Florent Schmitt: Listing of Broadcast Performances of Compositions Housed at the INA Archives (French National Radio/Television)

Florent Schmitt French composer

Florent Schmitt, photographed in 1937 in the gardens of his home in St-Cloud. (Photo © Lipnitzki-Roger Viollet)

It should come as little surprise that the largest repository of live concert recordings of French composer Florent Schmitt’s music is at the archives of INA, the French Broadcasting System. Dozens of performances made over the past 70+ years exist — only a relatively small portion of which have been made accessible since they first aired on radio or television.

Listed alphabetically below are concert performances of Florent Schmitt’s music known to be housed in the INA’s archives, with links to available recordings or downloads included where known.

We can only hope that many more of these important historic audio documents will see the light of day eventually.

(N.B. Corrections or additions to the listing are welcomed.)

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  • A contre-voix, Op. 104; Ensemble Vocal Marcel Couraud (1948)
  • A contre-voix, Op. 104; Ensemble Vocal Philippe Caillard (1962)
  • A contre-voix, Op. 104, No. 3 (Trois goélettes); Chœurs de Lyon
  • A Tour d’anches, Op. 97; Trio André Dupont; Henriette Puig-Roget, piano (1948)
  • A Tour d’anches, Op. 97; Trio Daraux; Claudie Martinet, piano (1955)
  • A Tour d’anches, Op. 97; Jacques Parrenin, violin; Gilles Deliege, viola; Georges Schwartz, cello; Monique Mercier, piano (1986)
  • A Tour d’anches, Op. 97; Olivier Doisse, oboe; Alessandro Carbonare, clarinet; Laurent Lefèvre, bassoon; Nicholas Angelich, piano (1999)
  • Andante et scherzo, Op. 35; Noel Gallon, harp (1959)
  • Andante et scherzo, Op. 35; Odette le Dentu, harp; Quatuor ProArte (1962)
  • Andante et scherzo, Op. 35; Francis Pierre, harp; Quatuor Rosamonde (1997)
  • Andante et scherzo, Op. 35; Frédérique Cambreling, harp; Radio-France Chamber Ensemble
  • Andantino (Vocalise), Op. 30; Michel Lethiec, clarinet; Denis Weber, piano (1979)
  • Antoine et Cléopâtre Suite No. 1, Opus 69a; Orchestre National de l’ORTF; Tony Aubin, conductor (1963)
  • Antoine et Cléopâtre Suite No. 1, Opus 69a; RTF Orchestra; Jacques Michon, conductor (1964)
  • Antoine et Cléopâtre Suite No. 1, Opus 69a; Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse; Michel Plasson, conductor (1991)
  • Antoine et Cléopâtre Suite No. 1, Opus 69a; Le Camp de Pompée; Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg; Theodore Guschlbauer, conductor (1991)
  • Antoine et Cléopâtre Suite No. 2, Opus 69b; Orchestre National de l’ORTF; Rémus Tzincoca, conductor (1962)
  • Antoine et Cléopâtre Suite No. 2, Opus 69b; Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg; Reynald Giovaninetti, conductor (1965)
  • Antoine et Cléopâtre Suite No. 2, Opus 69b; RTF Orchestra; Jean Martinon, conductor
  • Antoine et Cléopâtre Suite No. 2, Op. 69b: Orgies & Dances; Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg; Jean Giardino, conductor (1970)
  • Antoine et Cléopâtre Suite No. 2, Op. 69b: Night in the Palace of the Queen + Orgies & Dances; RTF Orchestra; Manuel Rosenthal, conductor (1970)
  • Les Barques, Op. 7; Geneviève Delune, soprano; Odette Pigault, piano (1954)
ORTF logo

The 1950s-era logo of the Orchestre National de la Radio-Télévision Française, during which time many broadcasts of Florent Schmitt’s compositions were heard over the RTF’s France IV (later France Musique) FM radio channel.

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  • Chaîne brisée, Op. 87; Henriette Puig-Roget, pianist (1970)
  • Chaîne brisée, Op. 87, No. 1 (Stèle à la mémoire de Paul Dukas); Marie-Claire Girod, pianist
  • Chansons à quatre voix, Op. 39; Ensemble X
  • Chansons à quatre voix, Op. 39; Irène Aitoff, Gisèle Couteau, Berthe Kal, Marguerite Paquet, vocalists; Vincent Munro & Jacques Villesech, duo-pianists (1961)
  • Chansons à quatre voix, Op. 39; Quatuor Vocal L’Archibel … Guillaume Bellom & Ismaël Margain, duo-pianists (2019)
  • Le Chant de la nuit (Ode a Frédéric Chopin), Op. 120; Ensemble Vocal Marcel Couraud; André Collard, piano (1949)
  • Chant élégiaque, Op. 24; Jean Reculard, cello; Elsa Brob Menat, piano (1956)
  • Chant élégiaque, Op. 24; Maurice Maréchal, cello; Cécile Ousset, piano (1959)
  • Chant élégiaque, Op. 24; André Remond, cello; André Collard, piano (1960)
  • Chant élégiaque, Op. 24; Dorel Fedoreanu, cello; Stefana Fedoreanu, piano (1983)
  • Chant élégiaque, Op. 24; Jacques Wiedecker, cello; Louise Bessette, piano (1986)
  • Chant élégiaque, Op. 24; Maurice Maréchal, cello; Orchestre National de l’ORTF; Marcel Mirouso, conductor (1954)
  • Chants alizés, Op. 125; Société Nationale Quintette (1952)
  • Chants alizés, Op. 125; Quintette a vent de l’ONF (1985)
  • Cinq choeurs en vingt minutes, Op. 117; Ensemble Madrigal de l’ORTF (1963)
  • Cinq choeurs en vingt minutes, Op. 117; French National Radio Orchestra & Chorus; André Cluytens, conductor (1953)
  • Cinq motets for Male Voices, Op. 60 (excerpts); Chœurs de Lyon
  • Cinq motets for Male Voices, Op. 60 (No. 1: Hymne a Saint Nicolas de Lorraine); Chorale Yvonne Gouverne; Jean Baudry-Godard, organ (1959)
  • Cinq refrains, Op. 132; Maîtrise de la RTF (1958)
  • Cinq refrains, Op. 132; Maîtrise de jeunes filles de la RTF; Claude Kahn, piano; Jacques Besson, director (1959)
  • Cinq refrains, Op. 132; Maîtrise de jeunes filles de la RTF; Odette Pigault, piano; Jacques Besson, director (1959)
  • Clavecin obtempérant, Op. 107; Marcelle de Lacour, harpsichord (1957)
  • Danse d’Abisag, Op. 75; Orchestre National de Montpellier; Marc Soustrot, conductor (Festival de Montpellier – 1991)
  • Danse des Devadasis, Op. 47; Françoise Ogeas, soprano; RTF Orchestra + Chorus, Désiré Inghelbrecht (1956)
  • De vives voix, Op. 131; Ensemble Vocal Feminin de la Maîtrise; Jacques Besson, director (1956)
Florent Schmitt Louis Aubert

Florent Schmitt with fellow composer Louis Aubert (1877-1968), photographed at the ORTF studios in Paris in the early 1950s.

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  • Habeyssée, Op. 110; Madeleine Vautier, violin; Léa Roussel, piano (1956)
  • Habeyssée, Op. 110; Madeleine Vautier, violin; Orchestre National de l’ORTF; Jean Giardino, conductor (1958)
  • Hasards, Op. 96; Maurice Raskin, violin; Harry van de Mortel, viola; Maurice Dambois, cello; André Dumortier, piano (1951)
  • Hasards, Op. 96; Ensemble Marie-Therese Ibos (1953)
  • Hasards, Op. 96; Trio Pasquier; Gaby Casadesus, piano (1958)
  • Hasards, Op. 96; Jacques De Jean, violin; Stephane Weiner, viola; Jacqueline Heuclin, cello; Denise Dixmier, piano (1961)
  • Hasards, Op. 96; Trio Pasquier; Michele Mercier, piano (1970)
  • Hasards, Op. 96; Jacques De Jean, violin; Marc Charles, viola; Jean-Claude Ribeira, cello; Louis-Claude Thirion, piano (1974)
  • Hasards, Op. 96; Jacques Parrenin, violin; Gilles Deliège, viola; Georges Schwartz, cello; Monique Mercier, piano (1986)
  • Hasards, Op. 96; Maryvonne Le Dizes, violin; Raymont Glatard, viola; Pierre Stauck, cello; Daniele Bellik, piano (1986)
  • Hasards, Op. 96; Quatuor Domus (1993)
  • Hymne à l’été, Op. 61; Swedish Radio Chamber Choir, Eric Erickson, director (1987)
  • In Memoriam, Op. 72; Orchestre National de Strasbourg; Tony Aubin, conductor (1962)
  • In Memoriam, Op. 71, No. 1 (Cippus Feralis); Orchestre National de l’ORTF; Pierre Dervaux, conductor (1956)
  • In Memoriam, Op. 71, No. 1 (Cippus Feralis); Orchestre National de l’ORTF; Manuel Rosenthal, conductor (1956)
  • In Memoriam, Op. 72, No. 1 (Cippus Feralis); RTF Orchestra; Georges Prêtre, conductor (1960)
  • In Memoriam, Op. 72, No. 1 (Cippus Feralis); RTF Orchestra; Jean Martinon, conductor (1970)
  • In Memoriam, Op. 72, No. 1 (Cippus Feralis); Orchestre Philharmonique de Montpellier; Marek Janowski, conductor (1991)
  • Introït, récit, et congé, Op. 113; Sylvette Milliot, cello; Reynald Giovaninetti, piano (1966)
  • Introït, récit, et congé, Op. 113; André Navarra, cello; RTF Orchestra; Paul Paray, conductor (1951)
  • Introït, récit, et congé, Op. 113; André Navarra, cello; RTF Orchestra; Gaston Poulet, conductor (1955)
  • Introït, récit, et congé, Op. 113; Anne Gastinel, cello; Orchestre National d’Ile de France; Jacques Mercier, conductor (1991)
  • Janiana Symphony for Strings, Op. 101; Orchestre Chambre de l’ORTF; Louis de Froment, conductor (1953)
  • Janiana Symphony for Strings, Op. 101; Orchestre Chambre de l’ORTF; Gustave Cloez, conductor (1963)
  • Janiana Symphony for Strings, Op. 101; Orchestre Chambre de l’ORTF; Pierre Capdevielle, conductor (1968)
  • Janiana Symphony for Strings, Op. 101; Orchestre Chambre de l’ORTF; André Girard, conductor (1970)
  • Kérob-Shal, Op 67, No. 1 (Octroi); Jean Nirouët, countertenor; Gérard Parmentier, pianist (1982)
  • Laudate pueri, Dominum, Op. 126; Chorale Elisabeth Brasseur (1959)
  • Légende, Op. 66; Robert Boulay, viola; Henriette Puig-Roget, piano (1957)
  • Légende, Op. 66; Robert Boulay, viola; Orchestre National de l’ORTF; Pierre-Michel Le Conte, conductor (1959)
  • Légende, Op. 66; David Vincent, saxophone (1997)

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Florent Schmitt postage stamp 1992

A commemorative postage stamp honoring the composer Florent Schmitt was issued by La Poste, the French national postal authority, in 1992.

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Florent Schmitt Arthur Honegger

Florent Schmitt, seated at far right, at an event honoring the composer Arthur Honegger (standing at left) on the occasion of receiving the diploma of Grand Officer of the Légion d’honneur. The reception was organized by Pierre Bourgeoise, president of Pathé-Marconi and was held at the Cercle Interallié in Paris in December 1954.

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  • Salammbô, Op. 76 (Suites No. 1 excerpts + Suite No. 3); RTF Orchestra; Tony Aubin, conductor (1957)
  • Salammbô, Op. 76 (excerpts); RTF Orchestra; Manuel Rosenthal, conductor
  • Saxophone Quartet, Op. 102; Quatuor Marcel Mule (1955)
  • Scènes de la vie-moyenne, Op. 124; Lélia Gousseau, piano (1953)
  • Scherzo vif, Op. 59; Denise Soriano, violin; Odette Pigault, piano (1959)
  • Sémiramis, Op. 14; Geneviève Moissant, soprano; Louis Rialan, tenor; Louis Noguera, baritone; RTF Radio-Lyrique Orchestra; Henri Tomasi, conductor (1954)
  • Sextet for Clarinets, Op. 128; Sextuor de Clarinettes Armand Birbaum (1959)
  • Sextet for Clarinets, Op. 128; Sextuor de Clarinettes LeBlanc (1981)
  • Soirs, Op. 5; Suzanne Husson, piano (1981)
  • Soirs, Op. 5; Marylène Dosse, piano (1982)
  • Soirs, Op. 5; Francoise Petit, piano (1986)
  • Soirs, Op. 5 (excerpts); Marie Landos, piano
  • Soirs, Op. 5; Orchestre National de Lyon; René Corniot, conductor (1955)
  • Soirs, Op. 5; Orchestre National de l’ORTF; Eugène Bigot, conductor (1957)
  • Soirs, Op. 5; Orchestre Symphonique Nice Cote d’Azur; Tony Aubin, conductor (1972)
  • Sonate libre, Op. 68; Gabrielle Devries, violin; Helene Boschi, piano (1953)
  • Sonate libre, Op. 68; Maurice Fueri, violin; Jean Hubeau, piano (1963)
  • Sonate libre, Op. 68; Maurice Moulin, violin; Louise Bessette, piano (1986)
  • Sonate libre, Op. 68; Beata Halska-LeMonnier, violin; Barbara Halska, piano (1988)
  • Sonatine en trio, Op. 85 (version for flute, clarinet and piano); Yanet Puech, flute; Louis Cahuzac, clarinet; Henriette Puig-Roget, pianist (1956)
  • Sonatine en trio, Op. 85 (version for flute, clarinet and piano); Christian Larde, flute; Guy Dangain, clarinet; Henriette Puig-Roget, piano (1976)
  • Sonatine en trio, Op. 85 (version for violin, cello and piano); Jean-Pierre Wallez, violin; Paul Boufil, cello; Bernard Ringeissen, piano (1981)
  • Sonatine en trio, Op. 85 (version for violin, viola and piano); Trio Ginastera (1986)
  • Sonatine en trio, Op. 85 (version for flute, viola and piano); Jérome van Wynsberge, fluteRudolf Sulzenbacher, viola; Magali Goimard, piano (1996)
  • Sonatine en trio, Op. 85 (version for flute, clarinet and piano); Alain Biget, flute; Alain Laloge, clarinet; Beatrice Hindley, piano (1997)
  • Sonatine en trio, Op. 85 (version for violin, cello and piano); Radio France Chamber Ensemble
  • String Quartet, Op. 112; Quatuor Pascal (1959)
  • String Quartet, Op. 112; Quatuor a Piacere (1983)
  • String Quartet, Op. 112; Quatuor Debussy (2008)
  • String Trio, Op. 105; Trio Cappa (1998)
  • Suite en rocaille, Op. 84; Marie-Claire Jamet, harp; Christian Lardé, flute; Rosamonde Quartet
  • Suite en rocaille, Op. 84; Lily Laskine, harp; Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Robert Gendre, violin; Colette Lequien, viola; Robert Bex, cello (1957)
  • Suite for Flute & Piano, Op. 129; Maxence Larrieu, flute; Jacqueline Arnaud, piano (1959)
  • Suite for Trumpet & Piano, Op. 133; Roger Delmotte, trumpet; Jean Hubeau, piano (1980)
  • Suite sans esprit de suite, Op. 89; Louise Bessette, piano (1986)
  • Suite sans esprit de suite, Op. 89; Orchestre National de l’RTF; Eric Paul Stekel, conductor (1951)
  • Suite sans esprit de suite, Op. 89; Orchestre National de l’ORTF; Eugène Bigot, conductor (1952)
  • Suite sans esprit de suite, Op. 89; RTF Orchestra; Henri Tomasi, conductor (1955)
  • Symphony No. 2, Op. 137; ONF; Leonard Slatkin, conductor (1998)
  • Symphony No. 2, Op. 137; RTF Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor (1958)
  • Symphony No. 2, Op. 137; RTF Orchestra; Jean Martinon, conductor (1960)
Florent Schmitt Andre Aaron Bilis 1956

A charcoal drawing of Florent Schmitt by the artist André Aaron Bilis (1956).

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Source: INA and Wikipedia, with edits, updates and additions by Alain Deguernel, David Grandis, Jean-charles Hoffelé and Phillip Nones.