Andre Cluytens

André Cluytens – Berlioz: L’enfance du Christ, Op. 25, H 130 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:32:52 minutes | 1,85 GB | Genre: Classical
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Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) was the author of the text to his choral work L’Enfance du Christ (The Childhood of Christ), he did not like to call it an Oratorio, and composed the music between 1850 and 1854. Like a number of his works he did not begin with the opening but here his first composition was L’adieu des Bergers (The Shepherds’ farewell) in the Second Part: La Fuite en Egypte (The Flight into Egypt) which has become a favourite and is often performed as an extract. The years of composition were not happy for Berlioz, his father had died in 1848 and two years later his wife, the Irish actress Harriet Smithson (whose performances had revealed the genius of Shakespeare can caused him to compose so many works inspired by that great writer) became severely paralysed and died the same year as the work’s first performance. The work is in three parts with four major soloists, a Narrator (tenor), Mary (mezzo-soprano), Joseph (baritone) and Herod (bass-baritone) and a four part choir. André Cluytens’s recording dating from 1965/6 has become a classic and his admiration for the work is clear, bringing the best from the team four superb international soloists – Victoria de los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, Roger Soyer and Ernest Blanc. The set is completed by the recording of the orchestral music from Roméo and Juliette that Carlo Maria Giulini made with his Chicago orchestra in 1969.

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André Cluytens – Franck: Les Éolides, Le chasseur maudit & Rédemption (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:25 minutes | 755 MB | Genre: Classical
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December 10th 2022 marks César Franck’s bicentenary. In the run up to this, we will celebrate the great French-Belgian composer with numerous iconic re-issues demonstrating Franck’s genius. Belgian-born and naturalized French just such as César Franck, André Cluytens had close connections with the composer’s music, of whom he was one of the most praised performers. Here, he conducts three popular tone poems with the National Orchestra of Belgium.
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André Cluytens – Bizet: Carmen by André Cluytens (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:09:43 minutes | 2,21 GB | Genre: Classical
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André Cluytens (French pronunciation: ​[ɑ̃dʁe klɥitɛ̃s], Dutch pronunciation: [ɑn’dreː ‘klœytəns]; born Augustin Zulma Alphonse Cluytens; 26 March 1905 – 3 June 1967) was a Belgian-born French conductor who was active in the concert hall, opera house and recording studio. His repertoire extended from Viennese classics through French composers to 20th century works. Although much of his career was spent in France, he was the first French conductor at Bayreuth in 1955; he also conducted The Ring and Parsifal at La Scala.
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André Cluytens – Roussel: Le festin de l’araignée, Suite No. 2 de Bacchus et Ariane & Sinfonietta pour orchestre à cordes (1964/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:28 minutes | 979 MB | Genre: Classical
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André Cluytens (French pronunciation: ​[ɑ̃dʁe klɥitɛ̃s], Dutch pronunciation: [ɑn’dreː ‘klœytəns]; born Augustin Zulma Alphonse Cluytens; 26 March 1905 – 3 June 1967) was a Belgian-born French conductor who was active in the concert hall, opera house and recording studio. His repertoire extended from Viennese classics through French composers to 20th century works. Although much of his career was spent in France, he was the first French conductor at Bayreuth in 1955; he also conducted The Ring and Parsifal at La Scala.
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André Cluytens – Complete Orchestral & Concerto Stereo Recordings 1957-1966 (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 03:20:42 minutes | 31,96 GB | Genre: Classical
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2017 brings the 50th anniversary (3rd June 1967) of the death of Andr Cluytens, the Belgian-born French conductor. While he is especially associated with France and with French music of the 19th and early 20th centuries, his recordings bear witness to his substantial international reputation and his command of an impressively wide repertoire. The set include many first-time releases. The producer of the set discovered a number of treasures in the Warner Classics archives, including unedited session tapes that have been carefully assembled for this release.
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André Cluytens – Wagner: Overtures, Preludes & Aria by André Cluytens (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:40:17 minutes | 1014 MB | Genre: Classical
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André Cluytens (pronunciation: [ɑn’dreː ‘klœytəns]) (born March 26, 1905 in Antwerp – † June 3, 1967 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a Belgian-French conductor.
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