Eliette Schenneberg
| Total time: [74:53] | ||
| 1. | SAMSON ET DALILA: Printemps qui commence (Saint-Saëns) | 4:39 |
| Columbia matrix# CLX 2348; catalogue # LFX 642 | ||
| Eugène Bigot, conductor | ||
| 2. | SAMSON ET DALILA: Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix (Saint-Saëns) | 4:40 |
| Columbia matrix# CLX 2347; catalogue # LFX 642 | ||
| Eugène Bigot, conductor | ||
| CHANSONS GRISES (Reynaldo Hahn) | ||
| 3. | I. Chanson d’automne | 1:19 |
| 4. | II. Tous deux | 1:42 |
| 5. | III. L’allée est sans fin | 1:31 |
| 6. | V. L’heure exquise | 2:00 |
| Columbia matrices #CL 8530 and CL 8532; catalogue # LF 257 | ||
| André Collard, piano | ||
| 7. | Les Yeux: (words: Henri Bataille- music: Sylvio Lazzari) | 4:33 |
| Columbia matrix # CLX 2446; catalogue # LFX 708 | ||
| Irène Aïtoff, piano | ||
| 8. | Le Cavalier: (words: Saint-Georges de Bouhélier-music: Sylvio Lazzari) | 3:30 |
| Columbia matrix # CLX 2447; catalogue # LFX 708 | ||
| Irène Aïtoff, piano | ||
| TROIS PSAUMES | ||
| (French text: Théodore de Bèze and Clément Marot music: Arthur Honegger) | ||
| 9. | Benedicam Dominum in Onini | 2:02 |
| 10. | Eripe me. Domine, ab homine malo | 2:26 |
| 11. | Confiteor tibi Domine | 1:02 |
| Columbia matrices CLX 2448/9; catalogue # LFX 690 | ||
| Arthur Honegger, piano | ||
| DEUX CHANSONS: | ||
| 12. | Verlaine (Verlaine- Honegger) | 1:48 |
| 13. | Pierrede Ronsard (Ronsard- Honegger) | 1:01 |
| Columbia matrices CLX 2449; catalogue # LFX 690 | ||
| Arthur Honegger, piano | ||
| LE CERCLE DES HEURES SUR DES POÈMES ORIENTAUX (music: G. Samazeuilh) | ||
| 14. | Prelude... | 1:06 |
| 15. | Son nom | 1:40 |
| 16. | Doute | :40 |
| 17. | Renouveau | 1:07 |
| 18. | Si j’étais une luciole… | :35 |
| 19. | Doux etolles | 1:11 |
| 20. | Baiser | 1:53 |
| 21. | Postlude | :38 |
| French HMV matrices 4038/9; catalogue W-1564 | ||
| Charles Münch, conductor | ||
| LES AMOURS DE RONSARD (Ronsard- Darius Milhaud) | ||
| 22. | La Rose | 4:23 |
| 23. | L’Aubépine | 1:11 |
| 24. | Le Rossignol | 2:20 |
| French HMV matrices: 2LA 1009/10; catalogue DB 4999 | ||
| with Mahe, Rouquetty, and Froumenty; Darius Milhaud, conductor | ||
| GINEVRA - (words: Julien Lucharie- music: Marcel Delannoy) | ||
| 25. | Tableau I: Aux bords lointains– Martha Angelici and Etcheverry | 2:27 |
| 26. | Tableau I: Sep pair’s de souliers– Martha Angelici and Etcheverry | 1:58 |
| 27. | Tableau II: L’amour de moy- Irène Joachim et al. | 2:58 |
| 28. | Tableau II: Entendez brure dans l’ombre- Irène Joachim et al. | 1:32 |
| 29. | Tableau II: Duo du jardin- Joachim and Etcheverry | 4:12 |
| 30. | Tableau II: Air du Baiser- Joachim | 3:45 |
| 31. | Tableau III: Dis-moi Nounou- Schenneberg and Joachim | 4:28 |
| 32. | Tableau III: Berceuse du Grillon et conlusion- Schenneberg | 4:22 |
| Pathé matrices: CPTX 542-547; catalogue PDT 76-78 | ||
| Opéra Comique, orchestra; Roger Desormiere, conductor | ||
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Producers: Scott Kessler & Ward Marston
Audio Conservation: Ward Marston
Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi
Marston would like to thank Lewis M. Hall and Lawrence F. Holdridge for providing outstanding record sources for this compilation.
Eliette Schenneberg
Eliette Schenneberg was born in Dole, France in 1908. She studied at the National Conservatory of Paris where she won first prize in her final exams. She made her debut at the Palais Garnier on 7 December 1934 in D’Indy’s L’Etranger and performed in the world premiere of Marcel Delannoy’s Ginevra at the Opéra Comique in 1942. The same year she performed in Sylvio Lazzari’s L’Lepreuse with Madeleine Sibille, also at the Comique.
Eliette Schenneberg’s repertoire was quite large and included opera and song: Samson et Dalila (San Saens); Ariane et Barbe-Bleu (Dukas); and Le Coq d’or (Rimsky-Korsakov) as well as “Chanson Grises” (Hahn); “Les amours de Ronsard” (Milhaud); and “Trois Psaumes” (Honnegger).
One of the most interesting aspects of Eliette Schenneberg’s career was her great musicianship and collaborations with some of the 20th Century’s greatest French composers. This CD set includes Arthur Honegger at the piano and Darius Milhaud conducting.
Producers: Scott Kessler & Ward Marston
Audio Conservation: Ward Marston
Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi
Marston would like to thank Lewis M. Hall and Lawrence F. Holdridge for providing outstanding record sources for this compilation.