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: 1828 - 1950
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, arranger
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Recordings (Results 626-650 of 1120 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 10785 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 to 1914 | Tu puoi la spada frangere | Oreste Mieli | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 10897 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 to 1914 | Ave Maria | Lina Garavaglia | Soprano vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | 11017 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 to 1914 | L'aurora ai campi | Coro della Scala | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 11028 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 to 1914 | Aria dei gioielli | Celestina Boninsegna | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 11029 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 to 1914 | Aria dei gioielli | Celestina Boninsegna | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 11048 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 to 1914 | Ei m'ama | Celestina Boninsegna | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 11176 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 to 1914 | Dio possente dio d'amore | Cesare Formichi | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 11271 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 to 1914 | Salve dimora casta e pura | Angelo Bendinelli | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 11322 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 to 1914 | Aria de gioielli | Guiseppina Finzi-Magrini | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 11328 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 to 1914 | C'era un re di Thulé | Guiseppina Finzi-Magrini | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 11440 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 to 1914 | O del ciel angeli immortali | Angelo Bendinelli ; Ida Cattorini ; Giovanni Martino | Vocal trio (soprano, tenor, and baritone) | composer | |
Columbia | 11442 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 to 1914 | Tardi si fa, addio | Angelo Bendinelli ; Ida Cattorini | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 11443 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 to 1914 | Notte d'amore | Angelo Bendinelli ; Ida Cattorini | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 11496 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 to 1914 | Scena della chiesa | Giovanni Martino ; Lia Moglia | Female-male vocal duet, with vocal chorus | composer | |
Columbia | 11497 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 to 1914 | Scena della chiesa | Giovanni Martino ; Lia Moglia | Female-male vocal duet, with vocal chorus | composer | |
Columbia | 12555 | 10-in. | between 1905 and 1908 | Faust : Kirchenszene des Mephisto | Marfa Kiefer | Bass vocal solo, with piano and organ | composer | |
Columbia | 28251 | 10-in. | approximately 1912 | When all was young | Charles Leggett | Cornet solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 35088 | 10-in. | first half of 1903 | Arīi͡a Pazha (Арія Пажа) | N. A. Friede | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 35821 | 10-in. | either 1915 or 1916 | The calf of gold | Jean Vallier | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 36316 | 10-in. | approximately 1913 | Ave Maria | Louis Goldsteen | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 41319 | 10-in. | approximately 1904-1909 | Mefistofeles' serenade | Helge Nissen | Bass vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 41770 | 10-in. | between 1903 and 1914 | Dio dell'or | Giovanni Martino | Bass vocal solo, with vocal chorus | composer | |
Columbia | 41846 | 10-in. | approximately 1904-1914 | Dio dell'or | V. Bertone | Male vocal solo and male vocal chorus, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 43591 | 10-in. | November 1915 | Prière | Dr. A. J. Harpin | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 50329 | 10-in. | between 1903 and 1906 | Ave Maria | Lise Duatyeff | Female vocal solo, with violin and piano | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gounod, Charles," accessed September 18, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102530.
Gounod, Charles. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 18, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102530.
"Gounod, Charles." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 September 2024.
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