Jean Françaix(1912-97): a Catalogue of the Orchestral Music

[Dundonnell]

JEAN FRANCAIX: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

1932:      Symphony (No.1)
               Concertino for Piano and Orchestra: 8 minutes     +  (Berlin Classics, Arabesque and Hyperion cds)
1933:      Ballet "Scuolo di Ballo": 25 minutes    +   (Hyperion cd)
               Ballet "Beach"
1934:      Serenade for small orchestra: 8 minutes ( and Ballet "A la Francaix":10 minutes)
               Suite for Violin and Orchestra: 14 minutes
1935:      Ballet "Les malheurs de Sophie"; 33 minutes     +  (Hyperion cd)
               Ballet "Le roi nu": 35 minutes    +  (Hyperion cd)
               Divertissement for Violin, Viola, Cello and Orchestra: 23 minutes
               Quadruple Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Orchestra:11 minutes    +  (Capriccio cd)
1935/55: Fantaisie for Cello and Orchestra: 18 minutes
1936:      Ballet "Le jeu sentimental": 20 minutes
               Ballet "La Lutherie enchantee": 20 minutes
               "Au Musee Grevin" for orchestra
               Piano Concerto: 18 minutes    *    +  (Arabesque and Vox cds)
1937:      "Musique de Cour" for Flute, Violin and Orchestra: 19 minutes
1938:      Ballet "Le jugement d'un fou": 17 minutes
               Ballet "Verrieres de Venise": 15 minutes
              "Trois epigrammes" for soprano or tenor and string orchestra
1939:      Oratorio "L'Apocalypse selon St. Jean" for four solists, chorus and two orchestras: 63 minutes    + (Wergo cd)
1942:     Divertissement for Bassoon and string orchestra
1946:      "Invocation a la volupte" for baritone and orchestra: 7 minutes
               Suite "Les bosquets de Cythere": 14 minutes    +   (Hyperion cd)
              Suite "La douce France" for orchestra: 13 minutes
              Rhapsody for Viola and small wind orchestra: 9 minutes
1947:      "L'heure du Berger" for piano and orchestra
1948:      Ballet "Les demoiselles de la nuit": 36 minutes    +   (Hyperion cd)
               Symphony for Strings: 22 minutes    + (Ottavo cd)
1950:      Ballet "Les camellias" for string orchestra: 26 minutes
               Ballet "Les zigues de Mars": 18 minutes
              "Variations de Concert" for Cello and strings: 15 minutes   + (Ottavo cd)
1952:      Ballet "Le Roi Midas"
               Cantata "Le cantate de Mephisto" for bass and string orchestra: 15 minutes    +   (Ottavo cd)
1952/75:Prelude, Sarabande and Gigue for Trumpet and Orchestra
1953:      Symphony (No.3) in G major: 19 minutes    +   (Hyperion cd)
1953/54:Suite "Si Versailles m'etait conte" for orchestra      +   (EMI cd)
1953/74:Divertimento for Flute and Orchestra: 10 minutes
1956:      "Hymne Solonelle" for orchestra
               Six Grande Marches for orchestra
1957:      "La chatte blanche" for tenor and chamber orchestra
1958:      Ballet "La dame dans la lune"
1959:      Divertimento for Horn and Orchestra
               "L'horloge de Flore"for Oboe and Orchestra   + (Decca, RCA, cpo and Nimbus cds)
              Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute and Strings: 17 minutes
1960:      Suite "Le Dialogue des Carmelites" for orchestra
              "Ode sur la naissance de Venus" for string orchestra
1963:      Six Preludes for Strings: 15 minutes
1965:      Double Piano Concerto: 25 minutes
               Ballet "Adages et varations"
1966:      Flute Concerto: 25 minutes    + (Camerata and BIS cds)
1967:      Clarinet Concerto    +  (Aparte and Klara cds)
               Ballet "Le croupier amoureux"
               Violin Concerto No.1: 30 minutes
1969:      "Jeu poetique" for Harp and Orchestra: 20 minutes   + (Berlin Classics cd)
1971:      Theme and Variations for orchestra: 17 minutes
              "Les inestimables chroniques du bon geant Gargantua" for narrator and string orchestra    +  (Analekta cd)
               "Quinze portraits d'enfants d' Auguste Renoir" for string orchestra    +  (Capriccio cd)
1973:      Fantaisie "La ville mysterieuse" for orchestra: 15 minutes
1974:      Double Bass Concerto: 15 minutes     + (Bayer cd)
               Impromptu for Flute and String Orchestra: 8 minutes
1974/78:Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra    + (Camerata cd)
1975:      "Cassazione" for three orchestras: 17 minutes
1976:      Concerto Grosso for wind quintet, string quintet and orchestra: 13 minutes
               Chaconne for Harp and eleven instruments: 10 minutes
               Cantata "La promenade a Versailles" for two tenors, two baritones and eleven string instruments
1978:      "Ouverture anacreontique": 11 minutes    +  (Hyperion cd)
               Concerto for Two Harps and Orchestra: 23 minutes
               "La cantate des Viellards" for tenor, bass and eleven string instruments
               "Quasi Improvisando" for eleven wind instruments
1979:      Violin Concerto No.2: 20 minutes
              Concerto for Bassoon and eleven string instruments: 18 minutes     +  (Genuin cd)
1980:      Ballet "Pierrot ou les secrets de la nuit": 30 minutes
1981:      "Psychee" for narrator and orchestra
1982-83:Concerto for Guitar and String Orchestra: 20 minutes     +  (Essay Records cd)
1983:      Concerto for Trombone and ten wind instruments: 18 minutes
1985:      "Ode a la Liberte" for wind orchestra
1987:      "Pavane pour un Genie vivant" for orchestra: 3 minutes      +   (Hyperion cd)
1988:      Concerto for Fifteen Soloists and Orchestra: 18 minutes
1991:      Double Concerto for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra: 16 minutes
              "Quatre-vingt cinq measures et un Da Capo" for chamber orchestra:3 minutes
1993:      Accordion Concerto: 20 minutes

[kyjo]

A few additions to the discography:
-The CD with L'apocalyspe selon St. Jean is on Wergo, not Erol. BTW, it's available on ArkivMusic.
-The double bass concerto is available on a Bayer Records CD called "The Modern Double Bass"
-The guitar concerto is on a Essay Records CD with guitar concertos by Ponce and Rodrigo.
I'm just wondering if there are any works that aren't in Francaix's usual lighthearted, easygoing style. Surely "L'apocalypse selon St. Jean" can't be in this style!

[Dundonnell]

Thanks, kyjo

[alberto]

Some further additions to the discography:
-The 1932 Piano Concertino and the 1936 Piano Concerto exist on Arabesque (Ian Hobson, piano and comnd.).
-The 1953 Suite "Si Versailles m'etè contè" (which is a suite from a movie) exists on Emi (G.Tzipine cond.; coupled to movie music by Honegger and Sauguet - for me a very playful record).
-The 1959 "L'horloge de Flore" exists on RCA (J.de Lancie, A.Previn, LSO).

[alberto]

And the Piano Concerto exists also on Vox with the composer conducting.

[jowcol]

I' will soon  post the following by Francaix

Le Diable Boiteux
H Cuenod (tenor), c.Paul (Baritone)
ORTF, E. Bout
September 30, 1949