Annotation
An 88-CD collection of Ernest Ansermet's stereo recordings for Decca. Includes a booklet with complete tracklistings and essays; CD wallets have original jacket artwork. The original release had defective discs: CD 20 - the last minute stuttered, CD 37 was the 1957 recording, not the 1964 one. Replacements were available through Deutsche Grammophon support.
Tracklist
| CD 1: J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites 2 & 3 / Cantatas “Herr Gott, dich loben wir” / “Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ” |
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| CD 3: Haydn: Symphonies 82 “L'Ours”, 83 “La Poule”, 84 |
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| CD 4: Haydn: Symphonies 85 “La Reine”, 86, 87 | ||||
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Symphony no. 85, Hob. I:85 “La Reine”: I. Adagio - Vivace
| Joseph Haydn | 7:52 | |
| 2 | Symphony no. 85, Hob. I:85 “La Reine”: II. Romance: Allegretto
| Joseph Haydn | 7:52 | |
| 3 | Symphony no. 85, Hob. I:85 “La Reine”: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
| Joseph Haydn | 4:26 | |
| 4 | Symphony no. 85, Hob. I:85 “La Reine”: IV. Finale: Presto
| Joseph Haydn | 3:30 | |
| 5 | Symphony no. 86, Hob. I:86: I. Adagio - Allegro Spiritoso
| Joseph Haydn | 7:05 | |
| 6 | Symphony no. 86, Hob. I:86: II. Capriccio: Largo
| Joseph Haydn | 5:54 | |
| 7 | Symphony no. 86, Hob. I:86: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
| Joseph Haydn | 5:38 | |
| 8 | Symphony no. 86, Hob. I:86: IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito
| Joseph Haydn | 6:36 | |
| 9 | Symphony no. 87, Hob. I:87: I. Vivace
| Joseph Haydn | 7:16 | |
| 10 | Symphony no. 87, Hob. I:87: II. Adagio
| Joseph Haydn | 6:18 | |
| 11 | Symphony no. 87, Hob. I:87: III. Menuet e trio
| Joseph Haydn | 4:31 | |
| 12 | Symphony no. 87, Hob. I:87: IV. Finale: Vivace
| Joseph Haydn | 4:31 | |
| CD 5: Haydn: Symphonies 22 “Der Philosoph”, 90 / Trumpet Concerto in E-flat / Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat |
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| CD 6: W.A. Mozart: Flute Concerto no. 2 / Schumann: Adagio & Allegro / Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in A minor, RV 497 / L. Mozart: Trumpet Concerto |
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| CD 7: Beethoven: Symphonies 1 [1963] & 3 |
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| CD 8: Beethoven: Symphonies 2 & 4 / Coriolan Overture |
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| CD 9: Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 6 |
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| CD 10: Beethoven: Symphonies 7 & 8 [1963] / Egmont Overture |
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| CD 11: Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 |
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| CD 12: Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 [1956] |
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| CD 13: Weber: Overtures / Bassoon Concerto |
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| CD 14: Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 / Overtures |
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| CD 15: Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Schubert: Rosamunde |
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| CD 16: Beethoven: Symphony no. 8 [1956] / Schumann: Symphony no. 2 / Manfred Overture |
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| CD 17: Brahms: Symphonies 1 & 3 |
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| CD 18: Brahms: Symphony no. 2 / St. Anthony Variations / Tragic Overture |
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| CD 19: Brahms: Symphony no. 4 / Academic Festival Overture / Nänie / Alto Rhapsody |
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| CD 20: Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem |
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| CD 21: Wagner: Orchestral Selections: Lohengrin / Götterdammerung / Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Parsifal |
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| CD 22: Liszt: A Faust Symphony / Episode no. 2 from Faust |
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| CD 23: Liszt: Episode no. 1 from Faust / Hunnenschlacht / Magnard: Symphony no. 3 |
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| CD 24: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / 3 Orchestral pieces from La Damnation de Faust |
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| CD 25: Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été / Overtures |
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| CD 26: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (in rehearsal) |
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| CD 27: Franck: Symphony in D minor / Les Éolides / Le Chasseur maudit |
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| CD 28: Delibes: Coppélia (Tableaux I & II) |
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| CD 29: Delibes: Coppélia (Tableau III & alternate highlights takes) / Sylvia Suite / Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no. 2 / Shéhérazade [1963] |
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| CD 30: Bizet: Carmen Suite / L'Arlésienne Suites / Patrie Overture |
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| CD 31: Bizet: Symphony in C / Petite Suite d'orchestre (Jeux d'enfants) / La Jolie Fille de Perth Suite / Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin / Tzigane |
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| CD 32: Lalo: Symphonie espagnole / Namouna Suite / Andantino / Scherzo |
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| CD 33: Lalo: Rapsodie norvégienne / Chabrier: Habanera / España / Suite pastorale / Joyeuse marche / Le Roi malgré lui (excerpts) |
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| CD 34: Fauré: Requiem / Pelléas et Mélisande / Pénélope: Prélude / Masques et bergamasques |
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| CD 35: Roussel: Symphonies 3 & 4 / Le Festin de l'araignée |
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| CD 36: Roussel: Petite suite / Dukas: L'Apprenti sorcier / La Péri (1958) / Chausson: Symphony in B-flat |
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| CD 37: Debussy: La Mer [1964] / Première rhapsodie / Clair de lune / Petite suite / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / Jeux |
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| CD 38: Debussy: Images, Set 3 / Printemps / Nocturnes |
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| CD 39: Debussy: Le Martyre de saint Sébastien / Dukas: La Péri [1954] |
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| CD 40: Debussy: La Mer [1957] / Khamma / La Boîte à joujoux / Marche écossaise / Danse |
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| CD 41: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (Acte I / Acte II / Acte III, Scènes 1 & 2) |
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| CD 42: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (Acte III, Scènes 3 & 4 / Acte IV / Acte V) |
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| CD 43: Albéniz: Iberia Suite / Turina: Danzas fantásticas |
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| CD 44: Falla: El amor brujo / El sombrero de tres picos |
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| CD 45: Ravel: L'Enfant et les sortilèges / Shéhérazade [1954] / 2 Mélodies hébraïques |
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| CD 46: Ravel: Boléro / Valses nobles et sentimentales / Rapsodie espagnole / Pavane pour une infante défunte / Ma mère l'Oye Suite |
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| CD 47: Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet) / Alborada del gracioso / La Valse [1963] |
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| CD 48: Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 “Organ” / Respighi: Fontane di Roma / Pini di Roma |
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| CD 49: Honegger: Symphonies 2-4 |
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| CD 50: Honegger: Le Roi David / Pacific 231 |
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| CD 51: Honegger: Une cantate de Noël / Martin: In Terra Pax |
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| CD 52: The Royal Ballet: Gala Performances (I) |
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| CD 53: The Royal Ballet: Gala Performances (II) |
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| CD 55: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition [1958] / Ravel: La Valse [1958] / Rossini/Respighi: Rossiniana |
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| CD 56: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition [1959] / Night on the Bare Mountain / Gopak / Prelude & Dance of the Persian Slaves (Khovanshchina) / Balakirev: Tamara |
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| CD 57: Borodin: Symphonies 2 & 3 / Overture & Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor) / In the Steppes of Central Asia |
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| CD 58: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Act I, Act II, Act III beginning) |
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| CD 59: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Act III conclusion, Act IV) / Symphony no. 6 |
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| CD 60: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Act II beginning) |
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| CD 61: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act II conclusion) / Suites 3 & 4 |
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| CD 62: Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty (Prologue, Act I) |
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| CD 63: Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, Act III) |
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| CD 64: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade [1954] / Scheherazade [1960] |
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| CD 65: Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar / May Night Overture / The Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite / Flight of the Bumblebee |
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| CD 66: Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Fesitval Overture / Christmas Eve Suite / Dubinushka / Episode from the Bylina of Sadko / The Snow MaIden Suite |
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| CD 67: Glazunov: The Seasons / Concert Waltzes 1 & 2 / Schumann/Glazunov: Carnaval (ballet) |
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| CD 69: Sibelius: Symphony no. 2 / Tapiola |
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| CD 70: Sibelius: Symphony no. 4 / Rachmaninoff: Isle of the Dead |
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| CD 71: Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suites 1 & 2 (excerpts) / The Prodigal Son Suite / Violin Concerto no. 1 |
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| CD 72: Prokofiev: Cinderella Suites 1 & 2 (excerpts) / Scythian Suite / March & Scherzo (From The Love for Three Oranges Suite) |
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| CD 73: Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 2 / Symphonies 1 & 5 |
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| CD 74: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Dance Suite / 2 Portraits / Romanian Folk Dances |
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| CD 75: Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / Martin: Concerto for 7 wind instruments, timpani, percussion & string orchestra / Études for string orchestra |
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| CD 76: Stravinsky: The Firebird [1955] / Petrushka |
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| CD 77: Stravinsky: Apollon musagète / Chant du rossignol / Rite of Spring |
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| CD 78: Stravinsky: Renard [1955, French] / Renard [1964, English] / Soldier's Tale Suite / Pulcinella Suite |
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| CD 79: Stravinsky: Symphony in C / Symphony in 3 Movements / Symphonies of Wind Instruments |
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| CD 80: Stravinsky: Piano Concerto / Capriccio / Suites 1 & 2 / 4 Studies / Scherzo à la russe |
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| CD 81: Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms / Mavra / Les Noces |
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| CD 82: Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la fée / Pulcinella |
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| CD 83: Stravinsky: The Firebird [1968] |
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| CD 84: Stravinsky: Ansermet rehearses The Firebird [1968] |
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| CD 85: “What everyone should know about music” |
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| CD 86: “Ce que chacun devrait savoir sur la musique” |
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| CD 87: „Was jeder über Musik wissen sollte” |
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| CD 88: Ernest Ansermet: A Memoir |
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Credits
Release
| photography: | Hans Wild |
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| 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) |
| mastering: | Chris Bernauer (freelance multi-instrumentalist, producer, and engineer) Paschal Byrne |
| compiler: | Ray Granlund |
| design: | Paul Chessel (art director) |
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/30266201 [info] |
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| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0005918349 [info] |
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