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
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1Petite Symphonie concertante: I. Adagio - Allegro con moto
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
harp:
Pierre Jamet (French harpist) (in 1951-03)
harpsichord:
Germaine Vaucher-Clerc (Swiss pianist and harpsichordist) (in 1951-03)
piano:
Doris Rossiaud (pianist, harpsichordist) (in 1951-03)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1951-03)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1951-03)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (in 1951-03)
recording of:
Petite symphonie concertante, op. 54: I. Adagio - Allegro con moto (in 1951-03)
composer:
Frank Martin (Swiss composer)
part of:
Petite symphonie concertante, op. 54
Frank Martin11:45
2Petite Symphonie concertante: II. Adagio
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
harp:
Pierre Jamet (French harpist) (in 1951-03)
harpsichord:
Germaine Vaucher-Clerc (Swiss pianist and harpsichordist) (in 1951-03)
piano:
Doris Rossiaud (pianist, harpsichordist) (in 1951-03)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1951-03)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1951-03)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (in 1951-03)
recording of:
Petite symphonie concertante, op. 54: II. Adagio (in 1951-03)
composer:
Frank Martin (Swiss composer)
part of:
Petite symphonie concertante, op. 54
Frank Martin4:04
3Petite Symphonie concertante: III. Allegretto alla marcia
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
harp:
Pierre Jamet (French harpist) (in 1951-03)
harpsichord:
Germaine Vaucher-Clerc (Swiss pianist and harpsichordist) (in 1951-03)
piano:
Doris Rossiaud (pianist, harpsichordist) (in 1951-03)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1951-03)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1951-03)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (in 1951-03)
recording of:
Petite symphonie concertante, op. 54: III. Allegretto alla marcia (in 1951-03)
composer:
Frank Martin (Swiss composer)
part of:
Petite symphonie concertante, op. 54
Frank Martin3:54
4Le Baiser de la fée: Divertimento: I. Sinfonia
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1951-03)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1951-03)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (in 1951-03)
recording of:
Divertimento: I. Sinfonia. Andante - Vivace agitato (Orchestral version) (in 1951-03)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1934)
is based on:
Le Baiser de la fée (The Fairy’s Kiss)
part of:
Divertimento (Orchestral suite from "Le Baiser de la fée")
Igor Stravinsky6:09
5Le Baiser de la fée: Divertimento: II. Danses suisses
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1951-03)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1951-03)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (in 1951-03)
recording of:
Divertimento: II. Danses Suisses. Tempo giusto - Valse - Poco più lento (Orchestral version) (in 1951-03)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1934)
is based on:
Le Baiser de la fée (The Fairy’s Kiss)
part of:
Divertimento (Orchestral suite from "Le Baiser de la fée")
Igor Stravinsky6:56
6Le Baiser de la fée: Divertimento: III. Scherzo (By the mill)
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1951-03)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1951-03)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (in 1951-03)
recording of:
Divertimento: III. Scherzo. Moderato - Allegretto grazioso (Orchestral version) (in 1951-03)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1934)
is based on:
Le Baiser de la fée (The Fairy’s Kiss)
part of:
Divertimento (Orchestral suite from "Le Baiser de la fée")
Igor Stravinsky3:51
7Le Baiser de la fée: Divertimento: IV. Pas de deux: a. Adagio
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1951-03)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1951-03)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (in 1951-03)
recording of:
Divertimento: IV. Pas de deux. Adagio - Allegretto grazioso - Presto (Orchestral version) (in 1951-03)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1934)
is based on:
Le Baiser de la fée (The Fairy’s Kiss)
part of:
Divertimento (Orchestral suite from "Le Baiser de la fée")
Igor Stravinsky4:34
8Le Baiser de la fée: Divertimento: IV. Pas de deux: b. Variation: Allegretto grazioso / c. Coda: Presto
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1951-03)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1951-03)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (in 1951-03)
recording of:
Divertimento: IV. Pas de deux. Adagio - Allegretto grazioso - Presto (Orchestral version) (in 1951-03)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1934)
is based on:
Le Baiser de la fée (The Fairy’s Kiss)
part of:
Divertimento (Orchestral suite from "Le Baiser de la fée")
Igor Stravinsky2:28
9Danse macabre, op. 40 R. 171
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-10)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (in 1952-10)
recording of:
Danse macabre, op. 40 (symphonic poem for orchestra) (in 1952-10)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (in 1874)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 16) and Works of Camille Saint-Saëns by opus number (number: op. 40)
is based on:
Danse macabre (song for voice and piano)
quotes music from:
Dies Irae (plainchant)
Camille Saint‐Saëns7:26
10Le Rouet d' Omphale, op. 31 R. 169
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-10)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (in 1952-10)
recording of:
Le Rouet d'Omphale, op. 31 (Omphale's Spinning Wheel, Op. 31) (in 1952-10)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (in 1871)
part of:
Works of Camille Saint-Saëns by opus number (number: op. 31)
Camille Saint‐Saëns8:53
11Joyeuse marche
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-10)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (in 1952-10)
recording of:
Joyeuse marche (for orchestra) (in 1952-10)
composer:
Emmanuel Chabrier (composer) (in 1888)
Emmanuel Chabrier3:59
12Pavane pour un infante défunte, M. 19a
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-10)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (in 1952-10)
recording of:
Pavane pour une infante défunte (orchestrated version) (in 1952-10)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1910)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1899)
publisher:
Editions Max Eschig
part of:
Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 19a)
orchestration of:
Pavane pour une infante défunte (original version for solo piano)
Maurice Ravel5:32
13España
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-10)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (in 1952-10)
recording of:
España (rhapsody for orchestra) (in 1952-10)
composer:
Emmanuel Chabrier (composer) (in 1883)
dedicated to:
Charles Lamoureux
Emmanuel Chabrier6:51
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
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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