Désiré Defauw
Désiré Defauw (5 September 1885, Ghent, Belgium – 25 July 1960, Gary, Indiana, United States) was a Belgian conductor and violinist. During World War I he became a refugee, working in London where in 1917 he appeared at the Wigmore Hall performing John Ireland's Violin Sonata No. 2 with the composer at the piano. He was professor of conducting at the Brussels Conservatory and was the first conductor of the Orchestre National de Belgique from 1937. He left Belgium for North America in 1940 and was music director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 1941 to 1952 and also music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1943 to 1947. In 1947 he recorded the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the CSO and Mischa Elman as soloist. Defauw, who later served as music director of the Grand Rapids Symphony in Grand Rapids, Michigan, from 1954 to 1958, also was a composer. He was simultaneously the conductor of the Bloomington-Normal Symphony Orchestra (IL) from 1953 to 1958 (ref. https://www.mchistory.org/research/finding-aids/collection/bloomington-normal-symphony). |
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 31 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | D5RC-1648 | 12-in. | 12/12/1945 | Concerto in D, op. 35, part 3 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Désiré Defauw ; Erica Morini | Violin and orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX134 | 12-in. | 11/18/1927 | Les equipées de Till Eulenspiegel, 1re partie | Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles. Orchestre ; Désiré Defauw | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX135 | 12-in. | 11/18/1927 | Les equipées de Till Eulenspiegel, 2e partie | Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles. Orchestre ; Désiré Defauw | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX136 | 12-in. | 11/18/1927 | Les equipées de Till Eulenspiegel, 3e partie | Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles. Orchestre ; Désiré Defauw | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX137 | 12-in. | 11/18/1927 | Les equipées de Till Eulenspiegel, 4e partie | Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles. Orchestre ; Désiré Defauw | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX138 | 12-in. | 11/21/1927 | Arioso | Désiré Defauw ; Louis Richard | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX139 | 12-in. | 11/21/1927 | Récit et cavatine | Désiré Defauw ; Joseph Rogatchewsky | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX140 | 12-in. | 11/21/1927 | Romance de l'étoile | Désiré Defauw ; Louis Richard | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX141 | 12-in. | approximately November 21, 1927 | On m'appelle Mimi | Désiré Defauw ; Anna Talifert | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX142 | 12-in. | 11/21/1927 | Récit et romance de Lowko | Désiré Defauw ; Joseph Rogatchewsky | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX155 | 12-in. | 1/19/1928 | Christ, roi des anges | Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles. Choeur ; Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles. Orchestre ; Désiré Defauw | Chorus, with orchestra and organ | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX156 | 12-in. | 1/19/1928 | Christ, roi des anges | Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles. Choeur ; Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles. Orchestre ; Désiré Defauw | Chorus, with orchestra and organ | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX157 | 12-in. | 1/4/1928 | Choeur final : Repose en paix | Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles. Choeur ; Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles. Orchestre ; Désiré Defauw | Chorus, with orchestra and organ | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX158 | 12-in. | 1/4/1928 | Crucifiez cet homme; Deux chorales | Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles. Choeur ; Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles. Orchestre ; Désiré Defauw | Chorus, with orchestra and organ | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX293 | 12-in. | 3/19/1928 | Stenka razine, 1re partie | Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles. Orchestre ; Désiré Defauw | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX294 | 12-in. | 3/19/1928 | Stenka razine, 2e partie | Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles. Orchestre ; Désiré Defauw | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX296 | 12-in. | 3/19/1928 | Depuis de jour | Désiré Defauw ; Anna Talifert | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX298 | 12-in. | 3/19/1929 | Sur la mer calmée | Désiré Defauw ; Anna Talifert | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX299 | 12-in. | 3/19/1928 | Valse | Désiré Defauw ; Anna Talifert | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX300 | 12-in. | 3/20/1928 | Le voyage de Siegfried au Rhin, 1re partie | Désiré Defauw ; Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX301 | 12-in. | 3/20/1928 | Le voyage de Siegfried au Rhin, 2e partie | Désiré Defauw ; Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX302 | 12-in. | 3/20/1928 | Stenka razine, 3e partie | Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles. Orchestre ; Désiré Defauw | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX303 | 12-in. | 3/20/1928 | Stenka razine, 4e partie | Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles. Orchestre ; Désiré Defauw | Orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX304 | 12-in. | 3/20/1928 | Ton doux regard se voile | Désiré Defauw ; Louis Richard | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX944 | 12-in. | 3/27/1929 | Suite no. 3 in D major | Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles. Orchestre ; Désiré Defauw | Orchestra | conductor |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Defauw, Désiré," accessed November 8, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106416.
Defauw, Désiré. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 8, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106416.
"Defauw, Désiré." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 8 November 2024.
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