The Mono Years

~ Release by Ernest Ansermet (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

A 26-CD collection of Ernest Ansermet's mono recordings for Decca. Includes a booklet with complete tracklists, essays, and cross-reference of release year to original catalogue number. The CD wallets are printed with original jacket artwork.

Annotation last modified on 2024-11-08 10:48 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Handel: Concerti Grossi op. 6 nos. 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 12
2▶CD: Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto RV 481 / Marcello: Oboe Concerto / Handel: Organ Concertos HWV 289 & 290
3▶CD: Mozart: Symphony no. 38 “Prague” / Serenade no. 10 / Exsultate, jubilate
4▶CD: Haydn: Symphony no. 101 “Clock” / Schumann: Symphony no. 1 “Spring” / Genoveva Overture
5▶CD: Schumann: Piano Concerto / Cello Concerto / Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
6▶CD: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition [1947] / Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
7▶CD: Rimsky-Korsakov: Introduction & Bridal procession from The Golden Cockerel / The Golden Cockerel Suite / Capriccio espagnol / Mussorgsky: Gopak from Sorochyntsi Fair [mono & stereo versions]
8▶CD: Villa-Lobos: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2
9▶CD: Ravel: Alborada del gracioso [1947] / Debussy: La Mer [1947] / Ravel: La Valse [1947] / Shéhérazade / Debussy: Petite Suite
10▶CD: Rossini/Respighi: La Boutique fantasque / Falla: El sombrero de tres picos / Ravel: 3 Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
11▶CD: Debussy: Images / Ravel: L'Heure espagnole
12▶CD: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (Acts I, II & III beginning)
13▶CD: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (Acts III conclusion, IV & V)
14▶CD: Ravel: Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand [1949, 1953] / Piano Concerto in G
15▶CD: Debussy: Nocturnes / Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole / Valses nobles et sentimentales / Le Tombeau de Couperin
16▶CD: Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Complete Ballet)
17▶CD: Debussy: La Mer [1951] / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / Ravel: Ma mère l'Oye Suite / Alborada del gracioso [1951] / Stravinsky: Circus Polka / Prokofiev: March from The Love for Three Oranges Suite
18▶CD: Prokofiev: Symphony no. 6 / Bizet: Symphony in C
19▶CD: Prokofiev: Symphony no. 1 “Classical” / Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture / Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia / Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain / Debussy: Jeux / 6 Épigraphes antiques
20▶CD: Bartók: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Martin: Violin Concerto
21▶CD: Martin: Petite Symphonie concertante / Stravinsky: Divertimento from Le Baiser de la fée / Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre / Le Rouet d' Omphale / Chabrier: Joyeuse marche / España / Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
22▶CD: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition [1953] / Ravel: La Valse [1953] / Boléro / Honegger: Pacific 231 / Dukas: L'Apprenti sorcier
23▶CD: Bloch: Voice in the Wilderness / Schelomo / Oboussier: Antigone / Geiser: Symphony no. 1
24▶CD: Stravinsky: Petrushka [1946] / Firebird Suite [1946] / Symphony of Psalms
25▼CD: Stravinsky: Petrushka [1949] / The Rite of Spring
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1Petrushka (1911): Tableau I: The Shrovetide Fair
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1949-11-29 until 1949-11-30)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1949-11-29 until 1949-11-30)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1949-11-29 until 1949-11-30)
recording of:
Pétrouchka : Tableau I. Fête populaire de la semaine grasse (1911 version) (from 1949-11-29 until 1949-11-30)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1911)
part of:
Pétrouchka (1911 original version)
Igor Stravinsky10:03
2Petrushka (1911): Tableau II: In Petrushka's Room
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1949-11, from 1949-11-29 until 1949-11-30)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1949-11, from 1949-11-29 until 1949-11-30)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (in 1949-11, from 1949-11-29 until 1949-11-30)
recording of:
Pétrouchka : Tableau II. Chez Pétrouchka (1911 version) (from 1949-11-29 until 1949-11-30)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1911)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Ltd.
part of:
Pétrouchka (1911 original version)
recording of:
Pétrouchka : Tableau II. Chez Pétrouchka (1911 version) (in 1949-11)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1911)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Ltd.
part of:
Pétrouchka (1911 original version)
Igor Stravinsky4:10
3Petrushka (1911): Tableau III: In the Moor's Room
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1949-11, from 1949-11-29 until 1949-11-30)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1949-11, from 1949-11-29 until 1949-11-30)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (in 1949-11, from 1949-11-29 until 1949-11-30)
recording of:
Pétrouchka : Tableau III. Chez le Maure (1911 version) (from 1949-11-29 until 1949-11-30)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1911)
part of:
Pétrouchka (1911 original version)
recording of:
Pétrouchka : Tableau III. Chez le Maure (1911 version) (in 1949-11)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1911)
part of:
Pétrouchka (1911 original version)
Igor Stravinsky7:39
4Petrushka (1911): Tableau IV: The Shrovetide Fair (Evening)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1949-11, from 1949-11-29 until 1949-11-30)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1949-11, from 1949-11-29 until 1949-11-30)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (in 1949-11, from 1949-11-29 until 1949-11-30)
recording of:
Pétrouchka : Tableau IV. Fête populaire de la semaine grasse (vers le soir) (1911 version) (from 1949-11-29 until 1949-11-30)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1911)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Ltd.
part of:
Pétrouchka (1911 original version)
recording of:
Pétrouchka : Tableau IV. Fête populaire de la semaine grasse (vers le soir) (1911 version) (in 1949-11)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1911)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Ltd.
part of:
Pétrouchka (1911 original version)
Igor Stravinsky13:37
5The Rite of Spring: Part I: The Adoration of the Earth
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1950-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1950-10)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (in 1950-10)
recording of:
Le Sacre du printemps: I. L’Adoration de la terre (The Rite of Spring: Part I: Adoration of the Earth) (in 1950-10)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (from 1911 until 1913)
part of:
Le Sacre du printemps
Igor Stravinsky16:12
6The Rite of Spring: Part II: The Sacrifice
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1950-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1950-10)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (in 1950-10)
recording of:
Le Sacre du printemps: II. Le Sacrifice (The Rite of Spring: Part II: The Sacrifice) (in 1950-10)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (from 1911 until 1913)
part of:
Le Sacre du printemps
Igor Stravinsky17:45
26▶CD: Stravinsky: Firebird Suite [1950] / Oedipus Rex

Credits

Release

miscellaneous support:Andrew Dalton (Research (Repertoire, Publishing & Data), liner notes and compiler at Decca.) (task: repertoire, publishing & data)
Edward Weston (Catalogue Manager, Decca Classics) (task: project management)
executive producer:Cyrus Meher‐Homji
mastering:Chris Bernauer (freelance multi-instrumentalist, producer, and engineer)
compiler:Ray Granlund
design:Paul Chessell (art director)
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