This and the other two 2CD sets – 4800830 and 4800837 – represent all of Ansermet’s Prokofiev recordings for Decca (with the exception of a mono recording of the March and Scherzo from The Love for Three Oranges). Both the Paris Conservatoire and the Suisse Romande versions of the ‘Classical’ Symphony are included.
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
CD1
Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 ‘Classical’
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Ernest Ansermet
Symphony No. 6 in E flat mjor, Op. 111
CD2
Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 ‘Classical’
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet
Recording producers: John Culshaw (Symphony No. 1: PCO); Victor Olof (Symphony No. 6); James Walker (Symphony No. 1: OSR); Michael Bremner (Symphony No. 5)
Recording engineers: Gil Went (Symphony No. 6); Roy Wallace (Symphony No. 1: OSR); James Lock (Symphony No. 5)
Recording locations: Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland, October 1951 (Symphony No. 6), February 1961 (Symphony No. 1: OSR), April 1964 (Symphony No. 5); Maison de la Mutualité, Paris, France, June 1953 (Symphony No. 1: PCO)