Ibert: Le chevalier errant & Les amours de Jupiter

Featuring

Jacques Mercier
Orchestre National de Lorraine
Jacques Ibert

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Performer Biography

Jacques Mercier, the conductor, was awarded a Special Tribute at the 1995 Victoires de la Musique Classique awards for his demanding and ambitious artistic policy with the Orchestre National d'Île-de-France.

Historical Context

During World War II, Jacques Ibert's music was banned until early 1941 and largely boycotted by the Vichy government because he was considered a traitor.

Compositional Technique

Les Amours de Jupiter, a ballet by Jacques Ibert, is described as a 'concerto for orchestra' due to its brilliant and masterly instrumentation, reminiscent of American composers like Copland and Bernstein.

Recording & Production

This recording was made in October 2014 at the Arsenal in Metz, a prestigious venue reinvented in 1989 from a 19th-century military arsenal.

Composer Biography

Jacques Ibert, the composer, was appointed director of the Villa Medici in Rome in 1937, a residential venue for laureates of the Prix de Rome.

Composition History

The ballet Les Amours de Jupiter was commissioned by Roland Petit, who founded the Ballets des Champs-Élysées, one of the most brilliant postwar dance companies.