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Arthur Honegger
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Arthur Honegger was a Swiss, born in Le Havre, who built his career in Paris. He belonged to Les Six, a group of young French composers around 1920. Honegger was one of the first concert composers to write seriously for film. For the director Abel Gance he made the music for La roue (1923) and for the great silent epic Napoléon (1927). His score for Raymond Bernard's Les misérables (1934) is an early example of a full symphonic film score in the sound film. His style is powerful and contrapuntal, with solid brass parts and motoric rhythms. He also wrote for British films, such as Pygmalion (1938).
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to the dense, contrapuntal orchestral writing and the heavy brass chords that give the scenes a monumental character.
La roue: Ouverture · CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) & Adriano, 1923
Napoléon: Calme · CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) & Adriano, 1927
Les misérables: Générique · CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) & Adriano, 1934
Discography
Studio albums
- 1964Ravel: Boléro / La Valse / Honegger: Pacific 231 / Dukas: L’Apprenti sorcier
- 1971New Swedish Instruments: Violino grande, Bolin Grand Piano
- 1971The Impressionists
- 1973Martinu / Debussy / Honegger
- 1976Honegger: 5 Symphonies
- 1984Les Quatuors à cordes
- 1984Symphonie no. 3 “Liturgique” / Symphonie no. 5 “Di tre re”
- 1985Satie: Socrate / Various: French Song Cycles
- 1985The Virtuoso Trumpet
- 1986Symphonie no. 1 / Pacific 231 / Rugby / Pastorale d'été / Mouvement symphonique no. 3
- 1986Symphonie no. 2 "Pour cordes" & no. 4 "Deliciae Basilienses"
- 1987Honegger: Une cantate de Noël / Poulenc: Mass in G
- 1988Symphony no. 2 / Concerto da camera / Prelude, Arioso & Fughetta
- 1988Symphony no. 2 / Phèdre Suite / Three Extracts From “Napoleon”
- 1989Danse de la Chèvre: Music for flute and piano
- 1989Jeanne Au Bûcher
- 1989Le Roi David
- 1990Honegger: La danse des morts, H. 131 - Une cantate de Noël, H. 212
- 1990Le Roi David
- 1991Le Roi David
- 1991Le Roi David
- 1991Les Misérables (soundtrack)
- 1991Pacific 231 / Rugby
- 1991Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto / Honegger: Cello Concerto / Fauré / d'Indy
- 1991Symphonies
- 1991Symphony no. 2 / Symphony no. 4 / Une Cantate de Noël
- 1992French Clarinet Art
- 1992Les mélodies
- 1992Modern Trumpet
- 1992Prélude, Fugue, Postlude / Monopartita / Prélude pour la Tempête / Les Ombres / Le Chant de Nigamon / Phædre
- 1992Symphonies nᵒˢ 1, 2 & 3 "Liturgique"
- 1992The 3 String Quarters
- 1993Pacific 231 / Horace victorieux / Rugby / Mermoz / Pastorale d'été / «La Tempête»
- 1993Paris 1920
- 1993Sémiramis
- 1993Symphony no. 5 “Di tre re” / Symphony no. 3 “Liturgique” / Pacific 231
- 1993Transformations for Strings
- 1994Symphony No. 2 / Symphony No. 3 "Liturgique" / Pacific 231
- 1996Milhaud: Double Piano Concerto / Symphonic Suite no. 2 (Protee) / Suite provençale (five movements) / Auric-Poulenc-Tailleferre-Honegger-Milhaud: Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel
- 1996Pacific 231
- 1997A Ceremony of Carols
- 1997Blue Rondo
- 1997König David, Urfassung 1921
- 1997Milhaud: Les Choéphores / Honegger: Symphonie no. 5 «Di tre re» / Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane
- 1998Duos
- 1998La Danse des Morts / Symphonie n° 2 / le Roi David
- 1998Nicolas de Flue
- 1999Fête galante
- 1999Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
- 1999King David (Chorus & Orchestra of St. John's Cathedral, Denver, Colorado feat. conductor: Donald Pearson, narrator: Erik Sandvold)
- 1999le Dit des Jeux du Monde / Concerto da camera
- 1999Le Roi David
- 1999Symphony no. 2 / Pacific 231 / Rugby / Mouvement Symphonique no. 3 / Pastorale d'été / Monopartita
- 2001Erik Satie and French rarities of the XXth Century
- 2001French Violin Masterpieces
- 2002Piano Concertos of the '20s
- 2003BBC Music, Volume 12, Number 4: Christmas Music
- 2004La musique de chambre
- 2004Symphony no. 3 "Liturgique" / Pacific 231 / Pastorale d'été / Rugby
- 2005Debussy: L'Enfant Prodigue - Honegger: Symphony No. 3 "Liturgique," H. 186
- 2005Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
- 2005Le Roi David / Prélude, Fugue et Postlude / Monopartita - Napoléon / Le Chant de Nigamon
- 2006Arthur Honegger Conducts Honegger
- 2006Honegger, Martinů, Bach, Pintscher, Ravel
- 2006Poulenc: Gloria / Honegger: Symphony No. 3 'Liturgique'
- 2006Stalks in the Breeze: Music for Flute Alone
- 2007Christian Poltéra plays Arthur Honegger
- 2008Le Démon de l'Himalaya / Crime et Châtiment / Regain / L'Idée (soundtrack)
- 2008Une Cantate de Noël / "Amphion" Prelude, Fugue et Postlude / Cello Concerto / Horace victorieux
- 2009Honegger’s Le roi David
- 2010Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique / César Franck / Arthur Honegger / Albert Roussel
- 2010Complete Violin Sonatas
- 2010L'œuvre pour piano
- 2011Cello Concertos
- 2012Cello Concertos
- 2012Honegger: Symphonies nos. 2 3 & 4 / Pacific 231 / Le Roi David / Une Cantate de Noël / Martin: In terra pax
- 2012Honegger: Symphony No. 2 - Lazarof: Concerto for Orchestra No. 2, ’Icarus’ - Poema
- 2012Violin Concertos
- 2013Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
- 2014Hommage à Maurice Maréchal
- 2014La Danse des Morts / Nocturne / Pastorale d'Eté
- 2015Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher
- 2015Juon / Müller / Bloch / Honegger
- 2015Sinfonie Nr. 3 "liturgique" / Sinfonie Nr. 2 / Rugby / Pacific 231
- 2017Kaleidoscope
- 2017Le Roi David
- 2017Milhaud: Concerto no. 1 / Honegger: Concerto / Hoddinott: Noctis equi
- 2018Arthur Honegger vous parle et présente son œuvre
- 2018French Music for String Orchestra
- 2019Hommage à Pablo Casals
- 2019Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, op. 4 / Honegger: Symphony no. 2
- 2021Four Visions of France
- 2021French Night
- 2021Honegger, Glière, Wassilenko, Desenclos, Sutermeister
- 2021Mélodies & Chansons
- 2022Jane Evrard Miroirs
- 2022Mirages: The Art of French Song
- 2022Ravel, Schuloff, Honegger, Schnittke: 20th Century Masterwork Duos, for Violin and Cello
- 2022Sept pièces brèves
- 2022Swiss Piano Music
- 2023The French Clarinet: 19th & 20th Century Music for Clarinet & Piano
- 2024Napoléon d'Abel Gance
- 2024Sonatas for Violin and Piano
- 2025Pas de deux
- 2026Cello Sonatas
- 2026Honegger: Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
- ?Bloch: Schelomo / Honegger: Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra
- ?Brahms: Nänie, op. 82 / Danner: „...silence...“ / Honegger: König David
- ?Cantate de Noël / Symphonie pour cordes
- ?Hindemith: Symphony "Mathis der Maler" / Honegger: Symphony no. 3 "Liturgique"
Other work
- 1923La roue
- 1927Napoléon
- 1938Pygmalion
In School of Rock
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Mentioned in other articles
- French poetic realism and Les Six Genre
Arthur Honegger wrote music in 1923 for La roue by Abel Gance.