Jaques-Dalcroze: La Veillée

[mikehopf]

Beautiful lyric suite composed in 1893 by Swiss composer, Jaques-Dalcroze . 2 CDs on Claves label and on Qobuz.

[adriano]

It is actually a "Suite Lyrique for chorus soli and orchestra" (the German translation on he score calls it an "Oratorium".

Not to be confounded with the orchestral "Suite Pastorale", extracted by the composer - the one I have recorded on Sterling:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8426662--emile-jaques-dalcroze-tragedie-damour-suite-pastorale

Here is the vocal score:
http://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/d/d7/IMSLP94538-PMLP194781-Jaques-Dalcroze_-_La_veille_VS.pdf

[Alan Howe]

This is the set concerned here:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8706706--emile-jaques-dalcroze-la-veillee

[adriano]

I just read in this CD's booklet, that it is not a complete recording of the cantata, but a "very large extracts of this long score" affair. Disc one runs 45, disc two 40 minutes.