The Stereo Years

~ Release by Ernest Ansermet (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

An 88-CD collection of Ernest Ansermet's stereo recordings for Decca. Includes a booklet with complete tracklistings and essays; CD wallets have original jacket artwork. The original release had defective discs: CD 20 - the last minute stuttered, CD 37 was the 1957 recording, not the 1964 one. Replacements were available through Deutsche Grammophon support.

Annotation last modified on 2024-08-15 09:32 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites 2 & 3 / Cantatas “Herr Gott, dich loben wir” / “Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ”
2▶CD: J.S. Bach: Cantatas “Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret”: Sinfonia / “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen”: Sinfonia / “Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht” / “Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist” / “Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott” (excerpts)
3▶CD: Haydn: Symphonies 82 “L'Ours”, 83 “La Poule”, 84
4▶CD: Haydn: Symphonies 85 “La Reine”, 86, 87
5▶CD: Haydn: Symphonies 22 “Der Philosoph”, 90 / Trumpet Concerto in E-flat / Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat
6▶CD: W.A. Mozart: Flute Concerto no. 2 / Schumann: Adagio & Allegro / Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in A minor, RV 497 / L. Mozart: Trumpet Concerto
7▶CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 1 [1963] & 3
8▶CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 2 & 4 / Coriolan Overture
9▶CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 6
10▶CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 7 & 8 [1963] / Egmont Overture
11▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 9
12▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 [1956]
13▶CD: Weber: Overtures / Bassoon Concerto
14▶CD: Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 / Overtures
15▶CD: Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Schubert: Rosamunde
16▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 8 [1956] / Schumann: Symphony no. 2 / Manfred Overture
17▶CD: Brahms: Symphonies 1 & 3
18▶CD: Brahms: Symphony no. 2 / St. Anthony Variations / Tragic Overture
19▶CD: Brahms: Symphony no. 4 / Academic Festival Overture / Nänie / Alto Rhapsody
20▶CD: Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
21▶CD: Wagner: Orchestral Selections: Lohengrin / Götterdammerung / Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Parsifal
22▶CD: Liszt: A Faust Symphony / Episode no. 2 from Faust
23▶CD: Liszt: Episode no. 1 from Faust / Hunnenschlacht / Magnard: Symphony no. 3
24▶CD: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / 3 Orchestral pieces from La Damnation de Faust
25▶CD: Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été / Overtures
26▶CD: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (in rehearsal)
27▶CD: Franck: Symphony in D minor / Les Éolides / Le Chasseur maudit
28▶CD: Delibes: Coppélia (Tableaux I & II)
29▶CD: Delibes: Coppélia (Tableau III & alternate highlights takes) / Sylvia Suite / Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no. 2 / Shéhérazade [1963]
30▶CD: Bizet: Carmen Suite / L'Arlésienne Suites / Patrie Overture
31▶CD: Bizet: Symphony in C / Petite Suite d'orchestre (Jeux d'enfants) / La Jolie Fille de Perth Suite / Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin / Tzigane
32▶CD: Lalo: Symphonie espagnole / Namouna Suite / Andantino / Scherzo
33▶CD: Lalo: Rapsodie norvégienne / Chabrier: Habanera / España / Suite pastorale / Joyeuse marche / Le Roi malgré lui (excerpts)
34▶CD: Fauré: Requiem / Pelléas et Mélisande / Pénélope: Prélude / Masques et bergamasques
35▶CD: Roussel: Symphonies 3 & 4 / Le Festin de l'araignée
36▶CD: Roussel: Petite suite / Dukas: L'Apprenti sorcier / La Péri (1958) / Chausson: Symphony in B-flat
37▶CD: Debussy: La Mer [1964] / Première rhapsodie / Clair de lune / Petite suite / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / Jeux
38▶CD: Debussy: Images, Set 3 / Printemps / Nocturnes
39▶CD: Debussy: Le Martyre de saint Sébastien / Dukas: La Péri [1954]
40▶CD: Debussy: La Mer [1957] / Khamma / La Boîte à joujoux / Marche écossaise / Danse
41▶CD: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (Acte I / Acte II / Acte III, Scènes 1 & 2)
42▶CD: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (Acte III, Scènes 3 & 4 / Acte IV / Acte V)
43▶CD: Albéniz: Iberia Suite / Turina: Danzas fantásticas
44▶CD: Falla: El amor brujo / El sombrero de tres picos
45▶CD: Ravel: L'Enfant et les sortilèges / Shéhérazade [1954] / 2 Mélodies hébraïques
46▶CD: Ravel: Boléro / Valses nobles et sentimentales / Rapsodie espagnole / Pavane pour une infante défunte / Ma mère l'Oye Suite
47▶CD: Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet) / Alborada del gracioso / La Valse [1963]
48▶CD: Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 “Organ” / Respighi: Fontane di Roma / Pini di Roma
49▶CD: Honegger: Symphonies 2-4
50▶CD: Honegger: Le Roi David / Pacific 231
51▶CD: Honegger: Une cantate de Noël / Martin: In Terra Pax
52▶CD: The Royal Ballet: Gala Performances (I)
53▶CD: The Royal Ballet: Gala Performances (II)
54▶CD: French Overtures to Auber: Le Domino noir / Fra Diavolo / Boieldieu: La Dame blanche / Hérold: Zampa / Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys / Offenbach: La Belle Hélène / Orphée aux enfers / Thomas: Raymond / Mignon
55▶CD: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition [1958] / Ravel: La Valse [1958] / Rossini/Respighi: Rossiniana
56▶CD: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition [1959] / Night on the Bare Mountain / Gopak / Prelude & Dance of the Persian Slaves (Khovanshchina) / Balakirev: Tamara
57▼CD: Borodin: Symphonies 2 & 3 / Overture & Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor) / In the Steppes of Central Asia
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1Symphony no. 2: I. Allegro
engineer:
Roy Wallace (recording engineer) (task: stereo) and Gil Went (task: mono)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
recording of:
Symphony no. 2 in B minor: I. Allegro (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
part of:
Symphony no. 2 in B minor
Alexander Borodin7:20
2Symphony no. 2: II. Scherzo: Prestissimo
engineer:
Roy Wallace (recording engineer) (task: stereo) and Gil Went (task: mono)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
recording of:
Symphony no. 2 in B minor: II. Scherzo. Prestissimo - Allegretto (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
part of:
Symphony no. 2 in B minor
Alexander Borodin5:36
3Symphony no. 2: III. Andante
engineer:
Roy Wallace (recording engineer) (task: stereo) and Gil Went (task: mono)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
recording of:
Symphony no. 2 in B minor: III. Andante (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
part of:
Symphony no. 2 in B minor
Alexander Borodin6:39
4Symphony no. 2: IV. Finale: Allegro
engineer:
Roy Wallace (recording engineer) (task: stereo) and Gil Went (task: mono)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
recording of:
Symphony no. 2 in B minor: IV. Finale: Allegro (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
part of:
Symphony no. 2 in B minor
Alexander Borodin6:36
5Symphony no. 3: I. Moderato
engineer:
Roy Wallace (recording engineer) (task: stereo) and Gil Went (task: mono)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
recording of:
Symphony no. 3 in A minor: I. Moderato assai (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
orchestrator:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936)
additional composer:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
part of:
Symphony no. 3 in A minor
Alexander Borodin7:14
6Symphony no. 3: II. Scherzo: Vivo
engineer:
Roy Wallace (recording engineer) (task: stereo) and Gil Went (task: mono)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
recording of:
Symphony no. 3 in A minor: II. Scherzo: Vivo. Trio: Moderato (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
orchestrator:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936)
additional composer:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
part of:
Symphony no. 3 in A minor
Alexander Borodin8:43
7Prince Igor: Overture
engineer:
Roy Wallace (recording engineer) (task: stereo) and Gil Went (task: mono)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
recording of:
Prince Igor: Overture (from 1954-10-14 until 1954-11-11)
orchestrator:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
additional composer:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
part of:
Prince Igor (opera by Borodin, most contemporary performances shouldn't link to this work)
Alexander Borodin10:41
8Prince Igor: No. 8 Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens
engineer:
Karl Brugger (engineer) (task: mono) and Roy Wallace (recording engineer) (task: stereo)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer) (task: mono), James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca) and James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca) (task: stereo)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1960-10-08 until 1960-11-25)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1960-10-08 until 1960-11-25)
balance engineer:
Roy Wallace (recording engineer)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1960-10-08 until 1960-11-25)
recording of:
Prince Igor: Act II. Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens (from 1960-10-08 until 1960-11-25)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
part of:
Prince Igor: Act II
Alexander Borodin2:28
9Prince Igor: No. 17 Polovtsian Dance with Chorus
engineer:
Karl Brugger (engineer) (task: mono) and Roy Wallace (recording engineer) (task: stereo)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer) (task: mono), James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca) and James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca) (task: stereo)
choir vocals:
Chœur de Radio-Lausanne (from 1960-10-08 until 1960-11-25) and Chœur des jeunes de Lausanne (from 1960-10-08 until 1960-11-25)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1960-10-08 until 1960-11-25)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1960-10-08 until 1960-11-25)
chorus master:
André Charlet (from 1960-10-08 until 1960-11-25)
balance engineer:
Roy Wallace (recording engineer)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1960-10-08 until 1960-11-25)
recording of:
Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor, completed after Borodin's death, ca. 1890) (from 1960-10-08 until 1960-11-25)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
arranger:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
Alexander Borodin11:21
10In the Steppes of Central Asia
engineer:
Roy Wallace (recording engineer) (task: stereo)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca) (task: stereo)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1961-02-09 until 1961-02-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1961-02-09 until 1961-02-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only)
recorded at:
Victoria Hall (Geneva) in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1961-02-09 until 1961-02-10)
recording of:
В Средней Азии (In the Steppes of Central Asia) (from 1961-02-09 until 1961-02-10)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer) (in 1880)
dedicated to:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor)
premiered at:
[concert] (1880-04-20) (premiere concert for Borodin's In the Steppes of Central Asia)
publisher:
[unknown] (special purpose label - DO NOT USE!) (in 1882)
Alexander Borodin6:45
58▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Act I, Act II, Act III beginning)
59▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Act III conclusion, Act IV) / Symphony no. 6
60▶CD: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Act II beginning)
61▶CD: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act II conclusion) / Suites 3 & 4
62▶CD: Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty (Prologue, Act I)
63▶CD: Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, Act III)
64▶CD: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade [1954] / Scheherazade [1960]
65▶CD: Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar / May Night Overture / The Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite / Flight of the Bumblebee
66▶CD: Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Fesitval Overture / Christmas Eve Suite / Dubinushka / Episode from the Bylina of Sadko / The Snow MaIden Suite
67▶CD: Glazunov: The Seasons / Concert Waltzes 1 & 2 / Schumann/Glazunov: Carnaval (ballet)
68▶CD: Glazunov: Stenka Razin / Glinka: Kamarinskaya / Waltz-Fantasia / Spanish Overture no. 1 / Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture / A Life for the Tsar Overture / Lyadov: Baba-Yaga / Kikimora / 8 Russian Folksongs
69▶CD: Sibelius: Symphony no. 2 / Tapiola
70▶CD: Sibelius: Symphony no. 4 / Rachmaninoff: Isle of the Dead
71▶CD: Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suites 1 & 2 (excerpts) / The Prodigal Son Suite / Violin Concerto no. 1
72▶CD: Prokofiev: Cinderella Suites 1 & 2 (excerpts) / Scythian Suite / March & Scherzo (From The Love for Three Oranges Suite)
73▶CD: Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 2 / Symphonies 1 & 5
74▶CD: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Dance Suite / 2 Portraits / Romanian Folk Dances
75▶CD: Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / Martin: Concerto for 7 wind instruments, timpani, percussion & string orchestra / Études for string orchestra
76▶CD: Stravinsky: The Firebird [1955] / Petrushka
77▶CD: Stravinsky: Apollon musagète / Chant du rossignol / Rite of Spring
78▶CD: Stravinsky: Renard [1955, French] / Renard [1964, English] / Soldier's Tale Suite / Pulcinella Suite
79▶CD: Stravinsky: Symphony in C / Symphony in 3 Movements / Symphonies of Wind Instruments
80▶CD: Stravinsky: Piano Concerto / Capriccio / Suites 1 & 2 / 4 Studies / Scherzo à la russe
81▶CD: Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms / Mavra / Les Noces
82▶CD: Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la fée / Pulcinella
83▶CD: Stravinsky: The Firebird [1968]
84▶CD: Stravinsky: Ansermet rehearses The Firebird [1968]
85▶CD: “What everyone should know about music”
86▶CD: “Ce que chacun devrait savoir sur la musique”
87▶CD: „Was jeder über Musik wissen sollte”
88▶CD: Ernest Ansermet: A Memoir

Credits

Release

photography:Hans Wild (photographer)
miscellaneous support:Andrew Dalton (Research (Repertoire, Publishing & Data), liner notes and compiler at Decca.) (task: repertoire, publishing & data)
Edward Weston (Catalogue Manager, Decca Classics) (task: project management)
mastering:Chris Bernauer (freelance multi-instrumentalist, producer, and engineer)
Paschal Byrne
compiler:Ray Granlund
design:Paul Chessel (art director)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/30266201 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0005918349 [info]