Ernest Ansermet Ernest Ansermet The Mono Years (CD) Box Set

Title: Ernest Ansermet: The Mono Years. Description: The collection opens with a recording of six of Handel's Op. 6 Concerti Grossi made with a specially formed band of London musicians, the'Decca String Orchestra' in 1929, the year in which the label was founded. Fortunately, the music of his friend Igor Stravinsky is strongly represented in this collection.

Of other composers Ansermet knew personally, several landmark recordings of works by Maurice Ravel are significant. 1952 was a particularly busy year for the conductor and his Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - with recordings of Handel, Prokofiev as well as his famous interpretation of Debussy's'Pelléas et Mélisande'. An orchestral version of Mussorgsky's two-minute'Gopak' was recorded as the last work in this collection. The stereo recording from 1955 was only available as a test pressing - this box presents it as a veritable world premiere.

Run Time: 06:20:03. Tracks: Disc 1 1: 1. Allegro, ma non troppo 5: 1. Allegro, ma non troppo 10: 1.

Largo e piano 13: 4. Aria: Larghetto e piano 27: 4. Allegro Disc 2 1: 1.

Allegro 7: Larghetto e staccato 8: Allegro 9: Adagio 10: 1. A tempo ordinario e staccato - Allegro 11: 2. Adagio e staccato - Allegro, ma non presto Disc 3 1: 1. Adagio - Allegro 2: 2.

Fulget amica dies 6: 3. Tu virginum corona 7: 4. Largo - Allegro molto 9: 2. Menuetto (Allegretto) - Trio I&II 10: 3. Menuetto (Allegretto) - Trio I-II 12: 5.

Romanze (Adagio - Allegretto - Adagio) 13: 6. Thema con 6 variazioni (Andante) 14: 7. Finale (Molto allegro) Disc 4 1: 1. Adagio - Presto 2: 2. Menuet (Allegretto) - Trio 4: 4.

Finale (Vivace) 5: Overture Genoveva, Op. Andante un poco maestoso - Allegro molto vivace 7: 2.

Scherzo (Molto vivace) 9: 4. Allegro animato e grazioso Disc 5 1: 1. Intermezzo (Andantino grazioso) 3: 3.

Nicht zu schnell 5: 2. Sehr lebhaft 7: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.

33 Disc 6 1: Promenade I 2: 1. Gnomus 3: Promenade II 4: 2. The Old Castle 5: Promenade III 6: 3.

The Tuileries Gardens 7: 4. Bydlo 8: Promenade IV 9: 5. Ballet of the Chickens in Their Shells 10: 6. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle 11: 7. The Market-place at Limoges 12: 8. Catacombae - Cum mortuis in lingua mortua 13: 9. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga) 14: 10. Tsar Dodon In His Palace 4: 2. Tsar Dodon On Campaign 5: 3. Tsar Dodon As Guest Of The Queen Of Shemakha 6: 4. The Wedding And Lamentable End Of Dodon 7: 1.

Scena e canto gitano 11: 5. Fandango asturiano 12: Gopak 13: III. Gopak Disc 8 1: 1. Allegro: Poco scherzando 3: 3.

Allegro non troppo 5: 1. Allegro vivace Disc 9 1: 4. Alborada del gracioso 2: La Valse, M.

La flûte enchantée 5: 3. De l'aube à midi sur la mer 7: 2.

Jeux de vagues 8: 3. Dialogue du vent et de la mer 9: 1. Ballet Disc 10 1: 1/2: Overture; Scene 2: 3/4: Vivo; Tarantella 3: 5/6: Mazurka; Scene 4: 7/8: Danse cosaque; Valse brillante 5: 9. Can-Can 6: 10/11: Andantino mosso; Valse lente 7: 12/13: Scene; Nocturne 8: 14/15: Galop; Finale 9: Introduccion (Introduction) 10: La Tarde (Afternoon) 11: Danza del la Molinera (Dance of the Miller's Wife) 12: Las Uvas (The Grapes) 13: Danza del los Vecinos (Dance of the neighbours) 14: Danza del Molinero (The Miller's dance) 15: Danza del Corregidor (The Corregidor's dance) 16: Danza Final (Final dance) 17: 1. Surgi de la croupe et du bond Disc 11 1: 1. Par les rues et par les chemins 3: 2. Les parfums de la nuit 4: 3. Le matin d'un jour de fête 5: 3.

Rondes de printemps 6: "Señor Torquemada, horloger de Tolède" 7: Il reste, voilà bien ma chance! " 8: "Salut à la belle horlogère! " 11: "Il n'est pour l'horloger" Disc 12 1: "Je ne pourrai plus sortir" 2: "Pourquoi pleures-tu? " 3: "Je suis perdu aussi... Interlude 4: "Voici ce qu'il écrit à son frère" 5: Qu'en dites-vous?

7: Vous ne savez pas... C'est au bord d'une fontaine 8: Interlude 9: "Ah, ah, tout va bien" 10: "Voyons, donne-moi ta main" 11: Interlude 12: "Oui, c'est ici, nous y sommes" 13: "Mes longs cheveux descendent" 14: "Je les tiens dans les mains" 15: Que faites-vous ici? Par ici" Disc 13 1: "Ah, je respire enfin" 2: Interlude 3: "Viens, nous allons nous asseoir ici" 4: "S'ils s'embrassent, petit père? " 6: "Maintenant que le Père de Pelléas" 7: "Pelléas part ce soir" 8: "Ne mettez pas ainsi votre main à la gorge" 9: Interlude 10: "Oh! Cette pierre est lourde" 11: "C'est le dernier soir" 12: Nous sommes venus ici il y a bien longtemps 13: "On dirait que ta voix" 14: "Quel est ce bruit?

" 15: "Ce n'est pas de cette petite blessure" 16: "Attention, je crois qu'elle s'éveille" 17: "Mélisande, as-tu pitié de moi? " 18: Non, non, nous n'avons pas été coupables 19: "Qu'avez-vous fait?

Presto Disc 15 1: 1. Prélude à la nuit 5: 2. Rigaudon Disc 16 1: Introduction et danse religieuse 2: Scène - Danse générale 3: Danse grotesque de Dorcon - Scène 4: Danse légère et gracieuse de Daphnis 5: Scène - Danse de Lyceion - Scène (Les pirates) 6: Scène - Danse lente et mystérieuse 7: Introduction 8: Danse guerrière 9: Scène - Danse suppliante de Chloé 10: Lever du jour - Scène 11: Daphnis et Chloé miment l'aventure de Pan et Syrinx 12: Danse générale Disc 17 1: 1. From Dawn till Noon on the Sea (De l'aube à midi sur la mer) 2: 2.

Play of the Waves (Jeux de vagues) 3: 3. Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea (Dialogue du vent et de la mer) 4: Prelude et Danse du Rouet 5: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant 6: Petit Poucet 7: Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes 8: Interlude 9: Apothéose: Le jardin féerique 10: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune 11: Circus Polka for a Young Elephant 12: Alborada del gracioso 13: 3. March Disc 18 1: 1. Allegro (Allegro vivo) 5: 2.

Scherzo (Allegro vivace) 7: 4. Finale (Allegro vivace) Disc 19 1: 1. Gavotta (Non troppo allegro) 4: 4. Finale (Vivace) 5: Overture 6: In the Steppes of Central Asia 7: A Night on the Bare Mountain Arr. Rimsky-Korsakov 8: Jeux (Poème dansé), L.

126 9: Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été 10: Pour un tombeau sans nom 11: Pour que la nuit soit propice 12: Pour la danseuse aux crotales 13: Pour l'égyptienne 14: Pour remercier la pluie au matin Disc 20 1: 1. Andante - Allegro 5: 2. Tema con variazione 6: 3.

Allegro ma non troppo 7: 1. Andante molto moderato 9: 3. Presto Disc 21 1: 1. Adagio - Allegro con moto 2: 2.

Allegretto alla marcia 4: 1. Pas de deux (Adagio) 8: 4b. Variation (Allegretto grazioso) and Coda (Presto) 9: Danse macabre, Op. 40 10: Le Rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31 11: Joyeuse marche 12: Pavane pour une infante défunte - Orchestral version 13: España - Rhapsody for Orchestra Disc 22 1: Promenade I 2: Gnomus 3: Promenade II 4: Il vecchio castello 5: Promenade III 6: Tuileries 7: Bydlo 8: Promenade IV 9: Ballet Of The Unhatched Chicks 10: Samuel Goldenburg And Schmuyle 11: The Market Place At Limoges 12: Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum) 13: The Hut On Fowls' Legs (Baba-Yaga) 14: The Great Gate Of Kiev 15: La Valse 16: Boléro 17: Pacific 231 18: L'Apprenti sorcier Disc 23 1: 1.

Poco agitato (cadenza) 6: 6. Allegro 7: Schelomo 8: 1. Energico e fermo 12: 2. Andantino (Variations on a French folk song) 13: 3.

Vivace Disc 24 1: The Shrovetide Fair - The Crowds - The Conjuring-trick - Russian Dance 2: Petrouchka's Room 3: The Moor's Room - Dance of the Ballerina - Waltz (The Ballerina and the Moor) 4: The Shrovetide Fair - The Wet-nurses - The Peasant and the Bear - The Merchant and the Gipsies - The Coachmen and the Grooms - The Masqueraders - Petrouchka's Death 5: Introduction & Dance of The Firebird 6: Round Dance of the Princesses 7: Infernal Dance of King Kaschei 8: Berceuse 9: Finale 10: Scherzo - Game of the Princesses with the Golden Apples 11: 1. Exaudi orationem meam, Domine 12: 2. Expectans expectavi Dominum 13: 3.

Alleluia, laudate Dominum Disc 25 1: The Shrovetide Fair - The Crowds - The Conjuring-trick 2: Petrouchka's Room 3: The Moor's Room - Dance of the Ballerina 4: The Shrovetide Fair (Evening) 5: Part 1: The Adoration of the Earth 6: Part 2: The Sacrifice Disc 26 1: Introduction 2: Dance of the Firebird 3: Round Dance of the Princesses 4: Infernal Dance of King Kaschei 5: Berceuse 6: Finale 7: Spectateurs! 8: Caedit nos pestis 9: Liberi, vos liberabo 10: Voici Créon 11: Respondit deus 12: Non reperias vetus scelus 13: Oedipe interroge la fontaine de vérité 14: Delie exspectamus 15: Dicere non possum 16: Invidia fortunam odit 17: Gloria! 18: La dispute des princes attire Jocasta 19: Nonn' erubescite, reges 20: Trivium, trivium... 21: Le témoin du meurtre sort de l'ombre 22: Adest omniscius pastor 23: In monte reppertus est 24: Et maintenant, vous allez entendre 25: Divum Jocastae caput mortuum 26: Ecce!