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
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1Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand, M. 82: I. Lento
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
piano:
Jacqueline Blancard (on 1949-06-23)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (on 1949-06-23)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (on 1949-06-23)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (on 1949-06-23)
recording of:
Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand, M. 82: I. Lento (on 1949-06-23)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra for the Left Hand in D major
Maurice Ravel8:40
2Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand, M. 82: II. Allegro
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
piano:
Jacqueline Blancard (on 1949-06-23)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (on 1949-06-23)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (on 1949-06-23)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (on 1949-06-23)
recording of:
Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand, M. 82: II. Allegro (on 1949-06-23)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra for the Left Hand in D major
Maurice Ravel4:42
3Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand, M. 82: III. Tempo I
engineer:
Arthur Haddy (recording engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
piano:
Jacqueline Blancard (on 1949-06-23)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (on 1949-06-23)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (on 1949-06-23)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (on 1949-06-23)
recording of:
Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand, M. 82: III. Tempo I (on 1949-06-23)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra for the Left Hand in D major
Maurice Ravel5:05
4Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand, M. 82: I. Lento
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
piano:
Jacqueline Blancard (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
recording of:
Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand, M. 82: I. Lento (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra for the Left Hand in D major
Maurice Ravel9:25
5Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand, M. 82: II. Allegro
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
piano:
Jacqueline Blancard (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
recording of:
Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand, M. 82: II. Allegro (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra for the Left Hand in D major
Maurice Ravel4:55
6Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand, M. 82: III. Tempo I
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
piano:
Jacqueline Blancard (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
recording of:
Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand, M. 82: III. Tempo I (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra for the Left Hand in D major
Maurice Ravel6:12
7Piano Concerto in G, M. 83: I. Allegramente
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
piano:
Jacqueline Blancard (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
recording of:
Piano Concerto in G major: I. Allegramente (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (from 1929 until 1931)
part of:
Piano Concerto in G major
Maurice Ravel8:35
8Piano Concerto in G, M. 83: II. Adagio assai
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
piano:
Jacqueline Blancard (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
recording of:
Piano Concerto in G major: II. Adagio assai (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (from 1929 until 1931)
part of:
Piano Concerto in G major
Maurice Ravel9:06
9Piano Concerto in G, M. 83: III. Presto
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
piano:
Jacqueline Blancard (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
recording of:
Piano Concerto in G major: III. Presto (from 1953-05 until 1953-06)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (from 1929 until 1931)
part of:
Piano Concerto in G major
Maurice Ravel4:15
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
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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