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
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1Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade I
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-12)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-12)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-12)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: Promenade (Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade. Allegro giusto, nel modo russico – Senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto, orchestrated by Ravel, 1st promenade) (in 1953-12)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade (1st) (original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky1:44
2Pictures at an Exhibition: I. Gnomus
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-12)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-12)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-12)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: I. Gnomus (Pictures at an Exhibition: I. Gnomus, orchestrated by Ravel) (in 1953-12)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 1 “Gnomus” (original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky2:11
3Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade II
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-12)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-12)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-12)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: Promenade (Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade. Moderato comodo e con delicatezza, orchestrated by Ravel, 2nd promenade) (in 1953-12)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: [Untitled] (Interlude, Promenade theme, 1st) (original piano version, often called Promenade 2)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky0:50
4Pictures at an Exhibition: II. Il vecchio castello
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-12)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-12)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-12)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: II. Il vecchio castello (Pictures at an Exhibition: II. Il vecchio castello, orchestrated by Ravel) (in 1953-12)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 2 “Il vecchio castello” (original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky4:32
5Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade III
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-12)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-12)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-12)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: Promenade (Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade. Moderato non tanto, pesante, orchestrated by Ravel, 3rd promenade) (in 1953-12)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: [Untitled] (Interlude, Promenade theme, 2nd) (original piano version, often called Promenade 3)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky0:35
6Pictures at an Exhibition: III. Tuileries
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-12)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-12)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-12)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: III. Tuileries (Pictures at an Exhibition: III. Tuileries, orchestrated by Ravel) (in 1953-12)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 3 “Tuileries” (Dispute d’enfants après jeux) (Pictures at an Exhibition: Tuileries (Children Quarreling at Play), original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky0:59
7Pictures at an Exhibition: IV. Bydlo
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-12)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-12)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-12)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: IV. Bydlo (Pictures at an Exhibition: IV. Bydło, orchestrated by Ravel) (in 1953-12)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 4 “Bydło” (original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky2:42
8Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade IV
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-12)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-12)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-12)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: Promenade (Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade. Tranquillo, orchestrated by Ravel, 4th promenade) (in 1953-12)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: [Untitled] (Interlude, Promenade theme, 3rd) (original piano version, often called Promenade 4)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky0:43
9Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-12)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-12)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-12)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: V. Ballet des poussins dans leurs coques (Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks, orchestrated by Ravel) (in 1953-12)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 5 “Балетъ невылупившихся птенцовъ” [Balet nevylupivshikhsya ptentsov] (Pictures at an Exhibition: IX. No. 5 "Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks", original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky1:15
10Pictures at an Exhibition: VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-12)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-12)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-12)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: VI. Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuyle (Pictures at an Exhibition: VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle, orchestrated by Ravel) (in 1953-12)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 6 “Samuel” Goldenberg und “Schmuÿle” (Pictures at an Exhibition: Samual Goldenberg and Schmuÿle, original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky2:21
11Pictures at an Exhibition: VII. The Marketplace at Limoges
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-12)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-12)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-12)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: VII. Limoges – le marché (Pictures at an Exhibition: VII. Limoges – le marché, orchestrated by Ravel) (in 1953-12)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 7 “Limoges”, le marché (La grande nouvelle) (original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky1:23
12Pictures at an Exhibition: VIII. Catacombae (Sepulchrum romanum)
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-12)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-12)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-12)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: VIII. Catacombae (Sepulchrum romanum) (Pictures at an Exhibition: VIII. Catacombae (Sepulchrum romanum), orchestrated by Ravel) (in 1953-12)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 8 “Catacombæ” (Sepulcrum romanum) and “Cum mortuis in lingua mortua” (original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky4:12
13Pictures at an Exhibition: IX. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-12)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-12)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-12)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: IX. La cabane sur des pattes de poules (Baba-Yaga) (Pictures at an Exhibition: XIV. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba-Yaga), orchestrated by Ravel) (in 1953-12)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 9 “Избушка на курьихъ ножкахъ” (Баба-Яга) [Izbushka na kuryikh nozhkakh (Baba-Yagá)] (original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky3:17
14Pictures at an Exhibition: X. The Great Gate of Kiev
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1953-12)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1953-12)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1953-12)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: X. La grande porte de Kiev (Pictures at an Exhibition: X. The Great Gate of Kiev, orchestrated by Ravel) (in 1953-12)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 10 “Богатырскія ворота” (Въ стольномъ городѣ Кіевѣ) (Pictures at an Exhibition: The great gate at Kiev, original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky5:30
15La Valse, M. 72
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (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:
La Valse (for orchestra) (from 1953-06-15 until 1953-06-19)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (from 1919 until 1920)
publisher:
Ed. Durand & Cie (1909–1947) and Soc. Arima (rights society?)
part of:
Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 72)
recording of:
La Valse (for orchestra) (from 1953-06-22 until 1953-06-25)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (from 1919 until 1920)
publisher:
Ed. Durand & Cie (1909–1947) and Soc. Arima (rights society?)
part of:
Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 72)
Maurice Ravel13:06
16Boléro, M. 81
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (on 1954-09-21)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (on 1954-09-21)
recorded at:
La Maison de la Mutualité in Paris (on 1954-09-21)
recording of:
Boléro (on 1954-09-21)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ed. Durand & Cie (1909–1947) and Soc. Arima (rights society?)
premiered at:
Palais Garnier in Paris (on 1928-11-22)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 9) and Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 81)
Maurice Ravel15:51
17Pacific 231
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (on 1954-09-22)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (on 1954-09-22)
recorded at:
La Maison de la Mutualité in Paris (on 1954-09-22)
recording of:
Pacific 231 (on 1954-09-22)
composer:
Arthur Honegger (composer) (in 1923)
premiered at:
[concert] (1924-05-08)
publisher:
Editions Salabert, Paris and Maurice Senart (in 1924)
part of:
Harry Halbreich's catalog of Arthur Honegger's works (H) (number: H 53)
Arthur Honegger6:00
18L'Apprenti sorcier
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (in 1954-09)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1954-09)
recorded at:
La Maison de la Mutualité in Paris (in 1954-09)
recording of:
L’Apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) (in 1954-09)
composer:
Paul Dukas (French composer) (from 1896 until 1897)
Paul Dukas11:02
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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