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PAUL DUKAS  

(1865 - 1935)

A friend of Debussy at the Conservatoire and a pupil of Bizet’s friend Guiraud, Paul Dukas came near to winning the Prix de Rome; when he left the Conservatoire he found an early musical career as a critic and an orchestrator. His strong critical sense led him to destroy a number of his compositions and only to allow a relatively small number of works to be published. He remained influential and respected as a teacher.

Orchestral Music

By far the best known of the compositions of Dukas is the symphonic scherzo L’Apprenti sorcier, (‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’), based on Goethe’s poem Der Zauberlehrling. The music was later popularised by its inclusion in Walt Disney’s Fantasia, with appropriate cartoon illustration. A year earlier, in 1896, Dukas had completed his only symphony, a work that deserves more attention than it has generally received.

Piano Music

The few surviving piano compositions by Dukas include a Prélude élégiaque based on the letters of the name of Haydn, a Plainte suggesting Debussy’s L’après-midi d’un faune, a Sonata dedicated to Saint-Saëns, and his Variations, interlude et finale sur un thème de Rameau.

Box Set Release Catalogue Number
CHILDREN’S CLASSICS - CD Story Box Naxos 8.507007

Role: Classical Composer 
Album Title
Catalogue No  Work Category 
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 8 Naxos
8.551148
Concertos, Ballet, Orchestral
Art and Music: Renoir - Music of His Time Naxos
8.558176
Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Piano Quintet, Op. 16 / MOZART, W.A.: Horn Quintet, K. 407 / BRAHMS, J.: Horn Trio (Brain) (1957) BBC Legends
BBCL4048-2
Chamber Music
BEETHOVEN:Symphony No. 5 / MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Toscanini) (1926, 1929, 1931) Naxos Historical
8.110844
Orchestral
BERLIOZ: Nuits d'ete (Les) / CHAUSSON: Poeme de l'amour et de la mer / DUKAS: La peri Naxos
8.557274
Ballet, Vocal
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 8 Naxos
8.556628
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred, Opera
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES Naxos
8.554482-83
Orchestral, Opera
DESPREZ, F. / BOZZA / PRAETORIUS: Trombone Music BIS
BIS-CD-604
Chamber Music, Instrumental, Wind Ensemble/Band Music
DUKAS, P.: Ariane et Barbe-bleue (Complete) Oehms Classics
OC915
Opera
DUKAS, P.: Ariane et Barbe-bleue (Liceu, 2011) (Blu-ray, HD) Opus Arte
OABD7114D
Opera DVD
DUKAS, P.: Ariane et Barbe-bleue (Liceu, 2011) (NTSC) Opus Arte
OA1098D
Opera DVD
DUKAS, P.: Ariane et Barbe-bleue (Schmiege, Taillon, R. Kennedy, Shirai, Cologne Radio Symphony, Bertini) Capriccio
C7112
Opera
DUKAS, P.: Peri (La) / FAURE, G.: Pelleas et Melisande Suite (G. Sebastian) (1953) Naxos Classical Archives
9.80556
Ballet, Orchestral
DUKAS: Piano Sonata / Variations on a Theme of Rameau Naxos
8.557053
Instrumental
Fantasia Naxos
8.551166
Ballet, Orchestral, Vocal, Instrumental, Opera
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 8 (Australia) Naxos
8.570043
Concertos, Ballet, Orchestral
Horn Music - TELEMANN, G.P. / HAYDN, F.J. / POKORNY, F.X. / MOZART, W.A. / CZERNY, C. / BEETHOVEN, L. van (Hermann Baumann Collection) (Baumann) Newton Classics
NC8802035
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental
INDY, V. d': Istar / Fervaal: Prelude / DUKAS, P.: La Peri (Westminster Symphony, Fistoulari) (1953) Naxos Classical Archives
9.80930
Ballet, Orchestral
JOHANSON: Nalle Pub (Winnie the Pooh) / DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice BIS
BIS-CD-259
Orchestral
MACABRE MASTERPIECES Naxos
8.557930-31
Orchestral, Instrumental
MASUR, Kurt: A Life in Music (NTSC) EuroArts
2056328
Opera DVD, Classical Concert
Min Forste Klassiske Musik (My First Classical Music Album) Naxos
8.578232
Concertos, Ballet, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Film and TV Music, Instrumental, Opera
My First Classical Music Album Naxos
8.578203
Concertos, Ballet, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Film and TV Music, Instrumental, Opera
Orchestral Music - DUKAS, P. / SMETANA, B. / SAINT-SAENS, C. / LIADOV, A.K. / WEBER, C.M. (Toscanini) (1950-1952) Naxos Classical Archives
9.80468
Orchestral
Orchestral Music (French) - MEHUL, E.-N. / BERLIOZ, H. / LALO, E. / SAINT-SAENS, C. / CHARPENTIER, G. / ROUSSEL, A. / DUPONT, G.E.X. (Wolff) Timpani
4C4024
Ballet, Orchestral
PANDA CLASSICS - Issue No. 4: Toon Time Naxos
8.578011-12
Ballet, Orchestral, Vocal, Instrumental, Opera
RAVEL, M.: Bolero / HONEGGER, A.: Pacific 231 / DUKAS, P.: The Sorcerer's Apprentice / RAVEL, M.: La valse (Ansermet) (1954) Naxos Classical Archives
9.80573
Orchestral
SAINT-SAENS: Carnival of the Animals / RAVEL: Mother Goose (Children's Classics) Naxos
8.554463
Children's Classics
SCARY MASTERPIECES - Music by Grieg, Liszt, Dvorak, Franck, Ducas, Saint-Saens Naxos
8.570362
Orchestral, Instrumental
SORCERER'S APPRENTICE AND OTHER ORCHESTRAL FAVOURITES Naxos
8.554066
Orchestral
W.H.Smiths Vol. 2 (Children's Classics 2) Naxos
8.554572
Concertos, Orchestral




 
 
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