Hermann Scherchen,
conductor. Arda Mandikian, mezzo-soprano (Didon); Jean Giraudeau, tenor (Enée);
Janine Collard, contralto (Anna); Xavier Depraz, bass (Narbal); Micheline Rolle,
soprano (Ascagne); André Dran, tenor (Iopas); Gérard Abdoun (Panthé),
bass; Bernard Gallet, tenor (Hylas); Georges Abdoun, baritone (1st soldier);
Jean Cazin, bass (2nd soldier) . Ensemble Vocal de Paris, dir. André
Jouve.
DESCRIPTION: 3 discs,
33 1/3 rpm, analog, monophonic, 12 in.
NOTES: Recorded 2-3 and
5-9 May 1952, Salle de La Mutualité, Paris (public concert 10 May 1952,
Palais de Chaillot).
- Westminster WAL 304.
Selmer logo appears on all labels beneath Westminster logo. Automatic sequence.
Matrix nos. XTV 17755 (label; etched + -1A), XTV 17756 (etched + -1B), XTV
17757 (etched + -2B), XTV 17758 (etched + -2B), XTV 17759 (etched + -2C),
XTV 17760 (etched + -1C). Boxed, there titled The Trojans at Carthage;
notes by Jacques Barzun. Synopsis, libretto with transl. (by Sam Morgenstern)
laid in, 28 pp. $18.40 [rev. September 1952ff.]. 1952.
- = Ducretet-Thomson
300 C 11719 (DTL 93001-03). Progam notes, synopsis by Roger Cotte on
slipcase [1954]
- Reissued as CD: EMI
France (Tahra) TAH 143/44 (2 CDs) (1995; US release March 1997).