The Complete Erato Recordings (CD16)

CD1-9 THE LP ERA

1. BERLIOZ - La Carnaval romain, Overture / La Damnation de Faust (excerpts) / GOUNOD - Faust Baller music, Prelude & Interlude / BIZET - Carmen, Orchestral suite / DELIBES - Lakme, Entractes & Ballet Music from Act 2 / LALO - Symphonie espagnole / Rapsodie norvegienne / GRIEG - Peer Gynt, Suites 1 & 2 / FAURE - Shylock, Pelleas et Melisande, orchestral suite / Requiem / Cantique de Jean Racine / DEBUSSY - Nocturnes, Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune / Marche ecossaise sur un theme populaire / La Mer / Iberia / La Demoiselle elue / Noel des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison / L'Enfant prodigue / Le Martyre de saint Sebastien / Jeux / Images / Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orleans / Trois Ballades de Francois Villon / RAVEL - Daphnis et Chloe / Ma mere l'oye / Rapsodie espagnole / Un Barque sur l'Ocecan / INGHELBRECHT - La Nursery

CD10-14 THE 78RPMS

1. BIZET - Carmen, Orchestral suite No. 1, 2 Choruses / L'Arlesienne, Suites 1 & 2 / Patrie / DEBUSSY - Petite suite / Marche ecossaise sur un theme populaire / Nocturnes / Fanfare "Concile des faux Dieux" / RAVEL - Ma mere l'oye / BERLIOZ - La Carnaval romain, Overture / DELIBES - DELIBES - Lakme, Ballet Music / CHABRIER - Joyeuse marche / Habanera / Le Roi malgre lui (excerpts) / FAURE - Masques et Bergamasques (excerpts) / DUKAS - L'Apprenti sorcier / Fanfare pour preceder La Peri / GRIEG - Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1 / VOLLSTEDT - Jolly Brothers, waltz / WAGNER - Tristan und Isolde, Prelude & Liebestod / STRAUSS - Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche / BORODIN - In the Steppes of Central Asia / Polovtsian Dances / RIMSKY-KORSSAKOFF - Flight of the Bumblebee / LYADOV - Russian Folksongs / BARRAINE - Fete des Colonies / ROUGET DE LISLE - La Marseillaise

CD15-16 LIVE RECORDINGS

1. DEBUSSY - Printemps / La Damoiselle elue / Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune / Nocturnes / Trois Ballades de Francois Villon / La Mer / Images / Jeux

Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht (1880–1965), a pivotal figure in 20th-century French music, was renowned as a conductor, composer, and passionate advocate for French repertoire. Inghelbrecht’s contributions to musical activities in France were essential: he became the inaugural music director of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées at its opening in 1913 and later founded the Orchestre national de la Radiodiffusion française. Beyond his work on the podium, he was a dedicated educator and promoter of music, using radio as a platform to reach broader audiences. This comprehensive box set showcases Inghelbrecht’s complete discographic legacy for Pathé, Ducretet-Thomson, Columbia and Erato. Spanning his 78 RPM records from 1929 to 1939, LP recordings from 1953 to 1955, and live broadcasts from 1955 to 1962, the collection highlights his favourite pieces interpretations alongside the major orchestral works of Debussy, of whom he was a close friend. Many of these recordings, including several CD premieres, underline Inghelbrecht’s dedication to preserving and sharing the essence of French music.