The Mono Years

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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
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1Symphony no. 1 in D, op. 25 “Classical”: I. Allegro
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
recorded at:
La Maison de la Mutualité in Paris (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
recording of:
Symphony no. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Classical”: I. Allegro (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19)
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer) (in 1917)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd
part of:
Symphony no. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Classical”
recording of:
Symphony no. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Classical”: I. Allegro (from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer) (in 1917)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd
part of:
Symphony no. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Classical”
Sergei Prokofiev4:44
2Symphony no. 1 in D, op. 25 “Classical”: II. Larghetto
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
recorded at:
La Maison de la Mutualité in Paris (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
recording of:
Symphony no. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Classical”: II. Larghetto (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19)
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer) (in 1917)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd
part of:
Symphony no. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Classical”
recording of:
Symphony no. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Classical”: II. Larghetto (from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer) (in 1917)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd
part of:
Symphony no. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Classical”
Sergei Prokofiev4:18
3Symphony no. 1 in D, op. 25 “Classical”: III. Gavotta: Non troppo allegro
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
recorded at:
La Maison de la Mutualité in Paris (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
recording of:
Symphony no. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Classical”: III. Gavotta. Non troppo allegro (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19)
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer) (in 1917)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd
part of:
Symphony no. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Classical”
recording of:
Symphony no. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Classical”: III. Gavotta. Non troppo allegro (from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer) (in 1917)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd
part of:
Symphony no. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Classical”
Sergei Prokofiev1:26
4Symphony no. 1 in D, op. 25 “Classical”: IV. Finale: Vivace
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
recorded at:
La Maison de la Mutualité in Paris (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
recording of:
Symphony no. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Classical”: IV. Finale. Molto vivace (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19)
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer) (in 1917)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd
part of:
Symphony no. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Classical”
recording of:
Symphony no. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Classical”: IV. Finale. Molto vivace (from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer) (in 1917)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd
part of:
Symphony no. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Classical”
Sergei Prokofiev4:20
5Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
recorded at:
La Maison de la Mutualité in Paris (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
recording of:
Руслан и Людмила: Увертюра (Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture) (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19)
composer:
Mikhail Glinka (Russian composer) (from 1837 until 1842)
part of:
Руслан и Людмила (Ruslan and Lyudmila)
recording of:
Руслан и Людмила: Увертюра (Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture) (from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
composer:
Mikhail Glinka (Russian composer) (from 1837 until 1842)
part of:
Руслан и Людмила (Ruslan and Lyudmila)
Mikhail Glinka5:24
6In the Steppes of Central Asia
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
recorded at:
La Maison de la Mutualité in Paris (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
recording of:
В Средней Азии (In the Steppes of Central Asia) (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer) (in 1880)
dedicated to:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor)
premiered at:
[concert] (1880-04-20) (premiere concert for Borodin's In the Steppes of Central Asia)
publisher:
[unknown] (special purpose label - DO NOT USE!) (in 1882)
recording of:
В Средней Азии (In the Steppes of Central Asia) (from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer) (in 1880)
dedicated to:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor)
premiered at:
[concert] (1880-04-20) (premiere concert for Borodin's In the Steppes of Central Asia)
publisher:
[unknown] (special purpose label - DO NOT USE!) (in 1882)
Alexander Borodin6:47
7Night on the Bare Mountain
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
recorded at:
La Maison de la Mutualité in Paris (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19, from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
recording of:
Une nuit sur le mont chauve: Fantaisie pour l’orchestre (Night on Bald Mountain, orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov) (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19)
orchestrator:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1886)
composer:
Modest Mussorgsky (composer) (from 1867-06-12 until 1867-06-23)
dedicated to:
Wladimir Stassoff (Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov)
publisher:
W. Bessel & Cie (in 1886)
is based on:
St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain (original version)
recording of:
Une nuit sur le mont chauve: Fantaisie pour l’orchestre (Night on Bald Mountain, orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov) (from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
orchestrator:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1886)
composer:
Modest Mussorgsky (composer) (from 1867-06-12 until 1867-06-23)
dedicated to:
Wladimir Stassoff (Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov)
publisher:
W. Bessel & Cie (in 1886)
is based on:
St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain (original version)
Modest Mussorgsky10:36
8Jeux, CD 133
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-10)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-10)
recording of:
Jeux, L. 126, CD 133 (for orchestra) (in 1953-10)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1912-08 until 1913-04)
dedicated to:
Madame Jacques Durand
premiered at:
[concert] (1913-05-15)
part of:
Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 126) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 133)
Claude Debussy17:23
96 Épigraphes antiques, CD 139: I. Pour invoquer Pan, deu du vent d'été
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-10)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-10)
recording of:
Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131: I. Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été (orch. Ansermet) (in 1953-10)
orchestrator:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1914-07 until 1915)
orchestration of:
Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131: I. Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été (for piano 4-hands)
part of:
Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131 (orch. Ansermet)
Claude Debussy2:25
106 Épigraphes antiques, CD 139: II. Pour un tombeau sans nom
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-10)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-10)
recording of:
Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131: II. Pour un tombeau sans nom (orch. Ansermet) (in 1953-10)
orchestrator:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1914-07 until 1915)
orchestration of:
Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131: II. Pour un tombeau sans nom (for piano 4-hands)
part of:
Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131 (orch. Ansermet)
Claude Debussy3:13
116 Épigraphes antiques, CD 139: III. Pour que la nuit soit propice
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-10)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-10)
recording of:
Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131: III. Pour que la nuit soit propice (orch. Ansermet) (in 1953-10)
orchestrator:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1914-07 until 1915)
orchestration of:
Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131: III. Pour que la nuit soit propice (for piano 4-hands)
part of:
Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131 (orch. Ansermet)
Claude Debussy2:25
126 Épigraphes antiques, CD 139: IV. Pour la danseuse aux crotales
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-10)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-10)
recording of:
Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131: IV. Pour la danseuse aux crotales (orch. Ansermet) (in 1953-10)
orchestrator:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1914-07 until 1915)
orchestration of:
Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131: IV. Pour la danseuse aux crotales (for piano 4-hands)
part of:
Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131 (orch. Ansermet)
Claude Debussy2:01
136 Épigraphes antiques, CD 139: V. Pour l'égyptienne
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-10)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-10)
recording of:
Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131: V. Pour l'Égyptienne (orch. Ansermet) (in 1953-10)
orchestrator:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1914-07 until 1915)
orchestration of:
Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131: V. Pour l'Égyptienne (for piano 4-hands)
part of:
Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131 (orch. Ansermet)
Claude Debussy2:48
146 Épigraphes antiques, CD 139: VI. Pour remercier la pluie du matin
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-10)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-10)
recording of:
Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131: VI. Pour remercier la pluie au matin (orch. Ansermet) (in 1953-10)
orchestrator:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1914-07 until 1915)
orchestration of:
Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131: VI. Pour remercier la pluie au matin (for piano 4-hands)
part of:
Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131 (orch. Ansermet)
Claude Debussy2:18
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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