Igor Stravinsky - Le Rossignol
Lyric Opera in three acts after Hans Christian Andersen
Russian text by the composer & S.M. Mitusov

First performance given by Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes at the Paris Opera House, 26 May 1914
Le Rossignol (The Nightingale) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Janine Micheau
La Cuisinière (The Cook) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Genevieve Moizan
Le Pêcheur (The Fisherman) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jean Giraudeau
L’Empereur de Chine (The Emperor of China) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lucien Lovano
Le Chambellan (The Chamberain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michel Roux
Le Bonze (The Bonze) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bernard Cottret
La Mort (Death) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Christiane Gayaud
Japanese Envoys . . . . . . . . . . .Claudine Collard, Joseph Peyron, Camille Maurane

Choeurs et Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
Chorus Master: René Alix
Conducted by André Cluytens

Recorded: 25, 28, 29 March; 27 April & 7 June 1955, Palais de la Mutualité, Paris
Producer: René Challan. Balance Engineer: Walter Ruhlmann
Matrix Nos. XLX 350/351 (UK release on Columbia 33CX 1437, 5/57)

Maurice Delage - Quatre Poèmes hindous, Berceuse Phoque

Martha Angelici
Orchestra conducted by André Cluytens

Recorded: 7 June 1951, Studios Albert, Paris
Producer: René Challan. Balance Engineer: Walter Ruhlmann
Matrix Nos. OXLA 107 from 78s – OLA 6049-6052 (UK release on Columbia 33CX 1353, 5/56)

The original recordings were made by EMI Music France
This compilation & digital remastering
1998 Testament. ©Testament 2014
Digital remastering by Paul Baily at Abbey Road Studios