Ernest Ansermet - The Stereo Years (88CD Boxset)

An Original Jacket 88-CD collection presenting together for the first time, Ernest Ansermet’s complete stereo recordings mastered from the original tapes in a single Limited Edition. The set is accompanied by a 168pp book with new essays by François Hudry, author of Ernest Ansermet, pionnier de la musique, and Jon Tolansky. It includes recordings not previously released on CD.

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Over fifty years after Ansermet’s death, the recordings he made of more than 300 works by 65 different composers still have a vibrant, contemporary feel. Not only are they the work of an exceptional musician, but each of them was also made in the best recording conditions of the time.

A bonus documentary CD, Ernest Ansermet: Pioneer & Pacesetter, includes the full animated talk about music and the human ear and brain "What Everyone Should Know About Music," in English, French & German as originally recorded and released on LP; excerpts from rehearsals for recording sessions included in this set; and interviews with musicians who had played under Ansermet.

TRACK LIST

CD 1–2: J.S. BACH: Suites 2 & 3; Cantatas (Ameling, Watts, Krenn, Krause, Giebel, Partridge)

CD 3–5: HAYDN: Paris Symphonies; Symphonies Nos. 22 & 90; Trumpet Concerto. HUMMEL: Trumpet Concerto (Longinotti)
CD 6: LEOPOLD MOZART: Trumpet Concerto (Longinotti). W.A. MOZART: Flute Concerto (Pepin). SCHUMANN: Adagio and Allegro (Leloir). VIVALDI: Bassoon Concerto (Helaerts)
CD 7–12: BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 [1958–63]; Coriolan & Egmont Overtures; Symphony No.1 [1956]; Grosse Fuge; Overtures – Coriolan, Egmont, Prometheus, Leonore, Fidelio
CD 13: WEBER: Bassoon Concerto (Helaerts); Overtures
CD 14–15: MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No.4; Overtures; A Midsummer Night’s Dream. SCHUBERT: Rosamunde
CD 16: BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 [1956]. SCHUMANN: Symphony No.2; Manfred Overture
CD 17–20: BRAHMS: Symphonies; Overtures; Ein deutsches Requiem (Watts, Prey); St. Antony Variations; Nänie; Alto Rhapsody (Watts)
CD 21: WAGNER: Orchestral works
CD 22–23: LISZT: Eine Faust Symphonie; Hunnenschlacht. MAGNARD: Symphony No.3
CD 24–26: BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique; Overtures; La damnation de Faust; Les Nuits d’été (Crespin)
CD 27: FRANCK: Symphony in D minor; Les Éolides; Le Chasseur maudit
CD 28–29: DELIBES: Coppélia (complete, plus alternate takes); Sylvia Suite. RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.2; Shéhérazade [Crespin, 1963]
CD 30–31: BIZET: Symphony in C (studio recording & rehearsal); Carmen & L’Arlesienne Suites; Patrie Overture. RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin; Tzigane (Ricci)
CD 32–33: Lalo Symphonie espagnole (Ricci); Andantino; Scherzo; Namouna (excerpts); Rapsodie norvégienne. CHABRIER: Habanera; España; Suite pastorale; Joyeuse marche; Le Roi malgré lui (excerpts)
CD 34: FAURÉ: Requiem (Danco, Souzay); Pelléas et Mélisande; Pénélope Prélude; Masques et bergamasques
CD 35–36: ROUSSEL: Symphonies 3 & 4; Petite Suite; Festin de l’araignée. DUKAS: L’Apprenti sorcier; La Péri [1958]. CHAUSSON: Symphony in B flat
CD 37–42: DEBUSSY: Boîte à joujoux; Clair de lune; Danse; Images; Jeux; Khamma; Petite Suite; Printemps; Martyre de saint Sébastien (Danco, Waugh); La Mer [1957 & 1964]; Nocturnes; Pelléas et Mélisande (Spoorenberg, Maurane); Marche ecossaise; Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune; Première Rhapsodie; DUKAS: La Péri [1954]
CD 43: ALBÉNIZ: Iberia Suite. TURINA: Danzas fantásticas
CD 44: FALLA: Amor brujo (Gabaráin); Sombrero de tres picos (Berganza); Danza española No.1; Interludio y Danza
CD 45–47: RAVEL: Alborada del gracioso; Boléro; Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet); Rapsodie espagnole; L’Enfant et les sortilèges (Danco, Wend, Mollet); Ma mère l’Oye Suite; Mélodies hébraïques; Shéhérazade [Danco, 1954]; Pavane pour une infante défunte; La Valse [1963]; Valses nobles et sentimentales
CD 48: SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No.3 ‘Organ’ (Segond). RESPIGHI: Fontane di Roma; Pini di Roma
CD 49–51: HONEGGER: Symphonies Nos. 2–4; Cantate de Noël; Le Roi David; Pacific 231. MARTIN: In Terra Pax
CD 52–53: The Royal Ballet: Gala Performances [Covent Garden]
CD 54: French Overtures – Auber, Boieldieu, Hérold, Lalo, Offenbach, Thomas
CD 55–56: RAVEL: La Valse [1958]. ROSSINI/RESPIGHI: Rossiniana. BALAKIREV: Tamara. MUSSORGSKY: Gopak; Pictures at an Exhibition [1958 & 1959]; Night on the Bare Mountain; Khovanschchina
CD 57: BORODIN: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; In the Steppes of Central Asia; Prince Igor
CD 58–63: TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No.6 ‘Pathétique’; The Nutcracker; Sleeping Beauty; Swan Lake; Suites Nos. 3 & 4 ‘Mozartiana’
CD 64–66: RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Symphony No. 2 ‘Antar’; Overtures; Suites; Flight of the Bumblebee; Dubinushka; Sadko; Scheherazade [Fenyvès, 1960]; Scheherazade [Nerini, 1954]
CD 67–68: GLAZUNOV: Concert Waltzes 1 & 2; The Seasons; Stenka Razin. SCHUMANN/GLAZUNOV: Carnaval (ballet). GLINKA: Kamarinskaya; Overtures; Waltz-Fantasia in B minor. LYADOV: Baba-Yaga; Kikimora; 8 Russian Folksongs
CD 69–70: SIBELIUS: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4; Tapiola. RACHMANINOFF: Isle of the Dead
CD 71–73: PROKOFIEV: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5; Suites; Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Ricci)
CD 74–75: BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra; Dance Suite; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Two Portraits; Romanian Folk Dances. MARTIN: Concerto for 7 winds, timpani, percussion and strings; Études for string orchestra
CD 76–84: STRAVINSKY: Apollon musagète; Le Baiser de la fée; Capriccio [1949 version] (Magaloff); Concerto for piano and winds (Magaloff); Le Chant du rossignol; Divertimento; Mavra; Les Noces; Petrushka (1911 version); Pulcinella Suite [1956]; Pulcinella (complete) [1966]; Renard [French version, 1955; English version, 1964]; Le Sacre du printemps; Scherzo à la russe; Soldier’s Tale Concert Suite; 4 Studies for orchestra; Suites Nos. 1 & 2 for small orchestra; Symphony in C; Symphonies of Wind Instruments; Symphony in Three Movements; Symphony of Psalms; L’Oiseau de feu [1955, OSR]; L’Oiseau de feu (studio recording & rehearsal) [1968, New Philharmona Orchestra]
CD 85–87: ERNEST ANSERMET (Presenter): ‘What everyone should know about music’ (English, French and German versions)
CD 88: Audio Documentary Feature – Ernest Ansermet: A Memoir (Jon Tolansky)


ARTISTS
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
New Philharmonia Orchestra