Etienne-Nicolas Méhul
- Fritz Kreisler, Harry Macdonough, Lambert Murphy, The Victor Orchestra, Josef Pasternack, Victor Herbert, Edward King, Rosario Bourdon, Walter B. Rogers, William F. Hooley, Edwin Schneider, Dominic Melillo, Reinald Werrenrath, John McCormack
- Bonner Chamber Choir, Pauline Courtin, Werner Ehrhardt, Miljenko Turk, Svenja Hempel, Georg Poplutz, Alain Buet, Arte del mondo, L', Cyril Auvity
- Rolf Kleinert, Orchestre de l'Opéra d'État de Vienne, Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio de Berlin, Hermann Scherchen
Biography
Composer Etienne-Nicolas Méhul (1763-1817) was a significant, pioneering standard bearer of romantic style in France and her greatest symphonist before Berlioz. Although his early origins remain obscure, Méhul first gained public notice with his opera Euphrosine (1790), followed by another pre-revolution success Stratonice (1792). After the revolution, Méhul composed a number of works on commission from Napoleon Bonaparte, including his Chant national du 14 juillet 1800, an important influence on Berlioz. After achieving his personal best in opera with the success of Joseph (1807), Méhul composed his four symphonies between 1808 and 1810, and they remain among his most famous masterworks.