MUSIC OF PAUL
PARAY
Recordings, bibliography and list of
compostitions
|
Paray Compositions
on Compact Disc
Paul Paray's Mass for the
500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc is his
best-know work, with three recordings on compact disc (all three
currently available) It is only one of a body which includes
compositions for piano, chamber ensembles, voice, chorus and orchestra.
Slowly this music, strongly reminsicent of that of Ernest Chasussn, is
making its way to the public.
The discs at left were recorded at Assumption
Grotto parish in Detroit, MI under the direction of pastor and Paray
expert the Rev. Eduard Peronne. They may be ordered for $13 (plus
postage) from:
Grotto Productions
13770 Gratiot Avenue
Detroit, MI 48205
1-313-372-0762 1-888-550-2113
or by visiting
http://www.assumptiongrotto.com/Productions.htm.
 
Reference Recordings RR-78 and Paray's Mercury recording of his Mass
remain in the catalog, if not in most record stores' stock. They
will probably have to be ordered. It is possible to buy directly
from Reference Recordings at http://www.referencerecordings.com/
1-800-336-8866 (voice mail only) or RRwebmail@aol.com |
A PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
For more citations, see Mousnier's Paul
Paray
Brown, Nathan E.: "Paul Paray (1886-1979)"
article in Le Grand Baton, the Journal of
the Sir Thomas Beecham Society, June 1980
Dupré, Marcel: Recollections, translated and edited
by Ralph Kneeream
Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp., 1972, 1975
Ewan, David: "Paul M. A. Charles Paray"
article in Living Musicians
New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1940
Ewan, David: "Paul Paray"
article in Musicians Since 1900
New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1978
Hochberg, Morris: "Paul Paray: Man and Musician"
article in Impressario, 1968
Holmes, John L.: "Paul Paray"
article in Conductors on Record
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1982
Landowski, Wanda L.: Paul Paray [French text only]
Lyon: Editions du Sud-Est, 1956
Mousnier, Jean-Philippe: Paul Paray [French text only]
Paris: L'Harmattan, 1998
Sadie, Stanley, Ed.: "Paul Paray"
article in The New Grove Dictionary of Music
and Musicians, Vo. 14
London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1980
Shear, Nancy: "Paul Paray at 92"
article in High Fidelity, March 1972
Slonimsky, Nicolas, ed: "Paul Paray"
article in Baker's Biographical Dictionary of
Musicians
Sordet, Dominique: Douze chefs d'orchestre [French text
only]
Paris: Libarie Fischbacher, 1924
Stoddard, Hope: "Paul Paray"
chapter in Symphony Conductors of the U.S.A.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1957
MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS OF PAUL
PARAY
The list below is abstracted from a more complete version in an
appendix of
Paul Paray Jean-Philippe Mousnier.
All works listed may were published by or may be rented
from
Jean Jobert, Paris, except where otherwise noted.
PIANO
Moreau de lecture: Allegro (undated, unpublished)
Tarantelle (undated, unpublished)
Scherzetto (undated, unpublished)
Impromptu (undated, © unknown) published by Siever,
Valse-Caprice (1906, © unknown) published by Siever
Vertige (undated, © unknown) published by Siever
Incertitude (undated, © unknown) published by Siever
Entêtement (undated, © unknown) published by Siever
Berceuse (undated, © unknown) published by Siever
Romance, Op 21 (1909, © unknown)
Portraits d'Enfants (1910, ©1913)
Valse, sur un thème de Franz Schubert (1911, © unknown)
published by Jean Lafitte
Impressions pour le piano (1912, ©1912)
Notalgie - Eclaircie - Primesaut
Reflets romantiques (1912)
Première séries: Avec esprit
et charme - Ardemment En rêvent - Avec fougue (©1922)
Deuxieme séries: Souple - Léger
- Tender - Energique (© unknown)
Sept Pièces (1913, unpublished)
Presto (1913, unpublished)
Thème et Variations (1913, ©1921)
Prélude en fa majeur (1913, ©1925)
Allegro (1913, © unknown)
Scherzo (1913, © unknown)
D'une ame... (1914, ©1923)
fervènte - naïve - légère
- rêveuse - malicieuse - fantasquee
inquiète et passionnée - tranquille
- joyeuse
Pièces pour quatre mains (1914, unpublished)
Prélude (1930, unpublished)
Fantasie for piano and orchestra (reduction for two pianos by
the composer)
see listing under Orchestral Works
Yanitza (vocal score, piano reduction by the composer)
see listing under Vocal and Choral Works with Orchestra
Artémis troublée (piano reduction by Léon
Moreau)
see listing under Ballet
CHAMBER MUSIC
Trio for piano, violin and cello (1905, unpublished)
Sérénade for violin or flute and piano, Op. 20
(1908, © unknown)
Sonate in c minor for violin and piano (1908, ©1914)
Humoresque for violin and piano (1910, ©1912? or 1922?
- both dates given on different pages)
Nocturne for violin and piano (1911, ©1912)
(also transcribed for violoncello and piano)
Quatuor (String Quartet) in e minor (1919, ©1920)
miniature score and parts
reworked as Symphony for strings, see listing
under Orchestral Works
1st Sonate for piano and violoncello, in B Major (1919, ©1920)
2nd Sonate for violoncell and piano in C Major (© unknown)
VOICE AND PIANO
Those also orchestrated are marked with an asterisk
(*)
Le Blé Eucharistique (Prudent) (undated, © unknown)
- published by Vicomté
Nuit d'Italie (Paul Bourget) (undated, unpublished)
Laurette (Alfred de Vigny) (undated, unpublished)
Sépultre (Leon Volade) (undated, unpublished)
Paroles à la lune (Anna Noailles) (1903, unpublished)
Panis Angelicus (voice and cello) (1904, unpublished)
Dans les bois (Gérard de Nerval) (1904, unpublished)
Mortes les fleurs (P. May) (1907, © unknown)
Chanson Napolitaine (P. May) (1907, ©1912)
Pastorale de Noël (Lesablais) (1908, © unknown) -
published by Dupré
Le Poète et la muse (E. Thévent) (1908, ©
unknown) - published by E. Fromont
La promesse*
(Gariel Montoya) (1910, ©1911)
L'Embarquement pour l'Idéal (C. Mendes) (1911, ©1912)
Le plainte*
(Lucien Pate) (1911, ©1912)
Le papillon*
(Jean Aicard) (1911, ©1912)
Le champ de bataille (Th. Gautier) (1912, ©1922)
Trois mélodies*
(poèmes de Th. Gautier) (1912, ©1912)
Infidélite - La dernière feuille -
Serment
Villanelle*
(Th. Gauteir) (1912, ©1922)
Chanson violette*
(Albert Samain) (1913, ©1920)
Le chevrier*
(Jose-Maria de Heredia) (1913, ©1920)
Il est d'etranges soirs*
(Albert Samain) (1913, ©1920)
Viole (Albert Samain) (1913, © unknown)
Il est d'entranges soirs (Albert Samain) (1913, ©1920)
Quatre poèmes de Jean Lahor*
(Jean Lahor) (1921, ©1923)
Après l'orage - Adieux - Après le
bal - Désir de mort
Vocalise-Étude pour voix moyenne (19124, ©1924)
- published by A. Leduc in a collection entitled Répertoire Moderne
de Vocalise-Études, Quatrième Volume, No. 38, published
under the direction of A. L. Hettlich
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
NOTE: Scores and parts are available for rental only
Fantasie for piano and orchestra (1909); two-piano edition ©1926
Symphony for strings (1919, © unknown) a re-working of
the String Quartet
see listing under Chamber Music
Symphony No. 1 in C (1934, © unknown)
Symphony No. 2 in A (1936; 1939, © unknown)
Ouverture héroïque (perhaps projected, never written?)
CHORAL WORKS
Os Justi (Offertory for choir and organ (1903, unpublished)
Four choral pieces, six from 1910 and one from 1926 (manuscript only)
Two choral works with orchestra from 1911 (mansucript only)
In manus tuas for voice, oboe and organ (1914, unpublished)
VOCAL AND CHORAL WORKS WITH
ORCHESTRA
Acis et Galatée, cantata (1910, unpublished)
Yanitza, scène lyrique; poème de George Spitzmuller
(1911, © unknown)
see under piano for vocal score
Jeane d'Arc, oratorio (1913, © unknown), text by Gabriel
Montoya - published by Vicomté
Mass for the Fifth Centenary of the Death of Joan of Arc, for
soli, chorus and orchestra (1931, ©1934) - vocal score with piano
recution by the composer published by Henry Lemoine; orchestral score and
part rental only from Lemoine
Kyrie - Gloria - Sanctus - Benedictus - Agnus Dei
BALLET
Artémis troublée, ballet by Léon Bakst;
dedicated to Ida Rubinstein (1911-12, ©1922)
piano reduction by Léon Moreau published, also called Adonis
(1920), suite from the ballet
see listing under Piano
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