Populare Orchesterwerke = Popular orchestral works - Dukas, Milhaud, Enescu, Saint-Saens, de Falla / Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin, Heinz Rogner / magna Audio CD 1990 / 2153132

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Paul Abraham Dukas (French: [dykas]; 1 October 1865 – 17 May 1935) was a French composer, critic, scholar and teacher. A studious man of retiring personality, he was intensely self-critical, having abandoned and destroyed many of his compositions. His best-known work is the orchestral piece The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), the fame of which has eclipsed that of his other surviving works. Among these are the opera Ariane et Barbe-bleue, his Symphony in C and Piano Sonata in E-flat minor, the Variations, Interlude and Finale on a Theme by Rameau (for solo piano), and a ballet, La Péri.

At a time when French musicians were divided into conservative and progressive factions, Dukas adhered to neither but retained the admiration of both. His compositions were influenced by composers including Beethoven, Berlioz, Franck, d'Indy and Debussy.

In tandem with his composing career, Dukas worked as a music critic, contributing regular reviews to at least five French journals. Later in his life he was appointed professor of composition at the Conservatoire de Paris and the École Normale de Musique; his pupils included Maurice Duruflé, Olivier Messiaen, Manuel Ponce, and Joaquín Rodrigo.

Tracklist:

Paul Dukas

[1] Der Zauberlehrling Scherzo nach einer Ballade von Goethe
     (The Sorceror’s Apprentice Scherzo according to a ballad by Goethe)    11:39

Darius Milhaud

[2] Die Erschaffung der Welt (La Creation du Monde)
     Musik zu einem Ballett von Blaise Cendrars
     (The Creation ofthe World Music for a ballet by Blaise Cendrars)   17:39

Georges Enescu

[3] Rumänische Rhapsodie No. 1 A-dur
    (Rumanian Rhapsody no. | in A major) op. 11   13:11

Camille Saint-Saéns

[4] Totentanz op. 40 (Dance macabre)
     (Dance of the Dead)   7:16

Manuel de Falla

[5] Feuertanz aus dem Ballett „Der Liebeszauber“
     (Fire Dance from „The Love Spell“)   3:41

• Orchestra - Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin
• Conducted by - Heinz Rogner