DUTOIT MONTRÉAL Decca Sound 35 Cd Box Set Classical Excellent Condition

This box celebrates the near 25 year partnership between Dutoit and the OSM. Contains a generous survey of highlights spanning a 20 year recording legacy. Charles Dutoit's 80th Birthday - 7th October 2016. Decca's association with Charles Dutoit and the OSM began when Ray Minshull (Executive Vice-President, Decca Records, 1980-94) chanced upon the orchestra and conductor in rehearsal.

This happened at a time when the label was looking for a way to fill the void in French repertoire which had arisen due to the death of Ernest Ansermet. The next piece of the puzzle was where to record. Fortunately the answer came in the form of the Église St Eustache which was located outside the city. The church soon became one of Decca's most loved venues due to its highly praised acoustic. The partnership's first Decca recording, Daphnis et Chloé (CD 1 of this set), captured the hearts of listeners around the world and the second recording, La Valse and Bolero (CD 2 of this set), became the first recording by a Canadian orchestra to go Platinum.

They went on to create many more landmark albums - both French repertoire - Ravel and Berlioz as well as celebrated recordings of Holst's The Planets and Falla's Three Cornered Hat. Dutoit and the OSM's recording contract began as digital techniques were becoming more widespread. The Decca engineers capitalized on these technical advancements creating recordings that encapsulate the Decca Sound of the digital era. CD1: Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé.

CD2: Ravel: Boléro; Alborada del gracioso; Rhapsodie Espagnole; La Valse. 3; Chausson: Symphony in B Flat. CD4: Ravel: Piano Concerto in G; Piano Concerto for the Left Hand. CD5: Respighi: Pines of Rome; Fountains of Rome; Feste Romane.

CD6: Falla: El Sombrero de Tres Picos; El Amor Brujo. CD7: Ravel: Ma Mère L'Oye; Le Tombeau De Couperin; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales; Pavane. CD8: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Capriccio Espagnol. CD9: Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Gounod: Faust Ballet Music.

CD10: Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; 3 Overtures. CD11: Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps; Symphonies of Wind Instruments. CD13: Stravinsky: L'Oiseau de feu.

CD15: Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Overtures. CD16: Stravinsky: Petrouchka; Le Chant du Rossignol; Quatre Etudes. CD17: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition. CD18: Bizet: L'Arlésienne; Carmen Suites. CD19: Fauré: Requiem; Pelléas et Mélisande; Pavane.

CD20: Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta. CD21: Fête à la française (Chabrier, Dukas, Saint-Saëns, Bizet, Thomas, Ibert).

CD23: Debussy: La Mer; Jeux; Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien; Prélude á l'après-midi-d'un faune. CD24: Franck: Symphony in D Minor; D'Indy: Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français Jean-Yves Thibaudet. CD29: Ibert: Escales; Concerto for Flute & Orchestra. CD30: Debussy: Children's Corner; La Boite á Joujoux; La Plus que lente; Printemps Suite. CD31: Bizet: Symphony in C; Overture in A; Patrie; La Jolie fille de Perth suite.

CD33: Rhapsodies (Liszt, Dvorák, Enescu, Glazunov, Alféne). CD34: Piazzolla: Tangazo; Double Concerto for Bandoneon and Guitar.

CD35: Theodorakis: Zorbas Ballet Suite; Adagio for solo flute, string orchestra and percussion. All discs have been checked and are in very good condition. Please see the photos provided.