The Stereo Years

~ Release by Ernest Ansermet (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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

1▶CD: J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites 2 & 3 / Cantatas “Herr Gott, dich loben wir” / “Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ”
2▶CD: J.S. Bach: Cantatas “Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret”: Sinfonia / “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen”: Sinfonia / “Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht” / “Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist” / “Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott” (excerpts)
3▶CD: Haydn: Symphonies 82 “L'Ours”, 83 “La Poule”, 84
4▶CD: Haydn: Symphonies 85 “La Reine”, 86, 87
5▶CD: Haydn: Symphonies 22 “Der Philosoph”, 90 / Trumpet Concerto in E-flat / Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat
6▶CD: W.A. Mozart: Flute Concerto no. 2 / Schumann: Adagio & Allegro / Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in A minor, RV 497 / L. Mozart: Trumpet Concerto
7▶CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 1 [1963] & 3
8▶CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 2 & 4 / Coriolan Overture
9▶CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 6
10▶CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 7 & 8 [1963] / Egmont Overture
11▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 9
12▼CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 [1956]
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1Symphony no. 1 in C, op. 21: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
engineer:
James Brown (task: stereo) and Gil Went (task: mono)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (from 1956-05-01 until 1956-05-11)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (from 1956-05-01 until 1956-05-11)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall in Genève, Genève, Switzerland (from 1956-05-01 until 1956-05-11)
recording of:
Symphony no. 1 in C major, op. 21: I. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio (from 1956-05-01 until 1956-05-11)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (from 1799 until 1800)
part of:
Symphony no. 1 in C major, op. 21
Ludwig van Beethoven8:38
2Symphony no. 1 in C, op. 21: II. Andante cantabile con moto
engineer:
James Brown (task: stereo) and Gil Went (task: mono)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (from 1956-05-01 until 1956-05-11)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (from 1956-05-01 until 1956-05-11)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall in Genève, Genève, Switzerland (from 1956-05-01 until 1956-05-11)
recording of:
Symphony no. 1 in C major, op. 21: II. Andante cantabile con moto (from 1956-05-01 until 1956-05-11)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (from 1799 until 1800)
part of:
Symphony no. 1 in C major, op. 21
Ludwig van Beethoven6:21
3Symphony no. 1 in C, op. 21: III. Menuetto: Allegro molto e vivace
engineer:
James Brown (task: stereo) and Gil Went (task: mono)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (from 1956-05-01 until 1956-05-11)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (from 1956-05-01 until 1956-05-11)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall in Genève, Genève, Switzerland (from 1956-05-01 until 1956-05-11)
recording of:
Symphony no. 1 in C major, op. 21: III. Menuetto. Allegro molto e vivace (from 1956-05-01 until 1956-05-11)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (from 1799 until 1800)
part of:
Symphony no. 1 in C major, op. 21
Ludwig van Beethoven3:36
4Symphony no. 1 in C, op. 21: IV. Finale: Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace
engineer:
James Brown (task: stereo) and Gil Went (task: mono)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (from 1956-05-01 until 1956-05-11)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (from 1956-05-01 until 1956-05-11)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall in Genève, Genève, Switzerland (from 1956-05-01 until 1956-05-11)
recording of:
Symphony no. 1 in C major, op. 21: IV. Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace (from 1956-05-01 until 1956-05-11)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (from 1799 until 1800)
part of:
Symphony no. 1 in C major, op. 21
Ludwig van Beethoven5:37
5Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus Overture, op. 43
engineer:
Roy Wallace
producer:
James Walker
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (from 1960-01-04 until 1960-01-14)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (from 1960-01-04 until 1960-01-14)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall in Genève, Genève, Switzerland (from 1960-01-04 until 1960-01-14)
recording of:
Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, op. 43: Ouverture (from 1960-01-04 until 1960-01-14)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (from 1800 until 1801)
part of:
The Creatures of Prometheus, op. 43 (The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43)
Ludwig van Beethoven5:25
6Fidelio Overture, op. 72c
engineer:
Roy Wallace
producer:
James Walker
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (from 1960-01-04 until 1960-01-14)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (from 1960-01-04 until 1960-01-14)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall in Genève, Genève, Switzerland (from 1960-01-04 until 1960-01-14)
recording of:
Fidelio, op. 72: Overture (1814 version, sometimes op. 72b or op. 72c) (from 1960-01-04 until 1960-01-14)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (in 1814)
part of:
Fidelio, op. 72 (1814 version)
revision of:
Fidelio/Leonore Overture op. 72/72a/72b/72c/138 (catch-all for unknown version)
Ludwig van Beethoven6:00
7Leonore Overture, no. 2, op. 72a
engineer:
Roy Wallace
producer:
James Walker
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (from 1960-01-04 until 1960-01-14)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (from 1960-01-04 until 1960-01-14)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall in Genève, Genève, Switzerland (from 1960-01-04 until 1960-01-14)
recording of:
Overture “Leonore” no. 2 in C major, op. 72a (from 1960-01-04 until 1960-01-14)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (in 1805)
part of:
Works of Ludwig van Beethoven by opus number (number: op. 72a)
part of:
Leonore, Hess 109
revision of:
Fidelio/Leonore Overture op. 72/72a/72b/72c/138 (catch-all for unknown version)
Ludwig van Beethoven13:49
8Leonore Overture, no. 3, op. 72b
engineer:
James Timms (task: mono) and Roy Wallace (task: stereo)
producer:
James Walker
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (from 1958-04-01 until 1958-04-23)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (from 1958-04-01 until 1958-04-23)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall in Genève, Genève, Switzerland (from 1958-04-01 until 1958-04-23)
recording of:
Overture “Leonore” no. 3 in C major, op. 72b (from 1958-04-01 until 1958-04-23)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (from 1805 until 1806)
part of:
Works of Ludwig van Beethoven by opus number (number: op. 72b)
revision of:
Fidelio/Leonore Overture op. 72/72a/72b/72c/138 (catch-all for unknown version)
Ludwig van Beethoven13:52
9Grosse Fuge in B-flat, op. 133
engineer:
Roy Wallace (task: stereo) and Gil Went (task: mono)
producer:
James Walker (task: stereo)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (from 1959-05-02 until 1959-05-03)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (from 1959-05-02 until 1959-05-03)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall in Genève, Genève, Switzerland (from 1959-05-02 until 1959-05-03)
recording of:
Große Fugue, op. 133 (orchestrated by Weingartner) (from 1959-05-02 until 1959-05-03)
orchestrator:
Felix Weingartner
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (in 1825)
orchestration of:
Große Fuge for String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 133
Ludwig van Beethoven17:06
13▶CD: Weber: Overtures / Bassoon Concerto
14▶CD: Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 / Overtures
15▶CD: Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Schubert: Rosamunde
16▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 8 [1956] / Schumann: Symphony no. 2 / Manfred Overture
17▶CD: Brahms: Symphonies 1 & 3
18▶CD: Brahms: Symphony no. 2 / St. Anthony Variations / Tragic Overture
19▶CD: Brahms: Symphony no. 4 / Academic Festival Overture / Nänie / Alto Rhapsody
20▶CD: Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
21▶CD: Wagner: Orchestral Selections: Lohengrin / Götterdammerung / Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Parsifal
22▶CD: Liszt: A Faust Symphony / Episode no. 2 from Faust
23▶CD: Liszt: Episode no. 1 from Faust / Hunnenschlacht / Magnard: Symphony no. 3
24▶CD: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / 3 Orchestral pieces from La Damnation de Faust
25▶CD: Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été / Overtures
26▶CD: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (in rehearsal)
27▶CD: Franck: Symphony in D minor / Les Éolides / Le Chasseur maudit
28▶CD: Delibes: Coppélia (Tableaux I & II)
29▶CD: Delibes: Coppélia (Tableau III & alternate highlights takes) / Sylvia Suite / Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no. 2 / Shéhérazade [1963]
30▶CD: Bizet: Carmen Suite / L'Arlésienne Suites / Patrie Overture
31▶CD: Bizet: Symphony in C / Petite Suite d'orchestre (Jeux d'enfants) / La Jolie Fille de Perth Suite / Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin / Tzigane
32▶CD: Lalo: Symphonie espagnole / Namouna Suite / Andantino / Scherzo
33▶CD: Lalo: Rapsodie norvégienne / Chabrier: Habanera / España / Suite pastorale / Joyeuse marche / Le Roi malgré lui (excerpts)
34▶CD: Fauré: Requiem / Pelléas et Mélisande / Pénélope: Prélude / Masques et bergamasques
35▶CD: Roussel: Symphonies 3 & 4 / Le Festin de l'araignée
36▶CD: Roussel: Petite suite / Dukas: L'Apprenti sorcier / La Péri (1958) / Chausson: Symphony in B-flat
37▶CD: Debussy: La Mer [1964] / Première rhapsodie / Clair de lune / Petite suite / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / Jeux
38▶CD: Debussy: Images, Set 3 / Printemps / Nocturnes
39▶CD: Debussy: Le Martyre de saint Sébastien / Dukas: La Péri [1954]
40▶CD: Debussy: La Mer [1957] / Khamma / La Boîte à joujoux / Marche écossaise / Danse
41▶CD: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (Acte I / Acte II / Acte III, Scènes 1 & 2)
42▶CD: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (Acte III, Scènes 3 & 4 / Acte IV / Acte V)
43▶CD: Albéniz: Iberia Suite / Turina: Danzas fantásticas
44▶CD: Falla: El amor brujo / El sombrero de tres picos
45▶CD: Ravel: L'Enfant et les sortilèges / Shéhérazade [1954] / 2 Mélodies hébraïques
46▶CD: Ravel: Boléro / Valses nobles et sentimentales / Rapsodie espagnole / Pavane pour une infante défunte / Ma mère l'Oye Suite
47▶CD: Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet) / Alborada del gracioso / La Valse [1963]
48▶CD: Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 “Organ” / Respighi: Fontane di Roma / Pini di Roma
49▶CD: Honegger: Symphonies 2-4
50▶CD: Honegger: Le Roi David / Pacific 231
51▶CD: Honegger: Une cantate de Noël / Martin: In Terra Pax
52▶CD: The Royal Ballet: Gala Performances (I)
53▶CD: The Royal Ballet: Gala Performances (II)
54▶CD: French Overtures to Auber: Le Domino noir / Fra Diavolo / Boieldieu: La Dame blanche / Hérold: Zampa / Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys / Offenbach: La Belle Hélène / Orphée aux enfers / Thomas: Raymond / Mignon
55▶CD: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition [1958] / Ravel: La Valse [1958] / Rossini/Respighi: Rossiniana
56▶CD: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition [1959] / Night on the Bare Mountain / Gopak / Prelude & Dance of the Persian Slaves (Khovanshchina) / Balakirev: Tamara
57▶CD: Borodin: Symphonies 2 & 3 / Overture & Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor) / In the Steppes of Central Asia
58▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Act I, Act II, Act III beginning)
59▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Act III conclusion, Act IV) / Symphony no. 6
60▶CD: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Act II beginning)
61▶CD: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act II conclusion) / Suites 3 & 4
62▶CD: Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty (Prologue, Act I)
63▶CD: Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, Act III)
64▶CD: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade [1954] / Scheherazade [1960]
65▶CD: Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar / May Night Overture / The Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite / Flight of the Bumblebee
66▶CD: Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Fesitval Overture / Christmas Eve Suite / Dubinushka / Episode from the Bylina of Sadko / The Snow MaIden Suite
67▶CD: Glazunov: The Seasons / Concert Waltzes 1 & 2 / Schumann/Glazunov: Carnaval (ballet)
68▶CD: Glazunov: Stenka Razin / Glinka: Kamarinskaya / Waltz-Fantasia / Spanish Overture no. 1 / Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture / A Life for the Tsar Overture / Lyadov: Baba-Yaga / Kikimora / 8 Russian Folksongs
69▶CD: Sibelius: Symphony no. 2 / Tapiola
70▶CD: Sibelius: Symphony no. 4 / Rachmaninoff: Isle of the Dead
71▶CD: Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suites 1 & 2 (excerpts) / The Prodigal Son Suite / Violin Concerto no. 1
72▶CD: Prokofiev: Cinderella Suites 1 & 2 (excerpts) / Scythian Suite / March & Scherzo (From The Love for Three Oranges Suite)
73▶CD: Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 2 / Symphonies 1 & 5
74▶CD: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Dance Suite / 2 Portraits / Romanian Folk Dances
75▶CD: Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / Martin: Concerto for 7 wind instruments, timpani, percussion & string orchestra / Études for string orchestra
76▶CD: Stravinsky: The Firebird [1955] / Petrushka
77▶CD: Stravinsky: Apollon musagète / Chant du rossignol / Rite of Spring
78▶CD: Stravinsky: Renard [1955, French] / Renard [1964, English] / Soldier's Tale Suite / Pulcinella Suite
79▶CD: Stravinsky: Symphony in C / Symphony in 3 Movements / Symphonies of Wind Instruments
80▶CD: Stravinsky: Piano Concerto / Capriccio / Suites 1 & 2 / 4 Studies / Scherzo à la russe
81▶CD: Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms / Mavra / Les Noces
82▶CD: Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la fée / Pulcinella
83▶CD: Stravinsky: The Firebird [1968]
84▶CD: Stravinsky: Ansermet rehearses The Firebird [1968]
85▶CD: “What everyone should know about music”
86▶CD: “Ce que chacun devrait savoir sur la musique”
87▶CD: „Was jeder über Musik wissen sollte”
88▶CD: Ernest Ansermet: A Memoir

Credits

Release

photography:Hans Wild
miscellaneous support:Andrew Dalton (task: repertoire, publishing & data)
Edward Weston (task: project management)
mastering:Chris Bernauer
Paschal Byrne
compiler:Ray Granlund
design:Paul Chessel
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/30266201 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0005918349 [info]