Lully, the 18th-century castle of his ancestors he shares with his 64-year-old partner, Alfred Augustin. The two registered their partnership earlier this year after a Swiss law enabled same-sex unions to receive similar benefits as married couples.
Born in 1902 in the Swiss village of Corseaux-sur-Vevey overlooking Lake Geneva, Hugues Adhemar Cuenod received a French and German musical education in Basel and Vienna.
He made his operatic debut in 1928 in Paris' Theatre des Champs-Elysees, singing in Krenek's "Jonny spielt auf." Known for his ability to incorporate difficult character roles, he then sang in Noel Coward's operetta "Bitter Sweet" in London and New York and made a name for himself in the 1930s under French composer Nadia Boulanger.
More concerts in Paris and North America followed before Cuenod resumed his operatic career in a 1943 Geneva production of Johann Strauss Jr.'s "Die Fledermaus". He started his Glyndebourne run in 1954 and performed until the mid-1990s, when at 92 he still sang "in perfect style" Triquet's verses of tribute to Tatyana in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin," according to an Opera News review.
Cuenod's voice also was particularly effective in the early opera works of Monteverdi and Cavalli. His high, light tenor can be heard on many recordings, including a DVD version of Franco Zeffirelli's 1987 staging of "Turandot" at the Met, which was conducted by James Levine and starred Eva Marton and Placido Domingo.
Asked whether he had any particularly fond memories, Cuenod recalled the world premiere of Stravinsky's "The Rake's Progress" at Venice's La Fenice in 1951, where he created the role of the mysterious auctioneer Sellem, who conducts the bidding on the main character's goods and wife.
"I remember when (Elisabeth) Schwarzkopf sang and I remember the room," Cuenod said, referring to the soprano who died last year in Austria. "I had a smaller part, but a very good one."
Cuenod said he was in good health, even if his singing career was over, but added that he had nothing special planned for his birthday. "I will probably stay in bed," he said.

Explanation about this discography:
This discography is divided in 3 parts:
I. Original recordings: This list contains all original releases known to the author of the discography, no matter if the content is totally or only partly dedicated to the performer. In linked section (mostly early music & baroque recordings), the reader will find all re-issues with the same content whatever the media that was released. If there is no link, reissues are listed in the discography
II. Compilations: A release containing only material totally included in more than one release listed in I., or mixed with unrelated excerpts of other performers
III. Selections: any excerpts of an original recording, mixed with unrelated excerpts of other performers, or an abridged (highlights) version of an original recording.

I. Original Recordings

by date of first release (usually the circled "P" on container); when known, the date of recording is noted in the line preceding the specific reference. More information on later release(s) can be found by clicking the link, if available; otherwise a listing of later release(s) appears under the specific reference.

    1935

  1. Negro Spiritual: O Lord What a mornin', ...
    Hugues Cuénod, arr. & acc.
    Rec.: ca 1935, may have been never released
    Disque Gramophone K 7551-7557 (Mx: OLA 464-2, ...) [78rpm x 7, ??cm]

    2. 1937

  2. François Couperin: 3e Leçon de Ténèbres pour le Mercredy
    Cuénod, Derenne, Groupe Vocal Gouverné, de Lacour, Orchestre Féminin de Paris - Jeanne Évrard, dir.
    Rec.: 12/11/1936
    Gramophone DB 5010 / 11 [78rpm, 30cm]

  3. Claudio Monteverdi (...1): Hor ch' el ciel e la terra - Lasciatemi morire
    Ensemble vocal et instrumental - Nadia Boulanger, dir.
    Rec.: 02/13/1937
    Gramophone DB 5038 [78rpm, 30cm]

  4. Claudio Monteverdi (...2): Zeffiro torna
    Ensemble vocal et instrumental - Nadia Boulanger, dir.
    Rec.: 02/17/1937
    Gramophone DB 5039 [78rpm, 30cm]

  5. Claudio Monteverdi (...3): Ardo - Ohimè, dov'è il mio ben
    Ensemble vocal et instrumental - Nadia Boulanger, dir.
    Rec.: 02/11/1937 & 02/17/1937
    Gramophone DB 5040 [78rpm, 30cm]

  6. Claudio Monteverdi (...5): Lamento della Ninfa - Ecco mormorar l'onde
    Ensemble vocal et instrumental - Nadia Boulanger, dir.
    Rec.: 03/12/1937 & 02/17/1937
    Gramophone DB 5042 [78rpm, 30cm]

    7. 1938

  7. Marcel Delannoy: Philippine (Complainte de l'homme serpent)
    Hugues Cuénod, Orchestre - Maurice Jaubert, dir.
    Rec.: 11/19/1937
    Columbia DF 2280 (Mx: CL 6458-1) [78rpm, 25cm]

  8. Johannes Brahms / Liebeslieder waltzes, op. 52
    D. Lipatti, N. Boulanger, Kedroff, Polignac, Cuénod, Conrad
    Gramophone DB 5059 (mx: 2LA ????-?, ????-?) [78rpm , 30cm]

  9. Johannes Brahms: Der Gang zum Liebchen, Die Schwestern, Klänge, Die Meere
    Comtesse Jean (Marie-Blanche) de Polignac, Irène Kedroff, Nathalie Kedroff, Hugues Cuénod, Doda Conrad, Nadia Boulanger (piano)
    Rec.: 01/22/1938
    Gramophone DB 5060 (mx: 2LA 2379-1, 2380-2) [78rpm , 30cm]

    10. 1939

  10. Lili Boulanger memorial concert, Symphony Hall, March 6, 1939
    Various performers & Ensembles - Nadia Boulanger or G. Wallace Woodworth, cond.
    Rec.: 03/06/1939
    Greenough disc nos. 492-503 [78rpm x12]

    11. 1941 or prior

  11. Technichord presents Isabel French and Hugues Cuénod in a set of early cantatas and songs: Schütz, Telemann, Monteverdi, Arbeau, Rameau, Arne
    Hugues Cuénod, Isabel French
    Rec.: 1941 or prior
    Technichord T-2 (TC 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) [78rpm x5, 25/30cm]

    12. 1947

  12. Jean Binet: Quatre chansons (text: Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz)
    Hugues Cuénod, Orchestre - Jean Binet, cond.
    Rec.: 01/28/1947
    Elite Spécial (Compositeurs suisses série de l'AMS, 21) 4459 (mx: AB 346 2, AB 348) / 4460 (mx: AB 345, AB 347) [78rpm x2, 25cm]

    13. 1948

  13. Henri Sauguet: Aria d'Eduardo Poeta (1934), (text: Edward James)
    Hugues Cuénod
    Ultraphone (Polydor) (mx: 77646 / 77655) [78rpm x5] INA Mémoire Vive - Inédits IMV 043 [CD, 2001]

    14. 1950 / ca 1950

  14. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Musique maçonique
    Various performers, Choeur de l'Oratorio de Mulhouse, Orchestre Pro Musica - Joseph Victor Meyer, dir.
    Rec.: 09/21-22/1950
    Trésors de la Musique TM 22-28 [78rpm x 7, 30cm]

  15. Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 21 - Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis
    Cuénod et al., Vienna Chamber Choir, Vienna Symphony Orchestra -Jonathan Sternberg, cond.
    Rec.: 1950
    Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-501 [LP, mono]

  16. Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 34 & 56 - O ewiges Feuer & Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen
    Cuénod et al., Vienna Chamber Choir, Vienna Symphony Orchestra -Jonathan Sternberg, cond.
    Rec.: 1950
    Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-502 [LP, mono]

  17. Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 46 & 104 - Schauet doch und sehet & Du Hirte Israel hore
    Cuénod et al., Vienna Chamber Choir, Vienna Symphony Orchestra -Jonathan Sternberg, cond.
    Rec.: 1950
    Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-503 [LP, mono]

  18. Heinrich Schütz: Four small sacred concerti / Four Symphoniae sacrae
    Cuénod, Instrumental Ensemble of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra - Daniel Pinkham, cond.
    Rec.: 1950 or prior
    Westminster WL 50-43 [LP, mono]

  19. Italian Songs (16th and 17th Centuries) - Spanish Songs (16th Century)
    Cuénod, Leeb
    Rec.: 1950 or prior
    Westminster WL 5059 [LP, mono]

    20. 1951

  20. French Songs (16th and 17th Centuries) - English Songs (17th Century)
    Cuénod, Leeb
    Rec.: 1951 or prior
    Westminster WL 5085 [LP, mono]

  21. François Couperin dit « Le Grand » - Leçons de Ténèbres: First tenebrae service for the Wednesday of Holy Week, Air sérieux, La pastorelle, Les solitaires, Motet: Audite omnes
    Cuénod, Pinkham, Brink, Waterhouse, Zighera - Daniel Pinkham, dir.
    Rec.; 12/1950
    Allegro ALX 3003 [LP, mono]

  22. Jean Philippe Rameau - Secular cantatas: Diane et Actéon, L'impatience
    Cuénod, Pinkham, Brink, Waterhouse, Zighera - Daniel Pinkham, dir.
    Rec.; 12/1950
    Allegro "Galaxy" ALG 3010 [LP, mono]

  23. Henry Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
    I. Kolassi, Y. le Marc'Hadour, Groupe de musiciens de l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande et al.
    Rec.: January 1951, rel. (first ?) 2007
    Cascavelle "Flash-Back" VEL 3107 [CD]

    24. 1952

  24. Sensation / Lipatti
    Hugues Cuénod, Madeleine Lipatti
    Rec.: 06/23/1951
    (unknown) [LP, mono]
    EMI CHS7-68741-2 [CD]

  25. Song cycles / Fauré - Debussy
    Hugues Cuénod, Jacqueline Blancard
    Rec.: ca 1950
    Vanguard VRS-414 [LP, mono]

  26. La bonne chanson - Biondina / Fauré - Gounod
    Cuénod, Holetschek
    Westminster WL 5278 [LP, mono]

  27. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Zaïde
    M. Dobbs, H. Cuénod, J. Peyron, J. Riley, B. Demigny, Orchestre Philarmonique de Paris - René Leibowitz, dir.
    Rec.: 1952 or prior
    Nixa OLP 4901-1 / 4901-2 [LPx2, mono]

    28. 1953

  28. Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in C - Cantata on anonymous 15th and 16th century english lyrics
    The Cleveland Orchestra / The Philarmonic Chamber Ensemble & New York Concert Choir - I. Stravinsky, dir.
    Rec.: 12/22/1952
    Columbia ML 4899 [LP, mono]

  29. François Couperin: Leçons de Ténèbres
    Cuénod, Sinimberghi, Holetschek, Harand
    Rec.:
    Westminster WL 5387 [LP, mono]

  30. Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion
    László, Rössel-Majdan, Munteanu, Cuénod, Standen, Rehfuss, chorus and orchestra - Hermann Scherchen, cond.
    Rec.: 1953
    Westminster WAL 401 (XTV 19938-19945) [LPx4, mono, auto seq.]

    31. Chants français aux 16e et 17e Siècles
    Cuénod, Leeb
    Rec.:
    Ducretet-Thomson LAP 1021 [45rpm, mono]

    Elizabethan love songs and harpsichord pieces
    H. Cuénod, C. J. ChiassonLeeb
    Rec.: 1953 or prior
    Lyrichord LL 37 [LP, mono]

    1954

  31. Johann Sebastian Bach: Geistlicher Lieder
    Rössel-Majdan, Cuénod, Holetschek, Harand
    Rec.: 1954 or prior
    Westminster WAL 402 [LPx4, mono]

  32. Alban Berg: Wozzeck
    Tito Gobbi, Dorothy Dow, Hugues Cuénod, Mirto Picchi, Italo Tajo
    Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI - Nino Sanzogno, dir. Rec.: September 30, 1954
    Ponto PO-1053 [CDx2, mono]
    Myto Historical 071H122 [CDx2, mono]

    33. 1955

  33. Johannes Brahms: New love-song waltzes
    Various performers - Nadia Boulanger, dir.
    Rec.:
    Decca DL 9650 [LP, mono]

  34. Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
    E. Schwarzkopf, R. Streich, I. Seefried, H. Cuénod et al., The Philharmonia Orchestra - H. von Karajan, dir.
    Rec.: 06-07/1954
    Columbia 33 CX 1292 / 94 [LPx3, mono]
    Columbia FCX 506 / 08 [LPx3, mono, France]
    Angel ANG 3532 C/LC (35 222 / 24) [LPx3, mono, USA]
    Decca CDMB 69296 (CDM 7 69296 2 - CDM 7 69298 2) [LPx3, mono]
    La voix de son maître 2C 15303520 / 22 [LPx3, mono, France]
    His Master's Voice RLS 760 (ALP 4023--ALP 4025) [LPx3]
    EMI Classics EMI EX 7 69296-1 [CDx2]
    EMI Classics CMS 7 69296-2 [CDx2, UK]
    EMI Classics CDMB 69296 [CDx2, USA]
    EMI Classics CDS 5 55176 2 [CDx2]
    EMI Classics 7243 5 67156-2 2 [CDx2]
    EMI Classics CMS 5 67156-2 2 [CDx2, UK]
    EMI Classics CDMB 67156-2 2 [CDx2, USA]
    EMI Classics 7243 5 67077-2 [CDx2, Europe]
    EMI Classics CMS 5 67077-2 [CDx2, UK]
    Angel 5 67077-2 [CDx2, USA]
    EMI TOCE - 11388 [CDx2, Japan]
    Cantus Classics 5.00645 [CDx2]

  35. Maurice Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges
    H. Cuénod, S. Danco et al., Orchestre de la Suisse romande - Ernest Ansermet, dir.
    Rec.: 10/1954
    London LL 1180 [LP, mono]
    Decca LXT 5019 [LP, mono]
    Ace of Diamonds SDD 168 [LP, mono]
    Richmond R 23 086 [LP, mono]
    Richmond SR 33 086 [LP, stereo]

    36. 1956

  36. Claudio Monteverdi: Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
    Abel, Cuénod, Olsen, Radio Zurich Symphonic Orch. - Walter Goehr
    Rec.: ca 1953
    Concert Hall Recordings, Annual series, 6, release F-5 [LP, mono]

  37. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Les noces de Figaro, Opéra bouffe en 4 actes
    T. Stich-Randall, R. Streich, P. Lorengar, Hugues Cuénod, et al., Orchestre de la société des concerts du Conservatoire - Hans Rosbaud, dir. with Choeurs du Conservatoire de Paris
    Rec.: July 1955
    Pathé DTX 206 / 208 [LPx3, mono]
    Pathé 33 DTXPM 30391 / 93 [LPx3, mono]
    Trianon (Pathé-Marconi) 2C 12716312 /14 [LPx3, mono]
    Ca'd'oro 1004.5 [CDx2]
    EMI classics CMS 7 64376-2 / 77-2 [CDx2]

  38. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Les noces de Figaro : opéra en 4 actes
    S. Jurinac, G. Sciutti, S. Bruscantini, H. Cuénod, et al., Glyndebourne Festival Chorus and Orchestra - Vittorio Gui, dir.
    Rec.: 06/07/1955
    RCA Victor LM-6401 [LPx4, mono]
    Club national du disque CND 526 / 529 [LPx4, mono]
    EMI "Classics for pleasure" 2M 15543124 / 26 [LPx3]
    La Voix de son Maître 2C 16301751 / 53 [LPx3]
    EMI "Classics for pleasure" CD-CFPD 4724 (CDB 7 67261-2 / 2- 2) [CDx2]
    EMI "double Forte" 7243 5 73845 2 0 [CDx2]
    EMI "Gemini" 7243 4 76942-2 6 [CDx2]

  39. Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus-Rex
    Various performers, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - Ernest Ansermet, dir
    Rec.: 05/1955
    Decca LXT 5098 [LP, mono]
    London XLL 1273 [LP, mono]
    London A 4106 [LP, mono]
    Decca 411913-1 [LP, mono]

    40. 1957

  40. Jean Français: Le diable boîteux - La Cantate de Méphisto
    H. Cuénod, D. Conrad, H. Leeb
    Rec.; 1957 or prior
    Vega C30 A53 [LP, mono]
    Westminster / Vega "Music of Today Series" XWN 18543 [LP, mono]

  41. Jean-Sébastien Bach: Oratorio de noël - 2e Cantate
    D. Weber, L. Rauh, E. Lorentz, H. Cuénod, l'Orchestre philarmonique municipal de Strasbourg - F. Münch, dir.; Chorale de St. Guillaume de Strasbourg
    Rec.: 1957 or prior
    Lumen LD 3115 [LP, mono]

    42. 1958

  42. French Troubadour Songs
    Hugues Cuénod, Hermann Leeb
    Rec.: 1958
    Westminster XWN 18683 [LP, mono]

    43. 1959

  43. Igor Stravinsky: Apollo musagètes ; Renard: histoire burlesque chantée et jouée
    Orchestre de la Suisse romande - Ernest Ansermet, cond.; M. Sénéchal, H. Cuénod, H. Rehfuss, X. Depraz
    Rec.: 1959 ?
    Decca LXT 5169 [LP]
    London CS 6034 [LP]
    London CM 9152 [LP]
    London LL 1401 [LP]
    London STS 15028 [LP]

  44. Italian Troubadours Songs
    Cuénod, Leeb
    Rec.: 1958 / 59
    Westminster XWN 18776 [LP]

  45. German Songs of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
    Cuénod, Leeb
    Rec.: 1959 or prior
    Westminster XWN 18848 [LP]

    46. 1962

  46. Claudio Monteverdi: Secular vocal works
    J. Davidoff, H. Cuénod, R. Brink - Daniel Pinkham, cond.
    Rec.: 1962
    Music Guild M 27 [LP]

  47. Igor Stravinsky: Les Noces - Symphony of Psalms
    Various performers, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - Ernest Ansermet, dir.
    Rec.: 1961
    Decca LXT 5639 B 12.274 [LP, mono]
    Decca SXL 2277 B 13.458 [LP, stereo]
    London CSB 6219 [LP]
    London CSBB 6219 B [LP]

    48. 1963

  48. Eight songs from plays of William Shakespeare / Five songs from J. S. Bach's Little notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach / Seven songs from La Fontaine's Fables.
    Hugues Cuénod, Albert Fuller
    Rec.: 1963 or prior
    Cambridge Records CRM 702 [LP, mono]

    49. 1964

  49. Johann Sebastian Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (cantata BWV 61) / Heinrich Schütz : Die sieben Worte Christi am Kreuz
    Cuénod, soloists, Old North Singers, Instrumental ensemble - John Fesperman, cond
    Rec.: 1963
    Cambridge Records CRM 417 [LP, mono]

  50. Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
    Various performers - Sir John Pritchard, dir.
    Rec.: 1964 or prior
    EMI SLS 5248 (ASD 4219/20) [box (LPx2, stereo)]

  51. Franz Schubert, Songs
    Hugues Cuénod, D. Garvey
    Rec.: april 1963
    Cambridge Records CRM 1703 [LP, mono]
    Cambridge Records CRS 1703 [LP, stereo]

    52. 1965

  52. Dietrich Buxtehude: Latin and German cantatas - Suite for organ
    Hugues Cuénod, Richard Conrad, Mark Pearson, Cambridge Festival Orchestra Ensemble - Daniel Pinkham, cond.
    Rec.: 04/1963
    Music Guild MS 114 [LP, stereo]

  53. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Il Ritorno
    E. Orell, S. Maionica, H. Cuénod, R. Corsi, Orchestra - Alfredo Simonetto, cond.
    Rec.: 02/21/1964
    Golden Age of Opera EJS 549 [LP, stereo]

  54. Émile Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini - Weimar version
    H. Cuénod, Esposito, Hamel, Gedda, Voilier, Ghiuselev, Chorus of Grand Théâtre de Genève, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - Ernest Louis de Froment, cond.
    Rec.: 11/02/1964
    Golden Age of Opera EJS 315 [LP, stereo]

    55. 1967

  55. Music of love and lamentation; vocal masterpieces of Monteverdi and Cavalli
    aka: The Origins of 17th century Venetian opera
    Heather Harper, Gerald English, Hugues Cuénod, The Bath Festival Ensemble - Raymond Leppard, dir.
    Rec.: 1967 or prior
    Angel S 36431 [LP]

  56. Classical patterns in sound
    The Renaissance Quartet, The Riverside Singers, and others
    Rec.: 1967 or prior
    Project 3 Total Sound PR 103 [LP]

  57. 400th Anniversary Album: Claudio Monteverdi - Scherzi musicali
    Cuénod, Bressler, Rondeleux, New York Chamber soloists
    Rec.: 1967 or prior
    Project 3 Total Sound PR 7001 SD [LP]

  58. Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Virgine / Magnificat
    Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne - Michel Corboz, dir.
    Rec.: 1966
    Erato STU 70325 / 70327 [LPx3]

    59. 1968

  59. Carl Orff
    Oedipus der Tyrann, ein Trauerspiel des Sophokles von Friedrich Hölderlin
    Gerhard Stolze, with supporting soloists, chorus, and orchestra of the Bavarian Radio - Rafael Kubelík, cond.
    Rec.: 11/1967
    Deutsche Gramophon Gesellschaft 139 251 / 253 [LPx3, auto-seq.]
    Deutsche Gramophon Gesellschaft 2740 227 (2562 175-2562 177) [LPx3, auto-seq.]
    Deutsche Gramophon Gesellschaft "20th Century Classics" 437 029-2 (437 030-2--437 032-2) [CDx3]
    This entry is dubious, listed in artist index of Gramophone Classical record catalogue, march 1971

  60. Claudio Monteverdi - 10 Madrigaux pour 1, 2, 3 voix et continuo
    Ensemble Baroque de Lausanne
    Rec.: 1967 or prior
    Erato STU 70384 [LP]

    61. 1969

  61. Francesco Cavalli: L'Ormindo - opera in 2 acts
    Various performers, London Philharmonic orchestra - Raymond Leppard, dir.
    Rec.: August 1968
    Argo ZNF 8 / 10 [LPx3]

    62. 197..

  62. Dinu Lipatti: Bach / Concerto in D minor - Brahms / Liebeslieder waltzes, op. 52
    D. Lipatti, N. Boulanger (2d work), Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra - Edouard van Beinum, cond. (1st work), Kedroff, Polignac, Cuénod, Conrad (2d work)
    First work recorded Oct, 2, 1947
    Opus Records MLG 80 [LP]

    63. 1971 or prior

  63. Weltliche Musik des 16. Jahrhunderts - Geistliche Musik des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts
    Ensemble Ricercare - Ensemble Baroque de Lausanne - Schola Cantorum Turicensis
    Communauté du travail pour la diffusion de la Musique suisse "Schweizer Komponisten" CTS 31 [LP]
    Communauté de Travail pour la diffusion de la Musique suisse "Schweizer Komponisten" CTS 31 [CD]

    64. 1971

  64. Arthur Honegger: Páques à New York / Jean Binet: Six chansons / Henri Gagnebin: Rhapsodie pour flúte et harpe / Walther Geiser: Fantasie für streicher, Pauke und Klavier, op. 31
    A. Chédel / Quatuor de Genève / H. Cuénod / Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne - Samuel Baud-Bovy, dir. / B. Buxtorf / C. Eisenhoffer / Basler Kammerorchester - Paul Sacher, dir.
    Rec.: 1971 or prior
    Communauté de Travail pour la diffusion de la Musique suisse "Schweizer Komponisten" CTS 41 [LP]
    Communauté de Travail pour la diffusion de la Musique suisse "Schweizer Komponisten" CTS 41 [CD]

    65. 1972

  65. Francesco Cavalli: La Calisto
    Various performers, Glyndebourne Festival Opera Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Raymond Leppard, dir.
    Rec.: 1971
    Argo ZNF 11 / 12 [LPx2]

  66. Émile Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini - Opéra-comique in 2 acts and 4 tableaux
    Various performers, Chorus of the Royal opera house, Covent Garden, B.B.C. Symphony orchestra - Colin Davis, dir.
    Rec.: 07/1972
    Philips 6707019 (set; 6500494 / 97) [LPx4]
    Philips 416955-2 [CDx3]
    Philips B0001573 [CDx3]

  67. Jacques Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann
    J. Sutherland, H. Tourangeau, P.Domingo, H. Cuénod, Gabriel Bacquier, et al., Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - Richard Bonynge, dir.
    Rec.: 08-09/1971
    Decca Set 545 / 47 [LPx3]
    London OSA-13106 (OS 26827 / 29) [LPx3]
    London 307453 [? LPx3]
    Decca 417 363-2 (CD: 417364-2 / 365-2) [CDx2]
    Decca 455865-2 [CDx2]

    68. 1973

  68. Georg-Friederich Haendel: Saül
    Various performers, Choeur Universitaire de Genève & Orchestre du Victoria-Hall
    Rec.: 05/16-23/1971
    VDE VE-3015 1/2/3 [LP]

  69. Songs and dances of John Dowland [sound recording]
    Hughes Cuénod, Joel Cohen, Christiane Jacottet
    Rec.: 1971
    Turnabout TV-S 34510 [LPx3]

  70. Jean-Baptiste Lully: Thésée
    A. Ayer, H. Cuénod, Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper - Willard Straight, cond.
    Rec.: 1973 or prior
    RCA Victrola VICS-1686 [LP]

    71. 1974

  71. Jean-Baptiste Lully: Alceste
    P. Curtin, W. Lewis, A. Ayer, H. Cuénod, P. Huttenlocher, Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper - Willard Straight, cond.
    Rec.: 1974 or prior
    Serenus Recorded Editions SRS 12057 [LP]

    72. 1977

  72. Hugues Cuénod
    Érik Satie: Socrate
    Hugues Cuénod, Geoffrey Parsons
    Rec.: 1977 or prior
    Nimbus (QS) 2104 [LP]

    73. 1978

  73. Hugues Cuénod French songs, vol. 1
    Emmanuel Chabrier, Erik Satie, André Caplet, Arthur Honegger, Jacques de Menasce
    Hugues Cuénod, Geoffrey Parsons
    Rec.: 1977
    Nimbus (QS) 2112 [LP]

  74. Hugues Cuénod: French songs, vol. 2
    Darius Milhaud, Georges Auric, Albert Roussel, Marcelle de Manziarly, Francis Poulenc
    Hugues Cuénod, Geoffrey Parsons
    Rec.: 1978
    Nimbus (QS) 2118 [LP]

    75. 1980

  75. Hugues Cuénod: French songs, vol. 3
    Claude Debussy, 17 Chansons
    Hugues Cuénod, Martin Isepp
    Rec.: 11/12-13/1972
    Nimbus 2127 [LP]
    Nimbus (?) 882133909 [CD, France]
    Nimbus (Musidisc) 24601-2 [CD, France]
    Nimbus NI 5231 [CD]

    76. Claudio Monteverdi - 10 Madrigaux pour 1, 2, 3 voix et continuo
    Ensemble Baroque de Lausanne
    Rec.; 1967 or prior
    Erato "Musique - 25" MUS 19025 [LP]

    1982

  76. Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
    R. Rounseville, E. Schwarzkopf, O. Kraus, J. Tourel, H. Cuénod et al., Coro & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala (Milan) - I. Stravinsky, dir.
    Rec.: Venice, 09/11/1951
    Fonit Cetra DOC 29 [LPx3, mono]
    Gala GL 100.567 [CDx2]
    Cantus Classics 5.00676 [CDx2]

  77. Schubert, Haydn, Mendelssohn: Schubertiade '82. Estavayer-le-Lac
    Various performers
    Rec.: 1982
    Radio-Television Suisse Romande RTSR 30-809 [LP]

    78. 1985

  78. Emile Jaques-Dalcroze: Six chansons populaires romandes - Trois chansons de "Notre Genève"; Jean Binet: Dix chansons du mal au coeur
    Hugues Cuénod, Pierre Aegerter
    Rec.: 1984 or prior
    VDE-Gallo 30356 [LP]

  79. Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier
    Various peformers, choirs of the Welsh national opera & National Philharmonic Orchestra - Riccardo Chailly, dir
    Rec.: 1982/1984
    Decca 410117-1 [LPx3]
    Decca 410120-4 [Cass. x2]
    London 410117 [LPx3]

    1989

  80. Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
    Various performers, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra - James Levine, dir. & Franco Zeffirelli, stage prod.
    Rec.: 04/1987
    Deutsche Grammophon Video CD 072 410-1 [Laserdisc x2]
    Deutsche Grammophon 073 058-9 [DVD]

    81. 1991

  81. Frank Martin: Le Mystère de la Nativité, Pilate
    E. Ameling, A. Heynis, H. Cuénod, E. Tappy, E. Zareska, J.-C. Benoît, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - Ernest Ansermet, dir.
    Rec.: 12/23/1959 & 11/02/1966
    Cascavelle VEL 2006 [CD]

    82. 1994

  82. Metropole - Souvenir du Gala du 29 mai 1994
    Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Giovanna Marini, Orchestre des Rencontres Musicales, Choeur de Chambre Romand, Hugues Cu‚nod & Philippe Zahnd, AL 4 AS, Francioli & Bourquin, Fanakalo, Pierre Amoyal & Christian Favre
    GALLO CD-870 [CD, sampler]

    83. 1995

  83. Hugues Cuénod
    H. Cuénod, J. Cohen, R. Dobos
    Rel.: 1960 / 1976 / 1980
    INA "Mémoire Vive" 262 020 [CD]

    84. 1997

  84. Hugues Cuénod chante et récite Francis Poulenc
    L'Histoire de Babar - Rapsodie nègre - Six mèlodies - À propos de Francis Poulenc
    Hugues Cuénod, Billy Eidi, Francis Poulenc
    Rec.: 04/12-13/1997 - 12/09/1953 - 12/09/1953 - 07/11/1997
    LYS D 254 [CD]

    85. 2001

    Henri Sauguet: Inédits (incl. Aria d'Eduardo Poeta (1934))
    Various performers
    INA "Mémoire Vive" IMV 043 [CD]

  85. Emmanuel Chabrier: L'Étoile
    Vallin, Bratschi, Pagani, Cuénod, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - Ernest Ansermet, dir.
    Rec.; 07/02/1941
    Cascavelle VEL 2013 [CD]

    86. 2002

  86. Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus rex / Jean Françaix: Le diable boiteux
    Cuénod, Vessières, Vilar, Hollet, Peyron - Ernest Ansermet, dir.
    Rec.: 05/03/1951
    INA "Mémoire Vive" IMV 047 [CD]

  87. Hugues Cuénod - Inédits 1948-1965: C.M. Weber, J.L. von Stoll, F.W. Gubitz, R. Liebermann, Li Bai
    Hugues Cuénod et al.
    Rec.: 03/21/1949, 10/28/1948, 06/23/1954, 05/19/1955, 09/26/1955, 11/11/1957, 12/23/1958
    Cascavelle RSR 6158 [CD]

  88. Voix de Romandie
    Various performers
    Rec.: 2002 or prior
    Radio-Television Suisse Romande RTSR 6601 [CD]

    89. 2004

  89. Hugues Cuénod: Mélodies
    Gabriel Fauré - Henri Duparc
    Hugues Cuénod, Martin Isepp, Geoffrey Parsons
    Rec.: 1972 / 1973 / 1978
    Nimbus NI 5736 / 37 [CDx2]

II. Compilations

by date of first release (usually the circled "P" on container); when known, the date of recording is noted in the line preceding the specific reference. More information on later release(s) can be found by clicking the link, if available; otherwise a listing of later release(s) appears under the specific referenced compilation.

    1985

  1. Hugues Cuénod: Socrate & French Song Cycles by Jacques de Menasce, Emmanuel Chabrier, Arthur Honegger, Albert Roussel, Francis Poulenc and Erik Satie
    Hugues Cuénod, Geoffrey Parsons
    Rec.: 1977 or prior
    Nimbus NI 5027 [CD]
    Nimbus (Musidisc) 24607-2 [CD, France]

    2. 1996

  2. Hugues Cuénod - Vol. 1
    Musique Française Baroque: François Couperin - Jean-Philippe Rameau
    Hugues Cuénod et al.
    Lys 140 / 141 [CDx2]

    3. 1997

  3. Hugues Cuénod - Vol. 2
    Johann Sebastian Bach: Geistliche Lieder
    Hugues Cuénod et al.
    Lys 166 / 167 [CDx2]

  4. Hugues Cuénod - Vol. 3
    Mélodies de Fauré, Debussy, Clerambault, 18 Lieder de Franz Schubert
    Hugues Cuénod et al.
    Lys 169 / 170 [CDx2]

  5. Hugues Cuénod - Vol. 4
    Musique Baroque Allemande: Heinrich Schütz - Dietrich Buxtehude - Jean-Sebastien Bach
    Hugues Cuénod et al.
    Lys 201 [CD]

  6. Hugues Cuénod - Vol. 5
    Airs de Monteverdi et Dowland
    Hugues Cuénod et al.
    Lys 202 [CD]

  7. Hugues Cuénod - Vol. 6
    Des troubadours à la Romance: Chants des troubadours Français - Chants Espagnols du XVIème siècle
    Hugues Cuénod et al.
    Lys 213 [CD]

  8. Hugues Cuénod - Le Maître de la Mélodie: Songs by Roussel, de Manziarly, Poulenc, Caplet, Auric, Milhaud
    Hugues Cuénod, Geoffrey Parsons
    Nimbus (Musidisc) 24608-2 [CD, France]
    Nimbus NI 5337 [CD]

    9. 1998

    Nadia Boulanger: Oeuvres de Monteverdi - Brahms - Schubert
    Ensemble vocal et instrumental - Nadia Boulanger, dir.
    Pearl GEMM CD 9994 [CD]
    Rec.: 1937/1938

    2004

  9. Hugues Cuénod: Jean-François Couperin, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Dinu Lipatti
    Hugues Cuénod, Dinu Lipatti
    Hamburger Archiv für Gesangskunst "Sänger-Chronik 2000- 2004" 10346

    10. 2005

  10. Hommage à \ A tribute to Hugues Cuénod: F. Couperin, I. Stravinsky, WA Mozart, M. Delannoy
    Hugues Cuénod et al.
    Cascavelle VEL 3080 [CDx2]

III. Selections:

by date of first release (usually the circled "P" on container); when known, the date of recording is noted in the line preceding the specific reference. More information on later release(s) can be found by clicking the link, if available; otherwise a listing of later release(s) appears under the specific referenced compilation. Although I tried to be as complete as possible, the intent is not to list all recodings, only major ones.

    unknown

    Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka / Les Noces
    Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - Ernest Ansermet, cond.; B. Retchitzka, L. Devallier, H. Cuŕnod, H. Rehfuss
    Decca "Ace of Diamonds" SDD 240 [LP]

    1950

  1. Johann Sebastian Bach: Great arias from the Cantatas
    Cuénod et al., Vienna Chamber Choir, Vienna Symphony Orchestra -Jonathan Sternberg, cond.
    Vanguard "The Bach Guild" BG-526 [LP, mono]

    2. 1958

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Geistlicher Lieder, Vol. 1 - Numbers 1-19
    Rössel-Majdan, Cuénod, Holetschek, Harand
    Westminster XWN 18386 [LP, mono]

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Geistlicher Lieder, Vol. 2 - Numbers 20-38
    Rössel-Majdan, Cuénod, Holetschek, Harand
    Westminster XWN 18387 [LP, mono]

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Geistlicher Lieder, Vol. 3 - Numbers 39-57
    Rössel-Majdan, Cuénod, Holetschek, Harand
    Westminster XWN 18388 [LP, mono]

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Geistlicher Lieder, Vol. 4 - Numbers 57-75
    Rössel-Majdan, Cuénod, Holetschek, Harand
    Westminster XWN 18389 [LP, mono]

    1967

    Wolfgang-Amadeus Mozart: The magic flute: K. 620 - Eine kleine Freimaurerkantate, K. 623 - Lasst uns mit verschlungen Händen, K. 623a
    Various performers, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - Sir Thomas Beecham, cond. / Oratorio Chorus of Mulhouse; Pro Musica Orchestra - J. V. Meyer, cond.
    Rec.: 1937; 09/1950
    Turnabout TV 4111 [LPx3]

    1972

    Jacques Offenbach: Hoffmans Erzählungen - Arien und Szenen
    Various performers, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - Richard Bonynge, dir.
    Rec.: 08-09/1971
    Decca 6.41626 [LP]

    1985

    Les 100 plus grands enregistrements de tous les temps
    Landowska, Boulanger et al.
    Franklin Mint Records Society "Prestige musical" 67 / 68 [LPx2]

    1990

    Jacques Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann - Les contes d'Hoffmann (Highlights)
    Various performers, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - Richard Bonynge, dir.
    Rec.: 08-09/1971
    Decca 421 866-4 [Cass.]
    Decca 421 866-2 [CD]
    Decca 2894 21.866-2 [CD]
    Decca 458 234-2 [CD]
    Decca "Les cent classiques - 61" 452 646-2 [CD]

    1992

    Prima Voce Party: Songs of Delanoy, Fontenailles, Mendelssohn, Moszkowsky, Zeller, Rimsky-Korssakoff, Strauss, Tschaikowsky, Arditi, Heuberger
    Cuénod, Ponselle, Tauber, Korjus, Gigli, Schumann, Schipa, Galli-Curci, Schmidt, Koshetz, Robeson, Coward, McCormack, Melba, Caruso, Onegin, Kipnis, Teyte, Groh, Marchesi
    Nimbus "Prima Voce" NI 7839-2 [CD]

    Maurice Ravel: L'enfant et les Sortilèges / Claude Debussy: Le martyre de Saint Sébastien / Maurice Ravel: L'heure espagnole
    H. Cuénod, S. Danco et al., Orchestre de la Suisse romande - Ernest Ansermet, dir.
    Rec.: 10/1954, 06/1954, 04/1953
    Decca "Historic" 433 400-2 (CD: 433401-2 / 2-2) [CDx2]
    Decca "Rouge Opéra" 458 716-2 [CDx2]
    Cantus Classics 5.00662 [CDx2]

    1993

    Bach, Purcell, Haendel, Vivaldi et d'autres grands compositeurs: Splendeurs du baroque. Les plus belles pages de la musique baroque
    Various performers
    Rec.: 1967 - 1985
    Erato 4509-92877-2 (Set) [CDx2]

    1994

    Igor Stravinsky - Ballets: L'oiseau de feu, Le sacre de printemps, Petrushka, Les noces
    Various performers, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - Ernest Ansermet, dir.
    Rel.: 1958 / 1958 / 1958 / 1961
    Decca 443 500-2 [CDx2]
    Decca 443 467-2 [CDx2]

    Igor Stravinsky: Ballets; Stage works; Orchestral works
    Various performers, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - Ernest Ansermet, dir.
    Rel.: 1955 - 1965
    Decca 467 818-2 [CDx8]

    1996

    Ernest Ansermet Edition
    Stravinsky
    Rec.: 1955- 1964
    London POCL-9605/12 [CDx12]

    1999

    Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann (excerpts) & Léo Delibes: Lakmé (excerpts)
    Rec.: 1971 / 1967
    Joan Sutherland et al.
    Decca 440 436-2 [CDx2]

    Hommage à / A Tribute to Nadia Boulanger
    Nadia Boulanger et al.
    Cascavelle VEL 3081 [CDx2]

    Émile Berlioz: The complete operas
    Various performers, Chorus of the Royal opera house, Covent Garden, B.B.C. Symphony orchestra - Colin Davis, dir. et al.
    Philips 456387-2 [CDx9]

    Johannes Brahms: Walzer & Lieberslieder-Walzer
    Various performers
    EMI classics 7243 5 66425-2 2 [CD]

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Les noces de Figaro, Opéra bouffe en 4 actes
    T. Stich-Randall, R. Streich, P. Lorengar, Hugues Cuénod, et al., Orchestre de la société des concerts du Conservatoire - Hans Rosbaud, dir. with Choeurs du Conservatoire de Paris
    Rec.: July 1955
    EMI classics 5721952 [CDx5]

Other Selections

  1. Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo - Madrigals
    Ensemble Baroque de Lausanne
    Rec.: 1967 or prior
    World Record Club SOC 237 / 239 [LPx3]

    2. Les voix d'INA mémoire vive
    Danco, Deller, Cuénod
    INA "Mémoire Vive" IMV 045 [CD]

    Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion (excerpts)
    László, Rössel-Majdan, Munteanu, Cuénod, Standen, Rehfuss, chorus and orchestra - Hermann Scherchen, cond.
    Universal "Millenium Classics" MCD 84170 [CD]
    Rec.: 1953

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The marriage of Figaro / Highlights
    S. Jurinac, G. Sciutti, S. Bruscantini, H. Cuénod, et al., Glyndebourne Festival Chorus and Orchestra - Vittorio Gui, dir.
    Rec.: 06/07/1955
    RCA Victor LM-2053 [LP, mono] Columbia FCX 30170 [LP, mono]

    L'opéra romantique, Puccini et le vérisme: Puccini, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, (vol. 3 of 13)
    Luciano Pavarotti et al.
    Rel.: 1993 Decca 433 752-2 [CD]

    Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigaux & Magnificat a 6
    Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne - Michel Corboz, dir.
    Erato "Baroque - 24" 0630-14788-2 [CD]

    Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Virgine - Messa a 4 voci da capella
    Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne - Michel Corboz, dir.
    Erato 0681-12981-2 [CDx2]

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