Fauré Gabriel – Pelléas et Mélisande Suite

Album To be released in January Fauré, GabrielPelléas et Mélisande – SuiteProméthée (excerpts)ShylockSongs Release on January 2025 (Naxos)Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor)Ireland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)Chamber Choir Ireland (Choir)Dran, Julien – Erraught, Tara –  Rosique, Ruth (artists)Koechlin, Charles – Messager, André – Roger-Ducasse, Jean (arrangers) This programme spotlights Gabriel Fauré’s orchestrated songs and his music for the […]

Massenet Jules – Visions – Brumaire – Espada – Les érinnyes

Album Massenet, JulesVisions – Brumaire – Espada – Les Érinnyes Release on October 2020Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor) Jules Massenet is famous for his series of 27 operas that include Manon and Werther, but he also wrote a significant portfolio of orchestral music which include ballets, orchestral suites and incidental music. The works presented here show […]

Bizet Georges – Roma – Marche Funebre – Ouverture – Petite suite

Album Bizet, GeorgesRoma – Marche Funèbre – Ouverture in A – Partie – Petite suite Release on March 2015Ireland RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra(Orchestra)Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor) The success of Bizet’s opera Carmen has overshadowed the rest of his output, but this fascinating orchestral programme, which includes a number of seldom performed works, reveals more of his talent for […]

Fauré Gabriel – Violin Concerto

Album Fauré Gabriel – Violin Concerto Release on November 2024 Fauré Violin ConcertoIreland National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor) Gabriel Fauré is best known for his Requiem and Pavane, but these are not typical of an output that focused largely on solo piano pieces, songs and chamber music, many of which were orchestrated by others. His Violin Concerto was never […]

Massenet, Jules – Sapho

Album view trailer Jules Massenet – Sapho Release on January 2002 Orchestre Philharmonique National de Belarus (Orchestra)Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor) Sapho est une pièce lyrique en cinq actes de Jules Massenet sur un livret français d’Henri Cain et d’Arthur Bernède, basée sur le roman de même nom (1884) largement autobiographique d’Alphonse Daudet. Elle est créée en présence […]

Dukas, Paul – Symphony in C – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – La péri

Album Dukas, PaulSymphony in C –  The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – La péri Release on November 2014 Ireland RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor) Paul Dukas is famed for his brilliant, meticulously scored symphonic scherzo The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, first performed in 1897, which almost immediately entered the international repertoire. It was subsequently the focus of a ballet and […]

Franck, César – Le Chasseur maudit – Psyché – Les éolides

Album Franck, CésarLe Chasseur MauditPsychéLes éolides Release on May 2020Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor) César Franck was a childhood prodigy who gained later renown as an organist and teacher. His compositions received scant attention until the success of Le Chasseur maudit, a symphonic morality tale that vividly portrays the ‘accursed huntsman’ from his defiance […]

Vincent d’Indy – Symphony N°2

Album Voncent d’Indy – Symphony n°2 Release on September 2016Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor) Vincent d’Indy is one of the most important yet neglected figures in French musical history. Though he was celebrated as a teacher, his eclectic yet inventive orchestral music has taken longer to secure him fame. The Symphony No. 2 in […]

Massenet, JulesWerther (1901 Baritone version)

Album Massenet, JulesWerther (1901 Baritone version) Release on January 2004 Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia (Orchestra)Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor) Jules Massenet (1842-1912)The leading operatic composer of his generation in France, Jules Massenet studied at the Paris Conservatoire, winning the Prix de Rome in 1863. In Paris once more, after his obligatory three years’ stay at the Villa Medici […]

Rossini, Gioachino – Le Siège de Corinthe

Album Rossini, GioachinoLe Siège de Corinthe Release on June 2013Virtuosi Brunensis (Orchestra)Tingaud, Jean-Luc (Conductor) Rossini adapted his own Italian opera of 1820, Maometto, for the Parisian stage under the title of Le Siège de Corinthe. As Rossini’s original work had already absorbed distinctive French characteristics such as heroic arias, and characterisation through orchestral colour, the newly composed music […]