Charles Gounod
Charles-François Gounod (; French: [ʃaʁl fʁɑ̃swa ɡuno]; 17 June 1818 – 18 October 1893), usually known as Charles Gounod, was a French composer. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been Faust (1859); his Roméo et Juliette (1867) also remains in the international repertory. He composed a large amount of church music, many songs, and popular short pieces including his Ave Maria (an elaboration of a Bach piece) and "Funeral March of a Marionette". Born in Paris into an artistic and musical family Gounod was a student at the Conservatoire de Paris and won France's most prestigious musical prize, the Prix de Rome. His studies took him to Italy, Austria and then Prussia, where he met Felix Mendelssohn, whose advocacy of the music of Bach was an early influence on him. He was deeply religious, and after his return to Paris, he briefly considered becoming a priest. He composed prolifically, writing church music, songs, orchestral music and operas. Gounod's career was disrupted by the Franco-Prussian War. He moved to England with his family for refuge from the Prussian advance on Paris in 1870. After peace was restored in 1871 his family returned to Paris but he remained in London, living in the house of an amateur singer, Georgina Weldon, who became the controlling figure in his life. After nearly three years he broke away from her and returned to his family in France. His absence, and the appearance of younger French composers, meant that he was no longer at the forefront of French musical life; although he remained a respected figure he was regarded as old-fashioned during his later years, and operatic success eluded him. He died at his house in Saint-Cloud, near Paris at the age of 75. Few of Gounod's works remain in the regular international repertoire, but his influence on later French composers was considerable. In his music there is a strand of romantic sentiment that is continued in the operas of Jules Massenet and others; there is also a strand of classical restraint and elegance that influenced Gabriel Fauré. Claude Debussy wrote that Gounod represented the essential French sensibility of his time. |
Birth and Death Data: Born June 17, 1818 (Paris), Died October 18, 1893 (Saint-Cloud)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1896 - 1950
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, arranger
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Recordings (Results 176-200 of 1111 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | C-8143 | 12-in. | 8/12/1909 | Sanctus | Trinity Choir | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8232 | 12-in. | 9/17/1909 | O ma lyre immortelle | Ernestine Schumann-Heink ; Victor Orchestra | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8280 | 12-in. | 10/5/1909 | Dio possente | Antonio Scotti | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8332 | 12-in. | 10/29/1909 | Plus grand | Jeanne Gerville | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-8363 | 10-in. | 11/10/1909 | Ave Maria | Elizabeth Wheeler | Female vocal solo, with orchestra and violin obbligato | composer | |
Victor | C-8533 | 12-in. | 1/6/1910 | Il se fait tard | Enrico Caruso ; Geraldine Farrar | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8534 | 12-in. | 1/6/1910 | Eternelle (Forever thine!) | Enrico Caruso ; Geraldine Farrar | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8539 | 12-in. | 1/10/1910 | Air de sommeil | Marcel Journet | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8542 | 12-in. | 1/12/1910 | Mon coeur est pénétré d'epouvante | Enrico Caruso ; Geraldine Farrar | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8543 | 12-in. | 1/12/1910 | Attends! Voici la rue | Enrico Caruso ; Geraldine Farrar | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8544 | 12-in. | 1/12/1910 | Seigneur Dieu! | Enrico Caruso ; Geraldine Farrar ; Marcel Journet ; Gabrielle Lejeune-Gilibert | Vocal quartet (soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and bass), with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8545 | 12-in. | 1/12/1910 | Prison scene, part III | Enrico Caruso ; Geraldine Farrar ; Marcel Journet | Vocal trio (soprano, tenor, and bass), with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8547 | 12-in. | 1/12/1910 | Eh quoi, toujours seule | Enrico Caruso ; Geraldine Farrar ; Marcel Journet ; Gabrielle Lejeune-Gilibert | Vocal quartet (soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and bass), with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-8551 | 10-in. | 1/14/1910 | Invocation Mephistopheles | Marcel Journet | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8555 | 12-in. | 1/16/1910 | O merveille! | Enrico Caruso ; Marcel Journet | Vocal duet (tenor and bass), with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8556 | 12-in. | 1/16/1910 | Que voulez-vous, messieurs? | Enrico Caruso ; Marcel Journet ; Antonio Scotti | Vocal trio (tenor, baritone, and bass), with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8558 | 12-in. | 1/17/1910 | Finale to garden scene | Geraldine Farrar ; Marcel Journet | Vocal duet (soprano and bass), with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8559 | 12-in. | 1/17/1910 | Scène de l'eglise | Geraldine Farrar ; Marcel Journet ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus | Soprano vocal solo, with vocal chorus and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8560 | 12-in. | 1/17/1910 | Scène de l'eglise | Geraldine Farrar ; Marcel Journet ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Victor Orchestra | Soprano vocal solo, with vocal chorus and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8562 | 12-in. | 1/15/1910 | Couplets de Vulcain | Marcel Journet | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8593 | 12-in. | 2/2/1910 | Le roi de Thule | Geraldine Farrar | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8659 | 12-in. | 2/25/1910 | Faites-lui mes aveux | Rita Fornia | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-8659 | 10-in. | 12/23/1910 | Faites-lui mes aveux | Rita Fornia | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8676 | 12-in. | 3/2/1910 | Funeral march of a marionette | Vienna Quartet | Instrumental quartet | composer | |
Victor | C-8694 | 12-in. | 3/10/1910 | Salve, dimora | John McCormack ; Victor Orchestra | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gounod, Charles," accessed May 4, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102530.
Gounod, Charles. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 4, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102530.
"Gounod, Charles." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 May 2024.
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