MICHEL CARON, ténor

UNIVERSALMUSIC

DARIUS MILHAUD (1892-1974) :  Le Retour de l'enfant prodigue, Op. 42
Bernard Demigney, Gabriel Bacquier [baritones],
André Vessières [bass], Janine Collard [mezzo],
Michel Caron [tenor],

Soloists of the Orchestre du Theâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris;
Darius Milhaud, 1960
String Septet, Op, 408 (Gérard Jarry, Jacques Ghestem [violins], Serge Collot, Michel Wales [violas], Michel Tournus, Michel Renard [cellos], Jacques Cazuran (double bass]), Aspen-Serenade, Op. 361 (Jean-Pierre Rampal [flute[, Pierre Pierlot [oboe], Jacques Lancelot [clarinet], Paul Hongne [bassoon], Pierre Thibaud [trumpet], Gérard Jarry [violin], Serge Collot [viola], Michel Tournous [cello], Jacques Cazaurnan [double bass]; Darius Milhaud [conductor] (both 1966 recordings). The early (1917) Le Retour is one of Milhaud's first examples of the use of polytonality, the orchestra consisting of 13 solo instruments and two string quartets, with every player getting an independent melodic or tonal line. The string septet (1964) contains an aleatory second movement while the better-known Aspen Serenade was a 1957 return to Milhaud's early polytonal days. Mid-price. Accord 465 783 (France) 02G067 $11.98 >