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Ernest Ansermet- Mono Years

SKU: 028948515844
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Ernest Ansermet- Mono Years
Ernest Ansermet- Mono Years

As a conductor, philosopher, mathematician and composer, Ernest Ansermet occupied an exceptional position in the world of music. At the frontier of modernity, he offered up recordings of music by several composers whom he counted among his friends: Debussy, Ravel, Roussel and Stravinsky but also Honegger, Frank Martin, Bartók and Prokofiev - all of whom are represented in this collection of recordings made for Decca between 1929 and 1955. The collection opens with a recording of six of Handel's Op. 6 Concerti Grossi made with a specially formed band of London musicians, the 'Decca String Orchestra' in 1929, the year in which the label was founded. Ansermet returned to the studio to record for the label from 1946 and from then on became one of it's most frequently recorded conductors. Fortunately, the music of his friend Igor Stravinsky is strongly represented in this collection. Of other composers Ansermet knew personally, several landmark recordings of works by Maurice Ravel are significant. 1952 was a particularly busy year for the conductor and his Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - with recordings of Handel, Prokofiev as well as his famous interpretation of Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande". An orchestral version of Mussorgsky's two-minute "Gopak" was recorded as the last work in this collection. The stereo recording from 1955 was only available as a test pressing - this box presents it as a veritable world premiere.

Track List

  1. CD 1 Handel Concerti Grossi Op.6 Nos. 2 3 4 6 10 12 Dso
  2. CD 2 Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto RV 481 Henri Helaerts
  3. Handel Organ Concertos HWV 289 ; 290 Jeanne Demessieux
  4. Marcello Oboe Concerto Roger Reversy Osr
  5. CD 3 Mozart Symphony No. 38 "Prague"
  6. Serenade No. 10 Osr
  7. Exsultate Jubilate Janine Micheau; Oscc
  8. CD 4 Haydn Symphony No. 101 "Clock"
  9. Schumann Symphony No. 1 "Spring" Osr
  10. Schumann Genoveva Overture Oscc
  11. CD 5 Schumann Piano Concerto Dinu Lipatti · Cello Concerto Maurice Gendron
  12. Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations Maurice Gendron Osr
  13. CD 6 Mussorgsky Pictures at An Exhibition [1947] Lpo
  14. Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade Pierre Nérini Oscc
  15. CD 7 Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol
  16. The Golden Cockerel - Introduction Bridal Procession ; Suite
  17. Mussorgsky Gopak (Sorochintsy Fair - Mono ; Stereo) Osr
  18. CD 8 Villa-Lobos Piano Concerto No. 1 Ellen Ballon Osr
  19. Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 Ellen Ballon Lso
  20. CD 9 Ravel Alborada Del Gracioso [1947]
  21. Debussy la Mer [1947] Osr
  22. Ravel la Valse [1947] · Shéhérazade Suzanne Danco
  23. Debussy Petite Suite Oscc
  24. CD 10 Rossini/Respighi la Boutique Fantasque Lso
  25. Falla El Sombrero de Tres Picos Suzanne Danco
  26. Ravel 3 Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé Suzanne Danco Osr
  27. CD 11 Debussy Images
  28. Ravel L'heure Espagnole Michel Hamel Suzanne Danco Paul Derenne Heinz Rehfuss André Vessières Osr
  29. CDS 12-13 Debussy Pelléas Et Mélisande
  30. Pierre Mollet Heinz Rehfuss André Vessières Flore Wend Suzanne Danco Hélène Bouvier Derrick Olsen Osr
  31. CD 14 Ravel Piano Concerto in G
  32. Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand
  33. (Jacqueline Blancard) [1949 ; 1953] Osr
  34. CD 15 Debussy Nocturnes · Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole
  35. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales · Le Tombeau de Couperin Osr
  36. CD 16 Ravel Daphnis Et Chloé Geneva Motet Choir Osr
  37. CD 17 Debussy la Mer [1951]
  38. Prélude À L'après-Midi D'un Faune
  39. Ravel Ma Mère L'oye Suite · Alborada Del Gracioso [1951]
  40. Prokofiev March from the Love for Three Oranges Suite
  41. Stravinsky Circus Polka Osr
  42. CD 18 Prokofiev Symphony No. 6
  43. Bizet Symphony in C Osr
  44. CD 19 Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
  45. Glinka Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture
  46. Borodin in the Steppes of Central Asia
  47. Mussorgsky Night on the Bare Mountain Oscc
  48. Debussy Jeux · Six Épigraphes Antiques Osr
  49. CD 20 Bartók Piano Concerto No.3 (Julius Katchen)
  50. Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 (Julius Katchen)
  51. Martin Violin Concerto (Wolfgang Schneiderhan) Osr
  52. CD 21 Martin Petite Symphonie Concertante
  53. (Pierre Jamet Germaine Vaucher-Clerc Doris Rossiaud)
  54. Stravinsky Divertimento from Le Baiser de la Fée
  55. Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre · Le Rouet D'omphale
  56. Chabrier Joyeuse Marche · España
  57. Ravel Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte Osr
  58. CD 22 Mussorgsky Pictures at An Exhibition [1953] Osr
  59. Ravel la Valse [1953] · Boléro · Honegger Pacific 231
  60. Dukas L'apprenti Sorcier Oscc
  61. CD 23 Bloch Schelomo (Zara Nelsova)
  62. Voice in the Wilderness (Zara Nelsova) Lpo
  63. Oboussier Antigone (Elsa Cavelti)
  64. Geiser Symphony No.1 Osr
  65. CDS 24-26 Stravinsky
  66. Petrushka (1911) [1946] · Firebird Suite (1910/1919) [1946]
  67. Symphony of Psalms (London Philharmonic Choir) Lpo
  68. Petrushka (1911) [1949] · the Rite of Spring
  69. Firebird Suite (1919) [1950]
  70. Oedipus Rex (Ernst Haefliger Hélène Bouvier James Loomis
  71. André Vessières Hugues Cuénod Paul Pasquier) Osr
Format: New CD/Classical

Ernest Ansermet- Mono Years

SKU: 028948515844
Regular price $7,252.00
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Release Date: 2.16.24

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As a conductor, philosopher, mathematician and composer, Ernest Ansermet occupied an exceptional position in the world of music. At the frontier of modernity, he offered up recordings of music by several composers whom he counted among his friends: Debussy, Ravel, Roussel and Stravinsky but also Honegger, Frank Martin, Bartók and Prokofiev - all of whom are represented in this collection of recordings made for Decca between 1929 and 1955. The collection opens with a recording of six of Handel's Op. 6 Concerti Grossi made with a specially formed band of London musicians, the 'Decca String Orchestra' in 1929, the year in which the label was founded. Ansermet returned to the studio to record for the label from 1946 and from then on became one of it's most frequently recorded conductors. Fortunately, the music of his friend Igor Stravinsky is strongly represented in this collection. Of other composers Ansermet knew personally, several landmark recordings of works by Maurice Ravel are significant. 1952 was a particularly busy year for the conductor and his Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - with recordings of Handel, Prokofiev as well as his famous interpretation of Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande". An orchestral version of Mussorgsky's two-minute "Gopak" was recorded as the last work in this collection. The stereo recording from 1955 was only available as a test pressing - this box presents it as a veritable world premiere.

Track List

  1. CD 1 Handel Concerti Grossi Op.6 Nos. 2 3 4 6 10 12 Dso
  2. CD 2 Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto RV 481 Henri Helaerts
  3. Handel Organ Concertos HWV 289 ; 290 Jeanne Demessieux
  4. Marcello Oboe Concerto Roger Reversy Osr
  5. CD 3 Mozart Symphony No. 38 "Prague"
  6. Serenade No. 10 Osr
  7. Exsultate Jubilate Janine Micheau; Oscc
  8. CD 4 Haydn Symphony No. 101 "Clock"
  9. Schumann Symphony No. 1 "Spring" Osr
  10. Schumann Genoveva Overture Oscc
  11. CD 5 Schumann Piano Concerto Dinu Lipatti · Cello Concerto Maurice Gendron
  12. Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations Maurice Gendron Osr
  13. CD 6 Mussorgsky Pictures at An Exhibition [1947] Lpo
  14. Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade Pierre Nérini Oscc
  15. CD 7 Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol
  16. The Golden Cockerel - Introduction Bridal Procession ; Suite
  17. Mussorgsky Gopak (Sorochintsy Fair - Mono ; Stereo) Osr
  18. CD 8 Villa-Lobos Piano Concerto No. 1 Ellen Ballon Osr
  19. Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 Ellen Ballon Lso
  20. CD 9 Ravel Alborada Del Gracioso [1947]
  21. Debussy la Mer [1947] Osr
  22. Ravel la Valse [1947] · Shéhérazade Suzanne Danco
  23. Debussy Petite Suite Oscc
  24. CD 10 Rossini/Respighi la Boutique Fantasque Lso
  25. Falla El Sombrero de Tres Picos Suzanne Danco
  26. Ravel 3 Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé Suzanne Danco Osr
  27. CD 11 Debussy Images
  28. Ravel L'heure Espagnole Michel Hamel Suzanne Danco Paul Derenne Heinz Rehfuss André Vessières Osr
  29. CDS 12-13 Debussy Pelléas Et Mélisande
  30. Pierre Mollet Heinz Rehfuss André Vessières Flore Wend Suzanne Danco Hélène Bouvier Derrick Olsen Osr
  31. CD 14 Ravel Piano Concerto in G
  32. Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand
  33. (Jacqueline Blancard) [1949 ; 1953] Osr
  34. CD 15 Debussy Nocturnes · Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole
  35. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales · Le Tombeau de Couperin Osr
  36. CD 16 Ravel Daphnis Et Chloé Geneva Motet Choir Osr
  37. CD 17 Debussy la Mer [1951]
  38. Prélude À L'après-Midi D'un Faune
  39. Ravel Ma Mère L'oye Suite · Alborada Del Gracioso [1951]
  40. Prokofiev March from the Love for Three Oranges Suite
  41. Stravinsky Circus Polka Osr
  42. CD 18 Prokofiev Symphony No. 6
  43. Bizet Symphony in C Osr
  44. CD 19 Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
  45. Glinka Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture
  46. Borodin in the Steppes of Central Asia
  47. Mussorgsky Night on the Bare Mountain Oscc
  48. Debussy Jeux · Six Épigraphes Antiques Osr
  49. CD 20 Bartók Piano Concerto No.3 (Julius Katchen)
  50. Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 (Julius Katchen)
  51. Martin Violin Concerto (Wolfgang Schneiderhan) Osr
  52. CD 21 Martin Petite Symphonie Concertante
  53. (Pierre Jamet Germaine Vaucher-Clerc Doris Rossiaud)
  54. Stravinsky Divertimento from Le Baiser de la Fée
  55. Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre · Le Rouet D'omphale
  56. Chabrier Joyeuse Marche · España
  57. Ravel Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte Osr
  58. CD 22 Mussorgsky Pictures at An Exhibition [1953] Osr
  59. Ravel la Valse [1953] · Boléro · Honegger Pacific 231
  60. Dukas L'apprenti Sorcier Oscc
  61. CD 23 Bloch Schelomo (Zara Nelsova)
  62. Voice in the Wilderness (Zara Nelsova) Lpo
  63. Oboussier Antigone (Elsa Cavelti)
  64. Geiser Symphony No.1 Osr
  65. CDS 24-26 Stravinsky
  66. Petrushka (1911) [1946] · Firebird Suite (1910/1919) [1946]
  67. Symphony of Psalms (London Philharmonic Choir) Lpo
  68. Petrushka (1911) [1949] · the Rite of Spring
  69. Firebird Suite (1919) [1950]
  70. Oedipus Rex (Ernst Haefliger Hélène Bouvier James Loomis
  71. André Vessières Hugues Cuénod Paul Pasquier) Osr