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Gérard Souzay
voc, 1918-2004 FR, Angers
Classical
A.k.a. Gérard Marcel Tisserand
Gérard Souzay (8 December 1918 – 17 August 2004) was a French baritone, regarded as one of the very finest interpreters of mélodie (French art song) in the generation after Charles Panzéra and Pierre Bernac.
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Faure: Aprés un rêve on Mélodies Françaises Pour Bariton by Gérard Souzay Beau soir, L. 6 on Debussy: Mélodies by Claude Debussy, Gérard Souzay & Dalton Baldwin Faure: Claire de Lune on Mélodies Françaises Pour Bariton by Gérard Souzay Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 on Fauré - Requiem, Pelleas et Mélisande, Masques et Bergamasques [1955] by Various Artists Chausson: Le Charme on Mélodies Françaises Pour Bariton by Gérard Souzay Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 on Fauré - Requiem, Pelleas et Mélisande, Masques et Bergamasques [1955] by Various Artists Duparc: Chanson triste on Mélodies Françaises Pour Bariton by Gérard Souzay Masques Et Bergamasques, Op. 112: Pastorale on Fauré - Requiem, Pelleas et Mélisande, Masques et Bergamasques [1955] by Various Artists Faure: Mandoline from Five Verlaine Songs on Mélodies Françaises Pour Bariton by Gérard Souzay Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 on Fauré - Requiem, Pelleas et Mélisande, Masques et Bergamasques [1955] by Various ArtistsTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodelinda / Tolomeo / Radamisto / Floridante / Berenice / Hippolyte Et Aricie / Castor Et Pollux / Dardanus / Alceste / Cadmus Et Hermione / Persée | Georg Friedrich Händel, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Jean-Baptiste Lully / Gérard Souzay, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard | 2016 | Album |
| Albert Roussel | Albert Roussel, Orchestre National De France, René Leibowitz, Quatuor Parrenin, Gérard Souzay, Lucette Descaves | 2015 | Album |
| Gabriel Fauré: Mélodies, La Bonne Chanson, L'Horizon Chimérique, La Chanson D'Eve | Gérard Souzay, Suzanne Danco, Irma Kolassi, Charles Panzéra | 2010 | Compil. |
| Inédits | Gérard Souzay | 2007 | Compil. |
| Schubert. Berühmte Lieder | Franz Schubert, Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | 2007 | Album |
| L'Art De Gérard Souzay - Lieder, Mélodies Et Airs D'Opéras | Gérard Souzay | 2004 | Album |
| Padmâvatî | Albert Roussel - Rita Gorr, Albert Lance, Gérard Souzay | 2001 | Album |
| Quatre Cycles De Mélodies | Francis Poulenc - Gérard Souzay - Dalton Baldwin | 2001 | Album |
| Histoires Naturelles / Five Verlaine Songs | Gérard Souzay | 2001 | Album |
| Songs Of Many Lands | Gérard Souzay | 2001 | Album |
| Dix Lieder | Gérard Souzay, Franz Liszt | 1999 | Album |
| Schubert Wolf Lieder | Gérard Souzay | 1999 | Single |
| Liederkreis, Op. 24 | Robert Schumann, Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | 1998 | Album |
| Schubert Lieder | Franz Schubert - Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | 1997 | Album |
| Der Arme Peter (III) Op 53 No 3 | Robert Schumann, Gérard Souzay, Jacqueline Bonneau | 1996 | Album |
| A Recital of Songs | Franz Schubert, Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | 1995 | Album |
| A Recital of Songs | Franz Schubert, Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | 1995 | Album |
| Eine Schubertiade Mit Gerard Souzay Sie Forelle, Der Lindenbaum Und Andere Lieder | Franz Schubert, Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | 1994 | Album |
| The Best of Bizet | Georges Bizet - Leopold Simoneau, Jane Rhodes, Albert Lance, Gérard Souzay, Marie-Françoise Bucquet, Orchestre Des Concerts Lamoureux, Antal Dorati, Die Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Symphoniker, Uwe Christian Harrer, The London Symphony Orchestra, Roberto Benzi | 1994 | Compil. |
| Mélodies | Albert Roussel, Jacques Leguerney, Gérard Souzay, Jacqueline Bonneau | 1993 | Album |
| Castor & Pollux | Jean-Philippe Rameau - Gérard Souzay, Zeger Vandersteene, Jeanette Scovotti, Norma Lerer, Jacques Villisech, Kammarkören, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 1993 | Album |
| Mélodies | Gabriel Fauré, Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin, Elly Ameling | 1991 | Album |
| Schubert Lieder | Franz Schubert, Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | 1989 | Album |
| La Bonne Chanson And Other Songs | Gabriel Fauré - Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | 1989 | Album |
| Mandoline And Other Songs | Gabriel Fauré - Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | 1989 | Album |
| Les Mélodies De Duparc | Henri Duparc / Gérard Souzay / Dalton Baldwin | 1989 | Album |
| Schubert Songs | Franz Schubert, Gérard Souzay, Jacqueline Bonneau, Dalton Baldwin | 1988 | Album |
| Manon | Jules Massenet, Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda, Gérard Souzay, Gabriel Bacquier, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Julius Rudel | 1988 | Album |
| Mélodies: Bizet ∙ Chabrier ∙ Debussy ∙ Fauré ∙ Franck / Berlioz: Nuits D'Été | Georges Bizet ∙ Emmanuel Chabrier ∙ Claude Debussy ∙ Gabriel Fauré ∙ César Franck ∙ Hector Berlioz - Gérard Souzay & Dalton Baldwin | 1985 | Album |
| Italienisches Liederbuch | Hugo Wolf - Elly Ameling, Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | 1984 | Album |
| Opera Arias | Gérard Souzay, Orchestre Des Concerts Lamoureux | 1984 | Album |
| Die Winterreise | Franz Schubert / Winterreise / Gérard Souzay | 1984 | Album |
| Flagstad Sings Strauss: 4 Last Songs - Souzay Sings Schumann: Dichterliebe | Kirsten Flagstad / Gérard Souzay | 1982 | Album |
| Baroque Opera Arias | Gérard Souzay, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard | 1982 | Album |
| Mélodies | Claude Debussy - Elly Ameling • Michèle Command • Mady Mesplé • Frederica von Stade • Gérard Souzay • Dalton Baldwin | 1980 | Compil. |
| Mélodies | Francis Poulenc, Elly Ameling, Nicolai Gedda, William Parker, Michel Sénéchal, Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | 1979 | Album |
| Poeme Del'Amour Et De La Mer Et Neuf Melodies | Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | 1978 | Album |
| La Navarraise | Jules Massenet - Lucia Popp, Alain Vanzo, Gérard Souzay, Vicente Sardinero, Michel Sénéchal, Claude Meloni, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, The London Symphony Orchestra | 1975 | Album |
| Mélodies | Gabriel Fauré, Gérard Souzay • Elly Ameling, Dalton Baldwin | 1974 | Album |
| Melodies | Gérard Souzay, Charles Gounod | 1974 | Album |
| Manon | Jules Massenet, Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda, Gérard Souzay, Gabriel Bacquier, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Julius Rudel | 1974 | Album |
| Faure Songs, Vol 2 | Gérard Souzay, Elly Ameling, Dalton Baldwin | 1974 | Album |
| Mélodies | Claude Debussy, Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | 1974 | Album |
| Schwanengesang (Le Chant Du Cygne) | Franz Schubert - Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | 1973 | Album |
| Le Bal Masque | Francis Poulenc - Ensemble Instrumental De France, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | 1972 | Album |
| Souzay Chante Ravel | Maurice Ravel - Gérard Souzay | 1972 | Album |
| Castor Et Pollux | Jean-Philippe Rameau - Gérard Souzay, Zeger Vandersteene, Jeanette Scovotti, Norma Lerer, Jacques Villisech / Kammarkören, Eric Ericson, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 1972 | Album |
| "Excerpts From Massenet's Manon" | Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda, Gérard Souzay, Gabriel Bacquier -- Jules Massenet : New Philharmonia Orchestra, Julius Rudel | 1971 | Album |
| Scenes From Werther | Jules Massenet, Rosalind Elias, Cesare Valletti, Gérard Souzay | 1970 | Album |
| Cinq Mélodies Populaires Grecques / Epigrammes De Clément Marot / Histoires Naturelles / Chansons Madécasses / Deux Mélodies Hébraïques / Don Quichotte À Dulcinée | Gérard Souzay - Maurice Ravel | 1970 | Album |
| Serenade | Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | 1969 | Album |
| Cantatas (Ich Habe Genug / Ich Will Den Kreuzstab Gerne Tragen) | Johann Sebastian Bach - Gérard Souzay, Berliner Capella, Deutsche Bachsolisten, Helmut Winschermann | 1969 | Album |
| Songs Of Poulenc | Gérard Souzay / Dalton Baldwin / Francis Poulenc | 1968 | Album |
| Gerard Souzay Ravel Songs | Maurice Ravel, Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin, Maxence Larrieu, Pierre Degenne | 1968 | Album |
| Quatre Cycles De Mélodies | Francis Poulenc - Gérard Souzay - Dalton Baldwin | 1967 | Album |
| Schumann Liederkreis OP. 39 | Gérard Souzay & Dalton Baldwin | 1967 | Album |
| Duparc - 12 Mélodies | Gérard Souzay | 1964 | Album |
| Lieder | Richard Strauss - Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | 1964 | Album |
| The Great Scenes From Massenet's Werther | Cesare Valletti, Rosalind Elias, Gérard Souzay, Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, René Leibowitz | 1962 | Album |
| The Great Scenes From "Werther" | Cesare Valletti, Rosiland Elias, Gérard Souzay, René Leibowitz, Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma | 1962 | Album |
| Lieder Von Claude Debussy | Claude Debussy - Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | 1961 | Album |
| Schubert Lieder | Franz Schubert - Gérard Souzay - Dalton Baldwin | 1961 | Album |
| Songs By Schubert And Wolf | Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin, Jacqueline Bonneau | 1960 | Single |
| Songs By Chausson, Fauré And Duparc | Gérard Souzay, Jacqueline Bonneau | 1960 | Single |
| Requiem Opus 48 | Gabriel Fauré, Suzanne Danco, Gérard Souzay With L'Union Chorale De La Tour De Peilz And L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande Conducted By Ernest Ansermet | 1960 | Album |
| World Of Song | Gérard Souzay | 1959 | Album |
| Bach Cantates – N°56 “Ich Will Den Kreuzstab Gerne Tragen” / N°82 “Ich Habe Genug” | Johann Sebastian Bach – Gérard Souzay - Geraint Jones Singers And Geraint Jones Orchestra Sous La Direction De Geraint Jones | 1959 | Album |
| French Operatic Arias | Gérard Souzay, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Paul Bonneau | 1959 | Album |
| Schubert Recital No.2 | Franz Schubert, Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | 1957 | Album |
| Songs of Chausson | Gérard Souzay, Jacqueline Bonneau | 1956 | Album |
| Songs Of Debussy And Ravel | Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Gérard Souzay, Edouard Lindenberg | 1954 | Album |
| Songs Of Debussy And Ravel | Claude Debussy / Maurice Ravel - Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Gérard Souzay, Edouard Lindenberg | 1954 | Album |
| Songs Of Duparc | Henri Duparc - Gérard Souzay, Jacqueline Bonneau | 1953 | Album |
| Recital No. 2 | Gérard Souzay | 1952 | Album |
| A Schubert Recital | Gérard Souzay With Jacqueline Bonneau | 1952 | Album |
| Gerard Souzay Sings Classic Airs | Gérard Souzay, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Edouard Lindenberg | 1950 | Album |
| Recital | Gérard Souzay, Franz Schubert, Gabriel Fauré | 1950 | Album |
| Lieder | Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin - Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms | Album | |
| A Recital Of Old French Airs | Gérard Souzay, Jacqueline Bonneau | Album | |
| Hoogtepunten Uit Messiah, Crudel Tiranno Amor, Tolomeo, Berenice, Giulio Cesare, Dixit Dominus | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elly Ameling, Helen Donath, Heather Harper, Aafje Heynis, Helen Watts, John Wakefield, John Shirley-Quirk, Gérard Souzay, Sir Colin Davis | Compil. | |
| La Bonne Chanson | Gabriel Fauré – Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | Album | |
| Aus Dem Italienischen Liederbuch | Hugo Wolf - Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | Album | |
| La Bonne Chanson ... | Gabriel Fauré – Gérard Souzay et Dalton Baldwin | Album | |
| Air De Ballet / Vergin Tuttamor | Gérard Souzay | Album | |
| Sound The Trumpet / My Dearest, My Fairest | Geneviève Touraine et Gérard Souzay, Henry Purcell | Album | |
| Französischer Belcanto | Gérard Souzay, Jacqueline Bonneau, Antoine Boesset, François Couperin | Single | |
| Recital de Canciones de Schubert N°2 | Franz Schubert, Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | Album | |
| Gérard Souzay singt Schubert | Gérard Souzay | Album | |
| Rodelinda / Tolomeo / Radamisto / Floridante / Berenice / Hippolyte Et Aricie / Castor Et Pollux / Dardanus / Alceste / Cadmus Et Hermione / Persée | Georg Friedrich Händel, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Jean-Baptiste Lully / Gérard Souzay, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard | Album | |
| Histoires Naturelles, Populares Espanolas | Maurice Ravel, Manuel De Falla, Gérard Souzay, Jacqueline Bonneau | Album | |
| Der Sandmann / Dein Angesicht | Gérard Souzay, Robert Schumann | Album | |
| Quatre Cantates Françaises | Gérard Souzay, Orchestre De Chambre Jean-François Paillard, André Campra - Jean-Philippe Rameau - Philippe Courbois - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier | Album | |
| O Cessate di Piagarmi / Posate, Dormite | Gérard Souzay | Album | |
| The Art Of Gérard Souzay | Gérard Souzay / Franz Schubert * Robert Schumann * Charles Gounod * Gabriel Fauré * Henri Duparc * Claude Debussy | Album | |
| Schubert-Lieder II | Gérard Souzay | Album | |
| Mélodies | Henri Duparc, Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | Album | |
| Der Musensohn (15 Ausgesuchte Schubert-Lieder) | Franz Schubert, Gérard Souzay - Dalton Baldwin | Album | |
| La Damnation De Faust – Pages Choisis de la Légende Dramatique de Berlioz | Hector Berlioz, Rita Gorr, Nicolai Gedda, Gérard Souzay, André Cluytens | Album | |
| The Art Of Gérard Souzay | Gérard Souzay / Franz Schubert * Robert Schumann * Charles Gounod * Gabriel Fauré * Henri Duparc * Claude Debussy | Album | |
| French Song Recital | Gérard Souzay / Dalton Baldwin / Charles Gounod • Emmanuel Chabrier • Georges Bizet • César Franck • Albert Roussel • Francis Poulenc • Gabriel Fauré • Maurice Ravel • Jacques Leguerney • Reynaldo Hahn | Album | |
| Dichterliebe | Robert Schumann, Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | Album | |
| Gérard Souzay Sings Opera Arias | Gérard Souzay, Serge Baudo, Orchestre Des Concerts Lamoureux | Album | |
| Gérard Souzay Chante Fauré | Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | Album | |
| Die Schöne Müllerin | Gérard Souzay & Dalton Baldwin Play Franz Schubert | Album | |
| A Schubertiade With Gerard Souzay | Franz Schubert, Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | Album | |
| Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48 | Gérard Souzay | Album | |
| 'La Bonne Chanson' | Gabriel Fauré, Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | Album | |
| Gérard Souzay Chante L'Opéra Baroque | Gérard Souzay, English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Raymond Leppard | Compil. | |
| Dichterliebe Op. 48, Quatre Chants | Robert Schumann, Gérard Souzay, Jacqueline Bonneau | Album | |
| Air De Demetrio | Gérard Souzay | Album | |
| „Winterreise”, 8 Lieder Aus „Schwanengesang” | Franz Schubert, Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin | Album |
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