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Article: Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat, complete. Madeleine Milhaud, narrator; Jean Pierre Aumont, the soldier; Martial Singher, the Devil; Leopold Stokowski, Instrumental Ensemble. Vanguard Classics OVC 8004.
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- June 1, 2000
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Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat, complete. Madeleine Milhaud, narrator; Jean Pierre Aumont, the soldier; Martial Singher, the Devil; Leopold Stokowski, Instrumental Ensemble. Vanguard Classics OVC 8004.
I'm sure it's only my imagination that Vanguard have issued this recording about 30 times since its inception in 1967: In English, in French, in a suite, in various remastered editions, etc. However, this new edition should be the definitive one. It is complete in two parts, about 55 minutes long; conducted by Leopold Stokowski and a select few instrumentalists; narrated by Madeleine Milhaud, wife of the composer Darius Milhaud and a distinguished actress in her ...
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Article: Madeleine Milhaud remembers
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...On 22 March Madeleine Milhaud, both widow and cousin of the composer Darius Milhaud, celebrated her 100th birthday. She still lives in the Parisian apartment ...
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