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Recordings are listed alphabetically by title except those that consist entirely of Damase's works. Click on a format below to be taken directly to its corresponding location.

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Last updated on 23 December 2006

Compact Discs

TITLE ARTIST(S) LABEL / 
CAT №
WORK(S) AVAILABILITY
Piano Music by Jean-Michel Damase Nicholas Unwin, piano Somm Recordings
SOMMCD 034
Introduction et Allegro; Thème et Variations; Sonate; Apparition; Huit Études; Sonatine tutti.co.uk
Awarded highest rating ««««« (all categories) by
BBC Music Magazine
Jean-Michel Damase: Music for Flute, Harp & Strings

Anna Noakes, flute Gillian Tingay, harp with Richard Friedman, violin; Jane Atkins, viola; Ferenc Szucs, cello Academy Sound and Vision (ASV) DCA 898 Quintet for flute, harp, violin, viola & cello; Sonata for flute & harp; Variations "Early Morning"; Trio for Flute, Harp & Cello

Gramophone Magazine 
"Critic's Choice" & Good CD Guide selection
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Amy Porter & Nancy Ambroise King Amy Porter, flute; Nancy Ambroise King, oboe; Philip Bush, piano Boston Records
BR 1055
[2004]
Trio for flute, oboe & piano
Concours Long-Thibaud; Paris 1992 Piano Midori Nohara, piano REM
REM 311187
[1993]
Introduction et Allegro for piano out of print
Contemporary Collection, A Jennifer Stinton, flute; Brewer, harp Collins Classics
COL 12972
Sonata for flute & harp; Variations "Early Morning"
Créations françaises au festival du Comminges TBD Quantum
QM6953
[1996]
TBD out of print
Décollage Fumiko Ando, flute; Ichiro Nodaira, piao Nami (Japan)
WWCC-7321
Sérénade for flute & strings (arr for piano) Muramatsu Flute eShop
Deep Remembering Williams, Gail, horn; Covert, Mary Ann, piano Summit Records
DCD 298
Berceuse for horn & piano
Dulova, Vera - Russian Performing School Vera Dulova, harp RCD
RCD 16204
Sonatine for 2 harps
Duos for Flute and Harp Shigenori Kudo, flute; Naoko Yoshino, harp Sony Classical
SK 48033
Variations "Early Morning" for flute & harp
Early One Morning : French Music for Flute & Harp Judith Hall, flute; Hugh Webb, harp Dinmore Records
DRD 041
Variations "Early Morning" for flute & harp
Ecoensemble Trio Ecoensemble Trio (Morena Mestieri, flute; Paola Fundarò, oboe; Anna Bellagamba, piano) Eurarte
EA 0024
Trio for flute, oboe & piano
Essential Harp, The Sarah Bullen, harp Egan
00002
Adagietto for harp
Eugène le mystérieux (highlights) Michel Cadiou (Eugène); Jacqueline Boyer (Fleur); Orch de la  Société des Concerts du  Conservatoire / Felix Nuvolone, cond EMI Classics (France)
EMI 68891
Eugène le mystérieux (highlights) 15 arias and interludes from the operetta out of print
Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise (and other works for flute & piano) Shigenori Kudo, flute; Naoko Ishibashi, piano Victor Entertainment
VICC-60029
(Japan)
Andantino for flute & piano Muramatsu Flute eShop
Flute Music of France Christopher Hyde-Smith, flute; Jane Dodd, piano Claudio Recordings
CR3808
Nocturne from La croqueuse de diamants (arr flute & piano)
Flûte Panorama, Vol 5 Frederic Chatoux, flute; Benoît Wery, harp Skarbo
SKR 4012
Sonatine for flute & harp
Franzosische Impressionen Trio Cantabile Thorofon
CTH 2135
[1992]
Sonate en concert for flute, piano & cello out of print
Franzosische Muzik fur Horn und Klavier Peter Damm, horn; Peter Rosel, piano Ars Vivendi 2100137
[1989]
reissued on
Berlin Classics 9392
Pavane variée for horn & piano
French Music for Flute & Harp Shigenori Kudo, flute; Rachel Talitman, harp Discover International 920141 Sonata for flute & harp
French Music for Harp, Flute & Bassoon Harpeggio ASV Quicksilva
ASQ 6252
Trio for Flute, Harp & Cello (arr)
French Wind Music Reykjavik Wind Quintet Chandos
CHAN 9362
Dix-sept variations for wind quintet
Greensleeves Christian Lardé, flute; Marie-Claire Jamet, harp Pierre Vérnay
PV730083 ; AR 030
[1996]
Sonata for flute & harp
Healing Harp, The Naoko Yoshino, harp Philips
446 064-2
Sicilienne variée for harp
Impressions  for Harp and Marimba Duo Arparimba Koch Classics 315822 Petits Dialogues for harp & marimba
Masterpieces for Harp and Orchestra Sylvia Kowalczuk, harp Hungarian Virtuosi / Aristid von Wurtzler, cond Hungaroton 
HCD 31550
[1993]
Concertino for Harp & Orchestra
Meisterhafte Blasermusik ("Masterworks for Brass") Trio Armin Rosin Hanssler Classic 98.557
[1990]
Trio for trumpet, trombone and piano
Music from France for Flute and Harp    Edward Schultz, flute; Karin Fuller, harp Musical Heritage Society
MHS 512295(K) [1988]
Cassette:
MHC  
Sonata for flute & harp
Musique Francaise Duo Ariane Adda
590147
Sonata for flute & harp
Pleasure Songs for Flute Ranson Wilson, flute; studio orchestra Angel
69069
[1987]
Gigue from Sonate en concert (arr for flute & chmber orchestra) out of print
Prières sans paroles: French Music for Trumpet & Organ Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet; Simon Preston, organ Bis
BIS-CD-1109
Trois prières sans paroles for trumpet & organ
Purovuansu no fukei [Tableaux de Provence] Jean-Yves Fourneau, alto saxophone; Hiroshi Nagao, piano Philips (Japan)
PHCP 5035
[1992]
Vacances for alto saxophone & piano ?
Pyatt, David Recital David Pyatt, horn; Martin Jones, piano Erato 
3984 21632 2
Berceuse; Pavane variée for horn & piano
Rampal Edition
Flute & Harp
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Lily Laskine, harp Erato
AW 45837
[1992]
Sonata for flute & harp
Reflets Maxence Larrieu, flute; Benoît Wery, harp Editions Passions
EP000201
2nd Sonata for flute & harp Muramatsu Flute eShop
Revelations Anna Noakes, flute Gillian Tingay, harp with Richard Friedman, violin; Jane Atkins, viola; Ferenc Szucs, cello Academy Sound and Vision (ASV) ASV 1001 Quintet for flute, harp, violin, viola & cello (Mvt 1)
Rhapsodie Ieuan Jones, harp Academy Sound and Vision (ASV) 
ASV 2111
Sicilienne variée for harp
Sextour de Harpes de Paris, Le [The Paris Harp Sextet] Paris Harp Sextet Adda
581124
[1989]
Presto from Sonatine for two pianos (arranged) out of print
Sonatas Southworth, Clare, flute ? Sonate en concert for flute, piano & cello
Sonatas for Flute & Harp Louise di Tullio, flute Susann McDonald, harp Klavier
KCD 11015
[1989]
Sonata for flute & harp
Studies in Relief Marilyn Keiser, Don Eagle, Ciompi Quartet Pro Organo
PO 7143
Trois prières sans paroles for trumpet & organ
Toward The Sea Robert Aitken, flute; Erica Goodman, harp Bis
BIS-CD-650
Sonata for flute & harp
Virtuoso Horn, The Frank Lloyd, horn; Roger Vignoles, piano Merlin
MRFD 92092
Berceuse for horn & piano
Whirlwind Elisabeth Remy, harp ACA
CM20070
Sicilienne variée for harp
White Peacock, The Harris-Coates Duo Barking Dog
BDR 022
Quatre Facettes for flute & guitar
Zupan, Matej Flute Matej Zupan, flute ? Sonate en concert for flute, piano & cello
Jean-Michel Damase, pianist
TITLE LABEL
CATALOGUE  №
DATE
WORKS [COMPOSER: TITLE(S)] 
ADDITIONAL PERFORMERS
AVAILABILITY
Épreuves de danse 1998 Ministère de la musique et danse (France)
DMD1998
[1998]
unknown works; accompaniment to certification and diploma performances by dance 1998 candidates  unknown
Gabriel Fauré: Barcarolles, Nocturnes Accord
472 302
(France)
Treize Barcarolles for piano; Nocturnes N° 4, 5 & 6 for piano
Gerard Souzay - The Early Recordings, BAM Recordings Dutton Laboratories
/Harmonia Mundi
CDLX 7036
Gerard Souzay, baritone; songs by Bassani, Scarlatti, Lully, Durante, Poulenc, Schumann, Purcell, JS Bach, Faure, Franck, Tchaikovsky, Lequerney, Ravel
Some selections: Jacqueline Bonneau, piano

 

DVD
Black Tights L'Orchestre des Concerts-Lamoureux/ Marius Constant Kino Video
K157
La croqueuse de diamants
Film includes presentation of complete ballet
L'Escarpolette     L'Escarpolette
Production by French TV (1980)
House of Opera
VHS
Introduction à Colette directed by Bernard Betrand; produced by Colette de Jouvenel; material adapted by Thierry Maulnier; voices incl Françoise Christophe, Pierre Lafont, "Participants incl Maurice Chevalier, Leslie Caron & Jean-Michel Damase Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France)
[1986]
Animated film for L'Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française; 
Television Premiere: 18 March 1968
unknown
Musique et la vie, La  directed by Pierre Nivollet; produced by Michel Hofmann; presented by Bernard Gavoty; music by Ibert, Rameau & Haydn; Jean-Michel Damase, "participant" Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France)
[1986]

Animated film for L'Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française; 
Television Premiere: 18 Feb 1962

unknown
Philippe Hériat ou La liberté du cœur directed by Franco Contini; written by Philippe Hériat Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France)
[19-?]

Animated film for L'Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française; contains extract from Piège de lumière
Television Premiere: 10 Jan 1972

unknown
Presto Gérard Herzog, director; Pierre Petit, producer;  Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France)
[1986]
Animated film for L'Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française; incl music by Damase, Ruggero Leoncavallo, André Popp, Paul Amar, Jacques Ferny
Television Premiere: 10 Jun 1971
unknown

 

Vinyl (LP) (33 RPM UNLESS NOTED)
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TITLE ARTIST(S) LABEL
CAT

[ DATE]
WORK(S)
Black Tights (Soundtrack)   RCA Victor International
FSO 3
[1962]
La croqueuse de diamants (selections from the film score, i.e. not complete ballet)
Concerto pour clarinette et orchestre / Jean Françaix, Sonatine pour deux pianos, et al / Jean-Michel Damase L'Orchestre de chambre de Nice / Pol Mule (Françaix); Michèle-Élise Querard & Jean-Michel Damase, pianos Inédits ORTF
995 019
[1971?]
Sonatine for two pianos; Pièces brèves for piano: Tarantelle; Carillion
Concerti pour harpe et orchestre Mireille Flour, harp; Grand Orchestre symphonique de Radio-Luxembourg / Henri Pensis Musidisc (France)
30 RC 633
[196-?]
Concerto for harp & orchestra
Contemporary French Wind Music French Wind Quintet (Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Jacques Lancelot, clarinet; Pierre Pierlot, oboe; Gilbert Coursier, horn; Paul Hongne, bassoon London
OL 50122
Seventeen Variations for wind quintet
Croqueuse de diamants, La (selections?)
(78 RPM)
unknown Decca
DECCA GAF 15102
[1952]
Les bicyclettes; La valse à cinq temps from La croqueuse de diamants (?)
Croqueuse de diamants, La (Slow chanté du ballet) b/w La Rue Montorgueil
(45 RPM)
Zizi Jeanmaire, vocalist; orchestra / P. Bonneau, cond Odéon
Odéon 7MO1318
[1957]
"Slow" from La croqueuse de diamants
Croqueuse de diamants, La b/w Sur le pont du nord
(78 RPM)
Renée Lebas, vocalist; Jo Boyer and his orchestra Mercury
MERCURY 4245
[1955]
Song ("Slow"?) from La croqueuse de diamants
Detroit Symphony Woodwind Quintet Ervin Monroe, flute; Donald Baker, oboe; Eugene Wade, horn; Paul Schaller, clarinet, Robert Williams, bassoon Coronet
LPS 3064
[1980]
Dix-sept variations for wind quintet
Dreams and Fantasies Chrysolith (Rebecca Flannery, harp; Diane Kern, flute) Towerhill
T-1019
[1983]
Sonata for flute & harp
Évolution de la musique de flûte, Une Christian Larde, flute; Françoise Baudlot, piano; P. Degenne, cello Club national du disque
CND29
[1957]
Sonate en concert for flute, piano & cello [ad libitum]
Féeries
(45 RPM)
Decca
DECCA 455659
[1958]
Féeries for piano (incl Peau d'âne; Le chat botte; Cendrillon; La belle aux cheveux d'or; L'oiseau bleu; Le mouton; Le petit Poucet; La belle et la bête; Le petit chaperon rouge; La biche au bois; Riquet à la houpe; Gracieuse et Percinet; Les fées)
       
Flöte und Harfe Gunther Pohl, flute; Clifford Lanataff, harp Musicaphon
BM 30 SL 1926
[1982?]
Sonata for flute & harp
French Harp Music Nicanor Zabaleta, harp Deutsche Grammophon
2531 051
[1978]
Sicilienne variée for harp
French Music for Horn and Piano Frøydis Ree Wekre, horn; Jens Harald Bratlie, piano Varèse International
[1979]
Berceuse, Op 19 for horn & piano
Impressions for Flute Ransom Wilson, flute; Nancy Allen, harp; ensemble unknown Angel
[1978]
Gigue from Sonate en concert (arr for flute & harp and/or string nonet)
Magic Harp, The Olga Erdeli, harp; Chamber Ensemble of the Moscow Radio Large Symphony Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky, cond Melodiya
CM-03477/78
[197-]
Reissue:
Westminster Gold
WG-8346
[1977]
Concertino for harp & strings
Masters of Flute and Harp, Vol 1 Louise di Tullio, flute Susann McDonald, harp Klavier
KS 556
[1976]
reissued on CD as Sonatas for Flute & Harp
Sonata for flute & harp
Mostly Concerti New York Harp Ensemble / Aristid von Wurtzler, cond Musical Heritage Society
MHS 4260
[1981]
Concertino for harp & strings (arranged for four harps)
Music by Candlelight Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Lily Laskine, harp Epic
LC 3917
[1966]
Sonata for flute & harp
Music for flute and harp Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Lily Laskine, harp Musical Heritage Society
MHS 1345
[1972]
Sonata for flute & harp
Music for flute and harp Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Lily Laskine, harp Columbia / Odyssey
Y 33520
[1975]
Sonata for flute & harp
Norwegian Chamber Soloists Play Chamber Music for Winds Harald Bergersen, clarinet; Torkil Bye, flute; Brynjar Hoff, oboe; Oddvar Mikalsen, bassoon; Frøydis Ree Wekre, horn Varèse International
[1977]
Dix-sept variations for wind quintet
Œuf à la coque, L' Orchestre de l'Association des concerts Colonne / George Tzipine, cond Columbia
FC 1060
[195-?]
La croqueuse de diamants (selections)
Quintette pour flute, violon, alto, violoncelle et harpe Quintette Instrumental de Paris (Gaston Crunelle, flute; Réné Bas, violin; Pierre Ladhuie, viola; Pierre Coddée, cello; Bernard Galais, harp Les Discophiles Français
DF 730062
[195-]
Quintet for flute, harp, violin, viola & cello
Répertoire du soprano, La Renée Doria, soprano Adda / Doria Patrimoine
81101 / 81102
81103 / 81104
(4-disc set)
[1982]
"La perle égarée" for voice & piano
Sérénade pour flûte et orchestre à cordes Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Orchestre de chambre de l'ORTF / André Girard, cond Erato
[1977]
Sérénade for flute & strings
Silk Rhapsody Orchestre de Association des concerts Lamoureux / Jean-Michel Damase, cond; Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Pierre Pierlot, oboe; Jean-Michel Damase, piano Erato (France)
STU 70312 or
STE 70312
[1966]
Silk Rhapsody for orchestra; Trio for flute, oboe & piano
Sonate pour clarinette et harpe Gabriel Sauvaire, clarinet; Catherine de Preissac, harp Cybelia
CY 668
[1985?]
Sonata for clarinet & harp
Trio pour flûte, harpe et violoncelle Trio Nordmann (Marielle Nordmann, harp; André Guilbert, flute; Claude Burgos, cello) Erato
STU 70706
Trio for flute, harp & cello
(Reissued on Twentieth-Century Trios (see below)
Trois siécles de harpe Bernard Galais, harp Vega (France)
8.006 - 8.008
[1968]
Introduction et Toccata for harp
Twentieth-Century Trios Trio Nordmann (Marielle Nordmann, harp; André Guilbert, flute; Claude Burgos, cello) Musical Heritage Society
[1978]
Trio for flute, harp & cello
Twentieth-Century Trios for Flute, Cello & Piano Tipton Trio Westminster
WST 17147
[1968]
Sonate en concert for flute, piano & cello [ad libitum]
Wie eine Unterhaltung zu zwein Brigitte Langnickel-Kohler, harp; Reinhard Langnickel, piano Aulos
AUL 66017
[1998]
Allegro C-Dur [unverified]
Jean-Michel Damase, pianist
TITLE LABEL
CATALOGUE  №
DATE
ADDITIONAL PERFORMERS
WORKS [COMPOSER: TITLE(S)]
ADDITIONAL NOTES 
Classiques favoris du piano, Les Saint-Germain des Pres
135511
[2000]
Compliments series of pubications of the same name (Éditions Lemoine 1984) of works selected, edited, classified progressively and provided with fingerings by Theodore Lack. Includes short pieces by Beethoven, Chopin, Cramer, Mendelssohn, Scarlatti, Rameau, Hændel, Daquin & Paradies.
Contes d'Andersen Decca
DECCA 455667
[1958]
François de la Rochefoucauld: L'enfant au tombeau; La reine des neiges; Les souliers rouges; La petite fille aux allumettes
Horizon chimérique, L'
(78 RPM)
Decca
Decca GAG 1693
[19-?]
Gérard Souzay, baritone
Gabriel Fauré: L'horizon chimérique for baritone & piano
Féeries
(45 RPM)
Decca
DECCA 455659
[1958]
Jean-Michel Damase: Féeries for piano (incl Peau d'âne; Le chat botte; Cendrillon; La belle aux cheveux d'or; L'oiseau bleu; Le mouton; Le petit Poucet; La belle et la bête; Le petit chaperon rouge; La biche au bois; Riquet à la houpe; Gracieuse et Percinet; Les fées)
Images Decca
DECCA FS 123606
[1955]
Claude Debussy: Images for piano
Jean-Michel Damase plays Fauré and Ravel London International
TW 91035
[195-]
Gabriel Fauré: Nocturne No 12, Op 107; Barcarolle, No 4, Op 44; Valse-caprice No 3, Op 59; Impromptu No 3, Op 34
Maurice Ravel: Prélude; Menuet sur le nom de Haydn; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Toccata (from Le Tombeau de Couperin, No 6)
Musique Française Decca
DECCA FMT163709
[1957]
Jean-Michel Damase: Théme et variations; Claude Debussy: Estampes; Gabriel Fauré: Barcarolle №12; Francis Poulenc: Toccata; Albert Roussel: Trois pièces, Op 49
Sonate en la mineur, Op 105, №5, etc Lumen
LD 2441
[19-?]
Michel Chauveton, violin
Robert Schumann: Sonata in a minor for violin & piano
Jacques Leguerney: Sonatine in G Major for violin & piano
Thauergonel, Die
(78 RPM)
Decca
DECCA GAF 15101
[1952]
Franz Liszt: Die Thauergondel (La Lugubre gondola)
 

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