Andre Jolivet(1905-74): a Catalogue of the Orchestral Music

[Dundonnell]

Most of Jolivet's orchestral music has been recorded, the concertos several times each. Many of these recordings appear to be on somewhat obscure labels and may be extremely difficult to find.

ANDRE JOLIVET: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

1930:      "Grave et Gigue" for strings: 4 minutes
                "Sarabande sur le nom d'Erik Satie" for orchestra: 4 minutes
1931:      "Quatres Melodies sur des poesies anciennes" for voice and small orchestra: 6 minutes
1931-37:"Chants d'hier et de demain" for baritone, chorus and orchestra: 10 minutes
1932:      "Choral et Fugato" for orchestra: 10 minutes
1935:       Andante for strings: 8 minutes     +  (EMI and Timpani cds)
1936:      "Danse incantatoire" for orchestra: 8 minutes
                "Soir et Defile" for winds
1937:      "Poemes pour l'enfant" for mezzo-soprano and small orchestra: 25 minutes
               "Trois Chants des Hommes" for baritone and orchestra: 28 minutes
1938:      "Ouverture en rondeau" for small orchestra or strings: 3 minutes
                Prelude "Cosmogonie" for orchestra: 8 minutes
                Ballet "L'Infante et le Monstre"
1939/40-41:"Cinq Danses rituelles" ( "Le Cercle enchante") for orchestra: 25 minutes    + (Lyrinx and Erato cds)
1940:      "Symphonie de danses": 15 minutes    *
                 Ballet "Les Quatres Verites" for small orchestra
                "Les Trois Complaintes du soldat" for voice and orchestra: 16 minutes    +  (Cascavelle cd)
1941:      Cantata "La Tentation dernier" ("Jeanne d'Arc") for soloists, chorus and orchestra: 20 minutes
                "Ballet des etoiles" for small orchestra: 7 minutes
                Ballet "La Peche miraculeuse" for soprano, tenor, baritone and small orchestra: 3 minutes
1943:      "Suite delphique" for strings, harp, ondes martenot and percussion
                 Ballet "Guignol et Pandore": 35 minutes (and Ballet Suite: 18 minutes)
1944:      "Poemes intimes" for soprano and chamber orchestra: 12 minutes    +   (Erato cd)
1946:      "Psyche" for orchestra: 19 minutes
                "Fanfares pour 'Britannicus'" for brass and percussion: 15 minutes
1947:      Concerto for ondes Martenot and orchestra: 23 minutes   +  (Erato  and Accord cds)
1948:      Trumpet Concerto No.1/Concertino for Trumpet, string orchestra and piano: 10 minutes   +  (several recordings)
1949:      Flute Concerto No.1 for flute and strings: 12 minutes   + (several recordings)
1949-50:Piano Concerto: 23 minutes    + (Solstice, EMI and Danacord cds)
1950:      Ballet "L'Inconnue": 26 minutes
                Ballet "La Naissance de la paix"
1952:      Concerto for Harp and Chamber Orchestra: 18 minutes    +  (Erato cd)
1954:      Symphony No.1: 25 minutes    *    +  (Lyrinx cd)
               Trumpet Concerto No.2: 12 minutes    +  (Erato, EMI and Pierre Verany cds)
                Concerto for Bassoon, string orchestra, harp and piano: 14 minutes    +  (several recordings)
1955:      "Suite transoceane" for orchestra: 22 minutes     *
1956:      Oratorio "La Verite de Jeanne" for soloists, chorus and orchestra: 80 minutes   (and Three Orchestral Interludes: 20 minutes)
1957:      "Suite francaise" for orchestra: 18 minutes    + (EMI cd)
1958:       Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra: 17 minutes
1959:      Symphony No.2: 28 minutes    *    +  (Lyrinx cd)
1960:      Adagio for strings: 8 minutes     +  (Timpani cd)
1961:      Symphony for String Orchestra: 21 minutes    +   (Timpani cd)
                "Les Amants magnifiques" for orchestra: 12 minutes   +  (Lyrinx cd)
1962:      Cello Concerto No.1: 21 minutes     +  (Solstice and Erato cds)
1964:      Symphony No.3: 25 minutes     +  (Lyrinx and Solstice cds)
                Ballet "Ariadne" ( and Ballet Suite)
1965:      Cantata "Le Coeur de la materie" for soloists, chorus and orchestra: 30 minutes
1966:      Cello Concerto No.2: 21 minutes     + (Erato cd)
                "Suite en concert"(Flute Concerto No.2 for flute and percussion: 10 minutes     + (several recordings)
1971:       "Songe au nouveau reve" for soprano and orchestra: 28 minutes
1972:      Violin Concerto: 33 minutes    +  (Lyrinx and Harmonia Mundi cds)
1973:      "La Fleche du Temps" for twelve strings: 15 minutes   +  (Timpani and Pierre Verany cds)
                "Yin-Yang" for eleven strings: 19 minutes    +  (Timpani cd)