Fabulous find. Chardon can be heard as a soloist with the Minneapolis Symphony in his arrangement of Ravel's "Pièce en forme de habanera" and his own composition "Rhumba" on one side of a commercially-released 1945 Columbia 78-prm disc with the MSO conducted by Mitropoulos, but it's great to have this souvenir of him in live performance, too -- and of a seldom-heard French work by Robert Casadesus to boot!
The newspaper speaks of three movements in the classical style - albeit with a ‘modern idiom’. Great to have the recording though! The program for the last concert of ‘48 featured the Piket ‘Curtain Raiser’ already posted chased by the Mitropoulos specialty, Vaughan Williams’ Sixth, followed by the interval, and then leading back off with this piece by Casadesus, and closing with another Mitropoulos specialty, De Falla’s Dances from The Three-Cornered Hat.
Susan Britton - the daughter of Mr. Marchant who I inherited the collection from - wrote "terrible cello" on the back of the reel (!). Do you agree? I think he starts out kind of rough but it gets better. Given this was a live debut and he was assistant conductor, the timbre and intonation of his playing was likely intentional. Robert's nephew who heard the piece said he wasn't impressed with the recording. Not sure if that means the quality of the recording (I doubt it - sounds pretty great to me), or more likely the performance. Thoughts?
The cellist is not "terrible", but his intonation and tone are not those of a star soloist - he plays at a good orchestral player level. Thanks for presenting this attractive and unknown work by a composer with a distinctive style of his own.
@@Twentythousandlps good characterization. I think that makes sense. Susan was never short of opinions. It's been really fun to remember her finding notes on these reels when she was listening to all of them in the late 70s and early 80s - much like I am now.
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Fabulous find. Chardon can be heard as a soloist with the Minneapolis Symphony in his arrangement of Ravel's "Pièce en forme de habanera" and his own composition "Rhumba" on one side of a commercially-released 1945 Columbia 78-prm disc with the MSO conducted by Mitropoulos, but it's great to have this souvenir of him in live performance, too -- and of a seldom-heard French work by Robert Casadesus to boot!
Simply amazing. Thank you.
The newspaper speaks of three movements in the classical style - albeit with a ‘modern idiom’. Great to have the recording though! The program for the last concert of ‘48 featured the Piket ‘Curtain Raiser’ already posted chased by the Mitropoulos specialty, Vaughan Williams’ Sixth, followed by the interval, and then leading back off with this piece by Casadesus, and closing with another Mitropoulos specialty, De Falla’s Dances from The Three-Cornered Hat.
Excellent info - where did you find the program?
@@MarchantTapeArchive www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune-chardon-26-dec-48/92998373/
It’s not letting me post the URL but search for: chardon mitropoulos casadesus minneapolis cello premiere
Ah yes thanks! I already saw that when I first recorded this a couple months ago. It took a while to get a response from Casadesus' daughter.
Susan Britton - the daughter of Mr. Marchant who I inherited the collection from - wrote "terrible cello" on the back of the reel (!). Do you agree? I think he starts out kind of rough but it gets better. Given this was a live debut and he was assistant conductor, the timbre and intonation of his playing was likely intentional. Robert's nephew who heard the piece said he wasn't impressed with the recording. Not sure if that means the quality of the recording (I doubt it - sounds pretty great to me), or more likely the performance. Thoughts?
The cellist is not "terrible", but his intonation and tone are not those of a star soloist - he plays at a good orchestral player level. Thanks for presenting this attractive and unknown work by a composer with a distinctive style of his own.
@@Twentythousandlps good characterization. I think that makes sense. Susan was never short of opinions. It's been really fun to remember her finding notes on these reels when she was listening to all of them in the late 70s and early 80s - much like I am now.