Jacques Offenbach - (1819-80)
' I shall die Offenbach once said, 'with a tune at the end of my pen ': a prophecy which was fulfilled when the composer died on 5 October 1880 with his magnum opus. The Tales of Hoffmann, uncompleted. Nevertheless, with about 100 stage works to his name, as well as a surprising quantity of other music, Offenbach can hardly be said to have left posterity short of material.
This week's programmes unearth some lesser-known ' feuillets ' from the master's pen, without neglecting old favourites. Ba-ta-clan: Finale
HUGHETTE BOULANGEOT (soprano)
RAYMOND AMADE (tenor) REMY CORAZZA (tenor) RENE TERRASSON (bass) PHILIPPE CAILLARD CHOIR JEAN-FRANCOIS PAILLARD
ORCHESTRA, conducted by MARCEL- COURAUD
9.M* Suite No 2, (or two cellos, Op 54 ROLAND PIDOUX
ETIENNE PECLARD
9.36* Les brigands (excerpts)
NATIONAL CHORUS AND ORTF ORCHESTRA conducted by JEAN DOUSSARD. gramophone records