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)
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1Pelléas et Mélisande, CD 93: Act I, Scene 1. “Je ne pournais plus sortir de cette forêt!”
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
baritone vocals [Golaud]:
Heinz Rehfuss (baritone) (in 1952-04)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Suzanne Danco (soprano / mezzo-soprano) (in 1952-04)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-04)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-04)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Act I, Scene I. "Je ne pourrai plus sortir de cette forêt" (Golaud, Mélisande) (in 1952-04)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte I, Scène 1: Une forêt
Claude Debussy3:04
2Pelléas et Mélisande, CD 93: Act I, Scene 1. “Pourquoi pleures-tu?”
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
baritone vocals [Golaud]:
Heinz Rehfuss (baritone) (in 1952-04)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Suzanne Danco (soprano / mezzo-soprano) (in 1952-04)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-04)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-04)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte I, Scène 1. “Pourquoi pleures-tu?” (Golaud, Mélisande) (in 1952-04)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte I, Scène 1: Une forêt
Claude Debussy6:08
3Pelléas et Mélisande, CD 93: Act I, Scene 1. “Je suis perdu aussi” - Interlude
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
baritone vocals [Golaud]:
Heinz Rehfuss (baritone) (in 1952-04)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-04)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-04)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte I, Scène 1. “Je suis perdu aussi” (Golaud) - Interlude (in 1952-04)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte I, Scène 1: Une forêt
Claude Debussy2:57
4Pelléas et Mélisande, CD 93: Act I, Scene 2. “Voici qu'il écrit à son trère Pelléas”
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
mezzo-soprano vocals [Geneviève]:
Hélène Bouvier (French operatic mezzo-soprano) (in 1952-04)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-04)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-04)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Act I, Scene II. "Voici ce qu'il écrit à son frère Pelléas: 'Un soir, je l'ai trouvée'" (Geneviève) (in 1952-04)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte I, Scène 2: Un appartement dans le château
Claude Debussy2:55
5Pelléas et Mélisande, CD 93: Act I, Scene 2. “Qu'en dites-vous?”
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
baritone vocals [Pelléas]:
Pierre Mollet (baritone) (in 1952-04)
bass vocals [Arkel]:
André Vessières (French bass vocalist) (in 1952-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Geneviève]:
Hélène Bouvier (French operatic mezzo-soprano) (in 1952-04)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-04)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-04)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte I, Scène 2. “Qu'en dites-vous? / Je n'en dis rien” … “C'est Pelléas” (Geneviève, Arkel, Pelléas) (in 1952-04)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte I, Scène 2: Un appartement dans le château
Claude Debussy5:12
6Pelléas et Mélisande, CD 93: Act I, Scene 3. Interlude - “Il fait sombre… Hoé! Hisse hoé”
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
baritone vocals [Pelléas]:
Pierre Mollet (baritone) (in 1952-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Geneviève]:
Hélène Bouvier (French operatic mezzo-soprano) (in 1952-04)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Suzanne Danco (soprano / mezzo-soprano) (in 1952-04)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-04)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-04)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Act I, Scene III. "Il fait sombre dans les jardins" (Mélisande, Geneviève, Pelléas) (in 1952-04)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte I, Scène 3: Devant le château
Claude Debussy8:19
7Pelléas et Mélisande, CD 93: Act II, Scene 1. “Vous ne savez pas… c'est au bord d'une fontaine”
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
baritone vocals [Pelléas]:
Pierre Mollet (baritone) (in 1952-04)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Suzanne Danco (soprano / mezzo-soprano) (in 1952-04)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-04)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-04)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Act II, Scene I. "Vous ne savez pas où je vous ai menée?" (Pelléas, Mélisande) (in 1952-04)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte II, Scène 1: Une fontaine dans le parc
Claude Debussy6:22
8Pelléas et Mélisande, CD 93: Act II, Scene 1. Interlude
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-04)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-04)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte II, Scène 1. Interlude (in 1952-04)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte II, Scène 1: Une fontaine dans le parc
Claude Debussy3:24
9Pelléas et Mélisande, CD 93: Act II, Scene 2. “Ah! Ah! Tout va bien”
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
baritone vocals [Golaud]:
Heinz Rehfuss (baritone) (in 1952-04)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Suzanne Danco (soprano / mezzo-soprano) (in 1952-04)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-04)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-04)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Act II, Scene II. "Ah! Ah! Tout va bien, cela ne sera rien" (Golaud, Mélisande) (in 1952-04)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte II, Scène 2: Un appartement dans le chateau
Claude Debussy7:32
10Pelléas et Mélisande, CD 93: Act II, Scene 2. “Voyons, donne-moi ta main”
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
baritone vocals [Golaud]:
Heinz Rehfuss (baritone) (in 1952-04)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Suzanne Danco (soprano / mezzo-soprano) (in 1952-04)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-04)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-04)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte II, Scène 2. “Voyons, donne-moi la main” (Golaud, Mélisande) (in 1952-04)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte II, Scène 2: Un appartement dans le chateau
Claude Debussy3:05
11Pelléas et Mélisande, CD 93: Act II, Scene 2. Interlude
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-04)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-04)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte II, Scène 2. Interlude (in 1952-04)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte II, Scène 2: Un appartement dans le chateau
Claude Debussy2:15
12Pelléas et Mélisande, CD 93: Act II, Scene 3. “Oui, c'est ici, nous y sommes”
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
baritone vocals [Pelléas]:
Pierre Mollet (baritone) (in 1952-04)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Suzanne Danco (soprano / mezzo-soprano) (in 1952-04)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-04)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-04)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Pelléas & Mélisande: Acte II, Scène III. “Oui, cʼest ici, nous y sommes” (Pelléas, Mélisande) (in 1952-04)
writer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte II, Scène 3: Devant une grotte
Claude Debussy4:37
13Pelléas et Mélisande, CD 93: Act III, Scene 1. “Mes longs cheveux descendent”
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-04)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-04)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Act III, Scene I. "Mes longs cheveux descendent" (in 1952-04)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte III, Scène 1: Une des tours du château
Claude Debussy5:41
14Pelléas et Mélisande, CD 93: Act III, Scene 1. “Je les tiens dans les mains”
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
baritone vocals [Pelléas]:
Pierre Mollet (baritone) (in 1952-04)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Suzanne Danco (soprano / mezzo-soprano) (in 1952-04)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-04)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-04)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte III, Scène 1. “Je les tiens dans les mains, je les tiens dans la bouche” (Pelléas, Mélisande) (in 1952-04)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte III, Scène 1: Une des tours du château
Claude Debussy4:10
15Pelléas et Mélisande, CD 93: Act III, Scene 1. “Que faites-vous ici?”
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
baritone vocals [Golaud]:
Heinz Rehfuss (baritone) (in 1952-04)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Suzanne Danco (soprano / mezzo-soprano) (in 1952-04)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-04)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-04)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte III, Scène 1. “Que faites-vous ici?” - Interlude (Golaud, Mélisande) (in 1952-04)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte III, Scène 1: Une des tours du château
Claude Debussy3:26
16Pelléas et Mélisande, CD 93: Act III, Scene 2. Interlude - “Prenez garde, par ici, par ici”
engineer:
Gil Went
producer:
Victor Olof
baritone vocals [Golaud]:
Heinz Rehfuss (baritone) (in 1952-04)
baritone vocals [Pelléas]:
Pierre Mollet (baritone) (in 1952-04)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (in 1952-04)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (in 1952-04)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva) (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Pelléas & Mélisande: Acte III, Scène II. “Prenez garde ; par ici, par ici” (Golaud, Pelléas) (in 1952-04)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte III, Scène 2: Les souterrains du château
Claude Debussy3:09
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
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)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/30267098 [info]
purchase for mail-order:https://store.deccaclassics.com/products/the-mono-years-26cd-boxset [info]
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Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0006202719 [info]