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.