Back when the world was young I heard on the radio Florent Schmitt�s �Tragedy of Salome� conducted by the masterful Jean Martinon. Immediately ran out and bought the �lp�. (repeatedly since it wore out from play) The surprise came with the flip side containing the sonically brilliant Psalm 47. With the advent of compact discs, classical music struggling to be transferred to this new format, I doubted very much I would ever find this recording on CD. Erato released a version but it was terrible. Then one night of browsing at a store (remember those?) I flipped through a Misc. Conductors section and discovered this (I did a happy dance).

My gift to all is an extreme rarity, THE treasure of my music collection. It will rattle your windows, curl toes, and set hairs on end.
Trust me.

320 MP3
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�How can one sing that and not melt?� the marvelous Elisabeth Brasseur exclaimed after a performance of Psalm 47.

There is the awe-inspiring aspect� that of exaltation and jubilation, but there is also the tender, sensual, voluptuous aspect. After the opening outburst of joy to the words �Glory to the Lord�� the second part uses a tenderly sweet phrase set out by violin solo, then bassoon and the French horn� the orchestral texture of muted horns, harps, closed mouth choirs� then the third part leads to �God in All His Glory� and closes in a DAZZLING C major.

Florent Schmitt:

1) Psaume XLVII- for orchestra, organ, chorus and soprano soloist. (27�13)

La Tragedie De Salomie
2) Prelude
3) Danse des perels
4) Les Les enchantements sur la mer
5) Danse des �clairs
6) Danse de�leffrol

Claude Debussy:

Khamma, Legend

7) Prelude
8) Premiere danse
9) Deuxieme danse
10)Troisieme danse

Andrea Guiot, soprano
Gaston Litaize, organ

Orchestre National De L�O.R.T.F.
Jean Martinon conducting

EMI 1987

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This is no longer "extremely rare" as the thread states, now that you've just shared it to the world lol

Sounds intriguing. Though Wikipedia cites him as one of the most oft performed French composers during the first 40 years of the 20th century, I've never heard of the guy.

Thanks for the introduction…except the file doesn't exist. :(

This is no longer "extremely rare" as the thread states, now that you've just shared it to the world lol


Hmmm... I must have made an error along the way. Well I tried. At least it was a source of amusement.

It seems it�s no longer avalaible :(

The link is dead. Could you reupload it, please?

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link still dead. yikes