Blareau: Khachaturian Masquerade Suite + Chabrier & Messager - London LL 1521

Jacket EX / LP EX

This beautiful and rare LP – a fine collector's copy – from London (LL 1521, LP pressed by Decca in the UK / jacket printed in the USA, red/silver ffrr label, mono) features conductor Richard Blareau in a glittering album of orchestral works by Khachaturian, Messager, and Chabrier.

The exact discographic details are as follows:

Messager Les Deux pigeons

> with l'Opéra-Comique Orchestra, Paris

(rec. at La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris, in June 1952)

Chabrier: Le Roi malgré lui : Fête polonaise & Danse slave

> with l'Opéra-Comique Orchestra, Paris

(rec. at La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris, in June 1952)

Khachaturian: Masquerade – Suite

> with l'Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire

(rec. at La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris, in June and October 1953)

There are insightful liner notes on the reverse side of the jacket by Martin Cooper, printed in English only. The enchanting cover art is uncredited, alas.