Biography of Michel Debost (*1934)

20.01.1934
Born in Paris
First piano then also flute lessons
First privat, then at the conservatory lessons from Crunelle
1954
First price of the conservatory
Wins several prices for his flute playing (For Example ARD competition and concours Geneve)
1958
Solo flutist of the casino orchestra in Vichy
1959
Flutist of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
1967
Transformation of the orchestra, now called Orchestre de Paris, of which he is the solo flutist by now
1981
Follower of Rampals at the conservatory
Moves to America and teaches at the d´Oberlin conservatory in Ohio
2001
Lifetime Achievement Award of the National Flute Association

CDs with/from Michel Debost

Michel Debost, Christian Ivaldi
Flute Panorama CD 1 (1993)
2 - Paris-Leipzig 1900
Skarbo
    Charles-Marie Widor: Suite op. 34:
  1. Moderato (04:02:00)
  2. Scherzo (02:38:00)
  3. Romance (04:28:00)
  4. Final (05:30:00)
    5. Carl Reinecke: Sonate "Undine" opus 167:
  5. Allegro (06:40:00)
  6. Intermezzo Allegretto vivace (03:45:00)
  7. Andante tranquillo (03:26:00)
  8. Finale (05:35:00)
    9. Philippe Gaubert: Sonate:
  9. Modere (04:35:00)
  10. Lent (03:54:00)
  11. Allegro moderato (06:17:00)
  12. Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Sonata Appassionata (04:21:00)
  13. Gabriel Fauré: Morceau de Concours - Adagio non troppo (02:45:00)
Michel Debost, Christian Ivaldi
Flute Panorama CD 2 (1993)
The Golden Age of the Conservatoire
Skarbo
  1. Gabriel Fauré: Fantaisie opus 79 (05:03:00)
  2. Georges Enescu: Cantabile et Presto (05:35:00)
  3. Alfredo Casella: Sicilienne et burlesque (08:22:00)
  4. Philippe Gaubert: Fantaisie - Moderato quasi fantasie - Lent - Vif (06:27:00)
  5. Georges Hüe: Fantaisie - Assez lent - Modere - Tres Vif (07:37:00)
  6. Louis Ganne: Andante et Scherzo (06:57:00)
  7. Philippe Gaubert: Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando (05:53:00)
  8. Paul Taffanel: Andante pastoral et Scherzettino (05:36:00)
  9. Albert Perilhou: Ballade (05:42:00)
  10. Henri Busser: Prelude et Scherzo (05:26:00)
Daniel Barenboim, Maurice Borgue, Michel Debost, English Chamber Orchestra, Martin Gatt, Peter Graeme, Ifor James, Thea King, Orchestre de Paris
Mozart - Wind concertos - Serenade K361 (2 CD) (2005)
EMI Classics
    Sinfonia concertante in E flat K297b:
  1. I. Allegro (13:15:00)
  2. II. Adagio (09:23:00)
  3. III. Andantino con variazioni (09:39:00)
    4. Flute Concerto No. 1 in G K313:
  4. I. Allegro maestoso (08:31:00)
  5. II. Adagio ma non troppo (08:13:00)
  6. III. Rondo (Tempo di menuetto) (07:06:00)
  7. Andante in C K315 (05:57:00)
    8. Oboe Concerto in C K314:
  8. I. Allegro aperto (07:56:00)
  9. II. Adagio non troppo (07:18:00)
  10. III. Rono (Allegretto) (06:22:00)
    11. Serenade No. 10 in B flat for 13 wind instruments K361 Gran Partita:
  11. I. Largo - Allegro molto (08:41:00)
  12. II. Menuetto & Trios I & II (08:31:00)
  13. III. Adagio (06:37:00)
  14. IV. Menuetto (Allegretto) & Trios I & II (04:40:00)
  15. V. Romanze (Adagio) (07:49:00)
  16. VI. Thema (Andantino) & Variationen (10:30:00)
  17. VII. Rondo (Allegro molto) (03:22:00)

Literature von/über Michel Debost

Last edit 24.12.2011