Ernest Ansermet: The Mono Years

The collection opens with a recording of six of Handel's Op. 6 Concerti Grossi made with a specially formed band of London musicians, the 'Decca String Orchestra' in 1929, the year in which the label was founded. Ansermet returned to the studio to record for the label from 1946 and from then on became one of its most frequently recorded conductors. Fortunately, the music of his friend Igor Stravinsky is strongly represented in this collection. Of other composers Ansermet knew personally, several landmark recordings of works by Maurice Ravel are significant. 1952 was a particularly busy year for the conductor and his Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - with recordings of Handel, Prokofiev as well as his famous interpretation of Debussy's 'Pelléas et Mélisande'. An orchestral version of Mussorgsky's two-minute 'Gopak' was recorded as the last work in this collection. The stereo recording from 1955 was only available as a test pressing - this box presents it as a veritable world premiere.

Disc 1
1: 1. Andante Larghetto
2: 2. Allegro
3: 3. Largo
4: 4. Allegro, ma non troppo
5: 1. Larghetto
6: 2. Andante
7: 3. Allegro
8: 4. Polonaise
9: 5. Allegro, ma non troppo
10: 1. Larghetto affettuoso
11: 2. Allegro
12: 3. Largo e piano
13: 4. Allegro
14: 1. Largo affetuoso
15: 2. Tempo giusto
16: 3. Musette: Larghetto
17: 4. Allegro
18: 5. Allegro
19: 1. Ouvertüre
20: 2. Allegro
21: 3. Air: Lentement
22: 4. Allegro
23: 5. Allegro
24: 1. Largo
25: 2. Allegro
26: 3. Aria: Larghetto e piano
27: 4. Largo
28: 5. Allegro

Disc 2
1: 1. Allegro
2: 2. Larghetto
3: 3. Allegro molto
4: 1. Allegro moderato
5: 2. Adagio
6: 3. Allegro
7: Larghetto e staccato
8: Allegro
9: Adagio
10: 1. A tempo ordinario e staccato - Allegro
11: 2. Adagio e staccato - Allegro, ma non presto

Disc 3
1: 1. Adagio - Allegro
2: 2. Andante
3: 3. Finale (Presto)
4: 1. Exsultate, jubilate
5: 2. Fulget amica dies
6: 3. Tu virginum corona
7: 4. Alleluia
8: 1. Largo - Allegro molto
9: 2. Menuetto (Allegretto) - Trio I&II
10: 3. Adagio
11: 4. Menuetto (Allegretto) - Trio I-II
12: 5. Romanze (Adagio - Allegretto - Adagio)
13: 6. Thema con 6 variazioni (Andante)
14: 7. Finale (Molto allegro)

Disc 4
1: 1. Adagio - Presto
2: 2. Andante
3: 3. Menuet (Allegretto) - Trio
4: 4. Finale (Vivace)
5: Overture Genoveva, Op. 81
6: 1. Andante un poco maestoso - Allegro molto vivace
7: 2. Larghetto
8: 3. Scherzo (Molto vivace)
9: 4. Allegro animato e grazioso

Disc 5
1: 1. Allegro affettuoso
2: 2. Intermezzo (Andantino grazioso)
3: 3. Allegro vivace
4: 1. Nicht zu schnell
5: 2. Langsam
6: 3. Sehr lebhaft
7: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33

Disc 6
1: Promenade I
2: 1. Gnomus
3: Promenade II
4: 2. The Old Castle
5: Promenade III
6: 3. The Tuileries Gardens
7: 4. Bydlo
8: Promenade IV
9: 5. Ballet of the Chickens in Their Shells
10: 6. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
11: 7. The Market-place at Limoges
12: 8. Catacombae - Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
13: 9. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
14: 10. The Great Gate of Kiev
15: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
16: The Story of the Calender Prince
17: The Young Prince and the Young Princess
18: Festival at Bagdad - The Sea - The Shipwreck against a rock surmounted by a bronze warrior (The Shipwreck)

Disc 7
1: Introduction
2: Bridal Procession
3: 1. Tsar Dodon In His Palace
4: 2. Tsar Dodon On Campaign
5: 3. Tsar Dodon As Guest Of The Queen Of Shemakha
6: 4. The Wedding And Lamentable End Of Dodon
7: 1. Alborada
8: 2. Variazioni
9: 3. Alborada
10: 4. Scena e canto gitano
11: 5. Fandango asturiano
12: Gopak
13: III.2. Gopak

Disc 8
1: 1. Allegro
2: 2. Allegro: Poco scherzando
3: 3. Andante: Cadenza
4: 4. Allegro non troppo
5: 1. Maestoso
6: 2. Larghetto
7: 3. Allegro vivace

Disc 9
1: 4. Alborada del gracioso
2: La Valse, M.72
3: 1. Asie
4: 2. La flûte enchantée
5: 3. L'indifférent
6: 1. De l'aube à midi sur la mer
7: 2. Jeux de vagues
8: 3. Dialogue du vent et de la mer
9: 1. En bateau
10: 2. Cortège
11: 3. Menuet
12: 4. Ballet

Disc 10
1: 1/2: Overture; Scene
2: 3/4: Vivo; Tarantella
3: 5/6: Mazurka; Scene
4: 7/8: Danse cosaque; Valse brillante
5: 9. Can-Can
6: 10/11: Andantino mosso; Valse lente
7: 12/13: Scene; Nocturne
8: 14/15: Galop; Finale
9: Introduccion (Introduction)
10: La Tarde (Afternoon)
11: Danza del la Molinera (Dance of the Miller's Wife)
12: Las Uvas (The Grapes)
13: Danza del los Vecinos (Dance of the neighbours)
14: Danza del Molinero (The Miller's dance)
15: Danza del Corregidor (The Corregidor's dance)
16: Danza Final (Final dance)
17: 1. Soupir
18: 2. Placet futile
19: 3. Surgi de la croupe et du bond

Disc 11
1: 1. Gigues
2: 1. Par les rues et par les chemins
3: 2. Les parfums de la nuit
4: 3. Le matin d'un jour de fête
5: 3. Rondes de printemps
6: "Señor Torquemada, horloger de Tolède"
7: "Il reste, voilà bien ma chance!"
8: "Salut à la belle horlogère!"
9: "Monsieur! ah! Monsieur!"
10: "Oh! la pitoyable aventure!"
11: "Il n'est pour l'horloger"

Disc 12
1: "Je ne pourrai plus sortir"
2: "Pourquoi pleures-tu?"
3: "Je suis perdu aussi"...Interlude
4: "Voici ce qu'il écrit à son frère"
5: "Qu'en dites-vous?"
6: Interlude..."Il fait sombre"..."Hoé! Hisse hoé!"
7: Vous ne savez pas...C'est au bord d'une fontaine
8: Interlude
9: "Ah, ah, tout va bien"
10: "Voyons, donne-moi ta main"
11: Interlude
12: "Oui, c'est ici, nous y sommes"
13: "Mes longs cheveux descendent"
14: "Je les tiens dans les mains"
15: "Que faites-vous ici?"
16: "Prenez garde! Par ici"

Disc 13
1: "Ah, je respire enfin"
2: Interlude
3: "Viens, nous allons nous asseoir ici"
4: "S'ils s'embrassent, petit père?"
5: "Où vas-tu?"
6: "Maintenant que le Père de Pelléas"
7: "Pelléas part ce soir"
8: "Ne mettez pas ainsi votre main à la gorge"
9: Interlude
10: "Oh! Cette pierre est lourde"
11: "C'est le dernier soir"
12: Nous sommes venus ici il y a bien longtemps
13: "On dirait que ta voix"
14: "Quel est ce bruit?"
15: "Ce n'est pas de cette petite blessure"
16: "Attention, je crois qu'elle s'éveille"
17: "Mélisande, as-tu pitié de moi?"
18: Non, non, nous n'avons pas été coupables
19: "Qu'avez-vous fait?"
20: "Qu'y a-t-il?"
21: "Attention...attention!"

Disc 14
1: 1. Lento
2: 2. Allegro
3: 3. Tempo I
4: 1. Lento
5: 2. Allegro
6: 3. Tempo I
7: 1. Allegramente
8: 2. Adagio assai
9: 3. Presto

Disc 15
1: 1. Nuages
2: 2. Fêtes
3: 3. Sirènes
4: 1. Prélude à la nuit
5: 2. Malagueña
6: 3. Habanera
7: 4. Feria
8: 1. Modéré; 2. Assez lent
9: 3. Modéré; 4. Assez animé
10: 5. Presque lent; 6. Assez vif
11: 7. Moins vif; 8. Epilogue
12: 1. Prélude
13: 2. Forlane
14: 3. Menuet
15: 4. Rigaudon

Disc 16
1: Introduction et danse religieuse
2: Scène - Danse générale
3: Danse grotesque de Dorcon - Scène
4: Danse légère et gracieuse de Daphnis
5: Scène - Danse de Lyceion - Scène (Les pirates)
6: Scène - Danse lente et mystérieuse
7: Introduction
8: Danse guerrière
9: Scène - Danse suppliante de Chloé
10: Lever du jour - Scène
11: Daphnis et Chloé miment l'aventure de Pan et Syrinx
12: Danse générale

Disc 17
1: 1. From Dawn till Noon on the Sea (De l'aube à midi sur la mer)
2: 2. Play of the Waves (Jeux de vagues)
3: 3. Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea (Dialogue du vent et de la mer)
4: Prelude et Danse du Rouet
5: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
6: Petit Poucet
7: Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes
8: Interlude
9: Apothéose: Le jardin féerique
10: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
11: Circus Polka for a Young Elephant
12: Alborada del gracioso
13: 3. March

Disc 18
1: 1. Allegro moderato
2: 2. Largo
3: 3. Vivace
4: 1. Allegro (Allegro vivo)
5: 2. Andante (Adagio)
6: 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
7: 4. Finale (Allegro vivace)

Disc 19
1: 1. Allegro
2: 2. Larghetto
3: 3. Gavotta (Non troppo allegro)
4: 4. Finale (Vivace)
5: Overture
6: In the Steppes of Central Asia
7: A Night on the Bare Mountain (Arr. N. Rimsky-Korsakov)
8: Jeux (Poème dansé), L.126
9: Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été
10: Pour un tombeau sans nom
11: Pour que la nuit soit propice
12: Pour la danseuse aux crotales
13: Pour l'égyptienne
14: Pour remercier la pluie au matin

Disc 20
1: 1. Allegretto
2: 2. Adagio religioso
3: 3. Allegro vivace
4: 1. Andante - Allegro
5: 2. Tema con variazione
6: 3. Allegro ma non troppo
7: 1. Allegro tranquilo
8: 2. Andante molto moderato
9: 3. Presto

Disc 21
1: 1. Adagio - Allegro con moto
2: 2. Adagio
3: 3. Allegretto alla marcia
4: 1. Sinfonia
5: 2. Danses suisses
6: 3. Scherzo
7: 4a. Pas de deux (Adagio)
8: 4b. Variation (Allegretto grazioso) and Coda (Presto)
9: Danse macabre, Op.40
10: Le Rouet d'Omphale, Op.31
11: Joyeuse marche
12: Pavane pour une infante défunte - Orchestral version
13: España - Rhapsody for Orchestra

Disc 22
1: Promenade I
2: Gnomus
3: Promenade II
4: Il vecchio castello
5: Promenade III
6: Tuileries
7: Bydlo
8: Promenade IV
9: Ballet Of The Unhatched Chicks
10: Samuel Goldenburg And Schmuyle
11: The Market Place At Limoges
12: Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum)
13: The Hut On Fowls' Legs (Baba-Yaga)
14: The Great Gate Of Kiev
15: La Valse
16: Boléro
17: Pacific 231
18: L'Apprenti sorcier

Disc 23
1: 1. Moderato
2: 2. Poco lento
3: 3. Moderato
4: 4. Adagio, piacevole
5: 5. Poco agitato (cadenza)
6: 6. Allegro
7: Schelomo
8: 1. Recitative
9: 2. Aria
10: 3. Elegy
11: 1. Energico e fermo
12: 2. Andantino (Variations on a French folk song)
13: 3. Vivace

Disc 24
1: The Shrovetide Fair - The Crowds - The Conjuring-trick - Russian Dance
2: Petrouchka's Room
3: The Moor's Room - Dance of the Ballerina - Waltz (The Ballerina and the Moor)
4: The Shrovetide Fair - The Wet-nurses - The Peasant and the Bear - The Merchant and the Gipsies - The Coachmen and the Grooms - The Masqueraders - Petrouchka's Death
5: Introduction & Dance of The Firebird
6: Round Dance of the Princesses
7: Infernal Dance of King Kaschei
8: Berceuse
9: Finale
10: Scherzo - Game of the Princesses with the Golden Apples
11: 1. Exaudi orationem meam, Domine
12: 2. Expectans expectavi Dominum
13: 3. Alleluia, laudate Dominum

Disc 25
1: The Shrovetide Fair - The Crowds - The Conjuring-trick
2: Petrouchka's Room
3: The Moor's Room - Dance of the Ballerina
4: The Shrovetide Fair (Evening)
5: Part 1: The Adoration of the Earth
6: Part 2: The Sacrifice

Disc 26
1: Introduction
2: Dance of the Firebird
3: Round Dance of the Princesses
4: Infernal Dance of King Kaschei
5: Berceuse
6: Finale
7: Spectateurs! Vous allez entendre...
8: Caedit nos pestis
9: Liberi, vos liberabo
10: Voici Créon
11: Respondit deus
12: Non reperias vetus scelus
13: Oedipe interroge la fontaine de vérité
14: Delie exspectamus
15: Dicere non possum
16: Invidia fortunam odit
17: Gloria!
18: La dispute des princes attire Jocasta
19: Nonn' erubescite, reges
20: Trivium, trivium...
21: Le témoin du meurtre sort de l'ombre
22: Adest omniscius pastor
23: In monte reppertus est
24: Et maintenant, vous allez entendre
25: Divum Jocastae caput mortuum
26: Ecce! Regem Oedipoda

Conductor: Ernest Ansermet

Number of Discs: 26

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