André Jouve

André Jouve , born 1929, died 2 March 2019

Life and career Jouve studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, and took a keen interest in baroque music in the 1950s, and notably recorded Charpentier's Messe de minuit with the Ensemble vocal de Paris, which won a Grand Prix du disque in 1954.

He joined the ORTF in 1969, becoming head of the musical research group (GRM) which had been founded by Pierre Schaeffer in 1958. Five years later he was running the Orchestre lyrique and the Orchestre de chambre of the ORTF which lasted until 1975. He was later the administrator of Radio France's Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique and from 1981 he was coordinator of programming and music services at France Musique.

Recordings Jouve's recordings include the following works, with record company labels and year given where available: Bach - Concertos for harpsichord, Nos. 3 & 7 (Stuttgart Opera Orchestra, Frank Pelleg) Ducretet Thomson Bartok - Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Divertimento for String Orchestra (Stuttgart Opera Orchestra, Geneviève Joy, Jacqueline Bonneau, Pierre Naudin, Jean-Claude Tavernier) Ducretet-Thomson Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Messe de Minuit (Ensemble Vocal de Paris) Ducretet Thomson, 1954 Delibes - Lakmé, three extracts (Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Pierrette Alarie) Philips 1956 Dvorak - Cello Concerto and Slavonic Dances 4 & 5 (South West German Rundfunk Baden-Baden, Guy Fallot) Ducretet-Thomson, 1950s Hahn - Mozart (Orchestre des Concerts Francais) Ducretet-Thomson Hossein - Piano concerto N° 2, Miniatures persanes, Estampe japonaise (Orchestre du Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Geneviève Joy) Ducretet-Thomson 1956 Mozart - opera and concert arias, from Die Zauberflöte, Exultate Jubilate, Le Nozze di Figaro, Popoli di Tessaglia!, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Il re pastore (Orchestre du Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Pierrette Alarie) Ducretet-Thomson Records Mozart - arias from Idomeneo ('Zeffiretti lusinghieri' and 'Se il padre perdei') and Die Zauberflöte ('Ach, ich fühl's, es ist verschwunden') (Teresa Stich-Randall, Orchestre du Théâtre des Champs-Élysées de Paris) Telefunken TW 30 055 Prokofiev - The Ugly Duckling, Op. 18, Overture On Hebrew Themes, Op. 34, Summer Day Suite, Op. 65a (Orchestre du Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Françoise Ogéas) Ducretet-Thomson 1956 Jean-Féry Rebel - Les Éléments (Orchestre Lyrique de l'ORTF) Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (ORTF) 1974 Vivaldi - Concertos for Bassoon, Flute and Oboe (Nouvel Orchestre de Chambre de Paris) Ducretet Thomson, 1954 Vivaldi - Gloria Mass (Ensemble Vocal de Paris, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire) Ducretet Thomson, 1954 French Renaissance Choral Music (Ensemble Vocal de Paris) Ducretet Thomson Music by Benhamou, Fortner, Bosseur (Ensemble Instrumental de Royaumont) Royaumont, 1967