F. Couperin ...10/11

François Couperin
La Sultane, sonate en quatuor
A. Merckel, Blampain, Frècheville, Neilz, Nef - Roger Désormière, dir.
L'Oiseau-lyre (France) OL. 53 / 54 [78rpm x2, 30cm / 25cm]

Matrix number (engraved on disc):
side 1 (53): PART 1303-1; M3-96333
side 2 (53): PART 1304-1; M3-96334
side 1 (54): PART 1291-?; M6-96378
side 2 (54): PART 1292-?; M6-96380

Content

    OL. 53

    François Couperin: La Sultane
  1. Gravement

    2. ----
  2. Gayment - Tendrement

    3. OL. 54

  3. La Sultane

    4. ----
  4. Le Dodo ou l'Amour en Berceau

Playing time: ?' ??"

Performers:
[1]-[3] Alice Merckel (alto), Blampain (alto), M. Frècheville ('cello), Jacques Neilz ('cello), Isabelle Nef (harpsichord) - Roger Désormière, dir.
[4] M. Frècheville ('cello), Isabelle Nef (harpsichord)

Recording site and date:
Unknown [10/1938]
Rel.: 1939.

Compilation:
L'Oiseau-lyre (France) OL-LD 1 [LP, mono] François Couperin - L'Apothéose de Lully

Reviewed in:
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 16/192-520 (may 1939)
La Revue musicale (Vol./#-p.):
Revue Disques (#-p.):

Comments:
Information from owned 78rpm (53) & "Lyrebird Rising, Louise Hanson-Dyer of Oiseau-Lyre 1884-1962", Jim Davidson, 1994, Amadeus Press, ISBN 0-931340-72-1, p. 311, 489 & 536; also Bn-Opale plus.
These discs were probably made in Chatou, France.

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