Paul Dukas’s L’Apprenti sorcier/The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – conducted by Ansermet, Celibidache, Fournet, Martinon, Paray, and Slatkin. Bonus: Dukas’s Symphony in C.

Paul Dukas (1865-1935)

My first recording of the Dukas, which continues to be a recommendable version.

classicstoday.com – Dave Hurwitz’s first choice for Sorcerer. Certainly one of the best.

Jean Martinon’s first recording (1952) of Sorcerer, of two – a recent discovery for me; today in fact.

Symphony in C should be better known. Apparently the very self-critical Dukas destroyed his Second such work.

For info…

Pronunciation of Dukas

According to the BBC website: “The other name that causes much frustration among our Radio 3 listeners, Dukas, is in fact pronounced due-KASS, and not due-KAA. This pronunciation was passed on to the pronunciation unit in 1955 by a friend of the Dukas family, who assured us that this was the composer’s own pronunciation.” [pronouncenames.com]