Posts tagged as "ernest-ansermet-series"

Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 82-87 (‘Paris’ Symphonies)

April 22, 2016

Ernerst Ansermet was the first conductor to record the six ‘Paris’ symphonies of Haydn. Charming works, full of humorous touches, they were reissued often on LP with some of the most entertaining covers ever seen (these are reproduced in the booklet).

Franck: Symphony in D minor; Les Éolides; Le chausseur maudit

April 22, 2016

Collected together on this CD are all the César Franck recordings Ansermet made for Decca. Led by his glorious account of the Symphony, it includes the ethereal ‘Les Éolides’ as well as the terrifying ‘Le chausseur maudit’ (The Accursed Huntsman).

Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1, 5 & 6

April 22, 2016

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.

Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Piano Concerto No. 3

April 22, 2016

This and the other two 2CD sets 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’ – the stereo version appears here). Both, the Paris Conservatoire and the Suisse Romande versions of the ‘Classical’ Symphony are included and Ruggiero […]

Ouvertures Françaises

April 22, 2016

Sparkling accounts of famous French overtures, rare and familiar, all recorded in 1960 and part of the Eloquence magnum opus, the ‘Decca Ansermet Legacy’.

Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique (performance & rehearsal); Overtures; Les nuits d’été

April 22, 2016

Issued collectively for the first time on Decca are the complete Berlioz recordings of Ernest Ansermet. Included too is the rehearsal for ‘Symphonie fantastique’ (in French) previously issued on LP only in the US and Japan. The set also offers excerpts from ‘La damnation de Faust’ (the ‘Danse des sylphes’ making its first international appearance […]

Bizet: Carmen; L’Arlésienne; Jeux d’enfants; La jolie fille de Perth; Symphony in C; Turina: Danzas fantásticas

April 20, 2016

Bizet’s ‘Carmen’ was misunderstood at its premiere in 1875. The Opéra-Comique was a place where respectable families could be entertained and where virginal daughters could be introduced to blameless sons with marriage in mind. No one expected to see uncouth gypsies, dirty smugglers and vulgar cigarette girls on its stage, let alone unvarnished human passions […]

Lalo, Charbrier: Orchestral Works

April 20, 2016

It used to be fashionable to include the music of Lalo in concert in the mid-20th century. At the start of the 21st century, however, his works has fallen completely into neglect, in France as much as elsewhere. This is a cruel injustice for music full of sensuality and very highly inspired, quality orchestration. This unique 2CD […]

Albinez: Iberia (excerpts); Navarra; Villa-Lobos: Piano Concerto No. 1

April 20, 2016

Composing and story-telling are not unrelated but Albéniz was as adept as any Scheherazade at both! For many, his masterpiece was ‘Iberia’, a set of piano pieces composed near the end of his life. It contains twelve ‘impressions’ (the composer’s word) of Spain and is organised into four books of three pieces each. Although they […]

Respighi: Pini di Roma; Fontane di Roma

April 20, 2016

This release gathers together – under the perceptive and sympathetic musicianship of Ernest Ansermet – a selection of music by (and refashioned by) Ottorino Respighi with a very high quotient of colour, atmosphere, rhythmic vitality and touching lyricism. ‘The Fountains of Rome’ and ‘The Pines of Rome’ are two-thirds of the composer’s Roman Trilogy (the third […]