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Ernest Ansermet - The Mono Years (26CD Box Set)
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Ernest Ansermet

    Ernest Ansermet - The Mono Years (26CD Box Set)

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    2023 marks the 140th anniversary of the birth of the influential Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermet. Issued as a companion box to The Stereo Years, this set encompasses recordings from the year of Decca’s birth, in 1929, to 1955. With newly refurbished digital mastering (Chris Bernauer, Mark Obert-Thorn), the set includes Ansermet’s landmark 1952 recording of Daphnis et Chloé, published on CD for the first time in genuine mono (without stereo reverb). Also included in this collection is Lyadov’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s "Gopak" from Sorochintsy Fair. The stereo recording was intended for inclusion on a London (US Decca) stereo LP, but this album was never released and only a test pressing survives, making the bonus stereo publication in this edition a world-premiere release. Ranging from Baroque music to several important Stravinsky recordings, this is a must-have for anyone interested in the history of orchestral recording.

    Limited Edition, Original Jackets.

    TRACK LIST

    CD 1 

    HANDEL Concerti Grossi Op.6 Nos. 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 12 DSO 

      

    CD 2 

    VIVALDI Bassoon Concerto RV 481 Henri Helaerts 

    HANDEL Organ Concertos HWV 289 & 290 Jeanne Demessieux 

    MARCELLO Oboe Concerto Roger Reversy, OSR 

      

    CD 3 

    MOZART Symphony No. 38 “Prague” 

    Serenade No. 10 OSR 

    Exsultate, jubilate Janine Micheau; OSCC 

      

    CD 4 

    HAYDN Symphony No. 101 “Clock” 

    SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1 “Spring” OSR 

    SCHUMANN Genoveva Overture OSCC 

      

    CD 5 

    SCHUMANN Piano Concerto Dinu Lipatti ∙ Cello Concerto Maurice Gendron 

    TCHAIKOVSKY Rococo Variations Maurice Gendron, OSR 

      

    CD 6 

    MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition [1947] LPO 

    RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade Pierre Nérini, OSCC 

      

    CD 7 

    RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio espagnol 

    The Golden Cockerel – Introduction, Bridal procession & Suite 

    MUSSORGSKY Gopak (Sorochintsy Fair – mono & stereo) OSR 

      

    CD 8 

    VILLA-LOBOS Piano Concerto No. 1 Ellen Ballon, OSR 

    CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 Ellen Ballon, LSO 

      

    CD 9 

    RAVEL Alborada del gracioso [1947] 

    DEBUSSY La Mer [1947] OSR 

    RAVEL La Valse [1947] · Shéhérazade Suzanne Danco 

    DEBUSSY Petite suite OSCC 

      

    CD 10 

    ROSSINI/RESPIGHI La Boutique fantasque LSO 

    FALLA El sombrero de tres picos Suzanne Danco 

    RAVEL 3 Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé Suzanne Danco, OSR 

      

    CD 11 

    DEBUSSY Images 

    RAVEL L’Heure espagnole Michel Hamel, Suzanne Danco, Paul Derenne, Heinz Rehfuss, André Vessières, OSR 

      

    CDs 12–13 

    DEBUSSY Pelléas et Mélisande 

    Pierre Mollet, Heinz Rehfuss, André Vessières, Flore Wend, Suzanne Danco, Hélène Bouvier, Derrick Olsen, OSR 

      

    CD 14 

    RAVEL Piano Concerto in G 

    Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand 

    (Jacqueline Blancard) [1949 & 1953] OSR 

      

    CD 15 

    DEBUSSY Nocturnes · RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole 

    Valses nobles et sentimentales · Le Tombeau de Couperin OSR 

      

    CD 16 

    RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé Geneva Motet Choir, OSR 

      

    CD 17 

    DEBUSSY La Mer [1951] 

    Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune 

    RAVEL Ma mèr