The Mono Years

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Annotation

A 26-CD collection of Ernest Ansermet's mono recordings for Decca. Includes a booklet with complete tracklists, essays, and cross-reference of release year to original catalogue number. The CD wallets are printed with original jacket artwork.

Annotation last modified on 2024-11-08 10:48 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Handel: Concerti Grossi op. 6 nos. 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 12
2▶CD: Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto RV 481 / Marcello: Oboe Concerto / Handel: Organ Concertos HWV 289 & 290
3▶CD: Mozart: Symphony no. 38 “Prague” / Serenade no. 10 / Exsultate, jubilate
4▶CD: Haydn: Symphony no. 101 “Clock” / Schumann: Symphony no. 1 “Spring” / Genoveva Overture
5▶CD: Schumann: Piano Concerto / Cello Concerto / Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
6▶CD: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition [1947] / Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
7▶CD: Rimsky-Korsakov: Introduction & Bridal procession from The Golden Cockerel / The Golden Cockerel Suite / Capriccio espagnol / Mussorgsky: Gopak from Sorochyntsi Fair [mono & stereo versions]
8▶CD: Villa-Lobos: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2
9▶CD: Ravel: Alborada del gracioso [1947] / Debussy: La Mer [1947] / Ravel: La Valse [1947] / Shéhérazade / Debussy: Petite Suite
10▶CD: Rossini/Respighi: La Boutique fantasque / Falla: El sombrero de tres picos / Ravel: 3 Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
11▶CD: Debussy: Images / Ravel: L'Heure espagnole
12▶CD: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (Acts I, II & III beginning)
13▶CD: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (Acts III conclusion, IV & V)
14▶CD: Ravel: Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand [1949, 1953] / Piano Concerto in G
15▶CD: Debussy: Nocturnes / Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole / Valses nobles et sentimentales / Le Tombeau de Couperin
16▶CD: Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Complete Ballet)
17▶CD: Debussy: La Mer [1951] / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / Ravel: Ma mère l'Oye Suite / Alborada del gracioso [1951] / Stravinsky: Circus Polka / Prokofiev: March from The Love for Three Oranges Suite
18▶CD: Prokofiev: Symphony no. 6 / Bizet: Symphony in C
19▶CD: Prokofiev: Symphony no. 1 “Classical” / Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture / Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia / Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain / Debussy: Jeux / 6 Épigraphes antiques
20▶CD: Bartók: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Martin: Violin Concerto
21▶CD: Martin: Petite Symphonie concertante / Stravinsky: Divertimento from Le Baiser de la fée / Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre / Le Rouet d' Omphale / Chabrier: Joyeuse marche / España / Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
22▶CD: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition [1953] / Ravel: La Valse [1953] / Boléro / Honegger: Pacific 231 / Dukas: L'Apprenti sorcier
23▶CD: Bloch: Voice in the Wilderness / Schelomo / Oboussier: Antigone / Geiser: Symphony no. 1
24▼CD: Stravinsky: Petrushka [1946] / Firebird Suite [1946] / Symphony of Psalms
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1Petrushka (1911): Tableau I: The Shrovetide Fair
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
piano [ensemble piano]:
Ernest Christensen (pianist) (from 1946-02-12 until 1946-02-13, on 1946-02-19)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (from 1946-02-12 until 1946-02-13, on 1946-02-19)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1946-02-12 until 1946-02-13, on 1946-02-19)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1946-02-12 until 1946-02-13, on 1946-02-19)
recording of:
Pétrouchka : Tableau I. Fête populaire de la semaine grasse (1911 version) (from 1946-02-12 until 1946-02-13)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1911)
part of:
Pétrouchka (1911 original version)
recording of:
Pétrouchka : Tableau I. Fête populaire de la semaine grasse (1911 version) (on 1946-02-19)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1911)
part of:
Pétrouchka (1911 original version)
Igor Stravinsky9:44
2Petrushka (1911): Tableau II: In Petrushka's Room
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
piano [ensemble piano]:
Ernest Christensen (pianist) (from 1946-02-12 until 1946-02-13, on 1946-02-19)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (from 1946-02-12 until 1946-02-13, on 1946-02-19)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1946-02-12 until 1946-02-13, on 1946-02-19)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1946-02-12 until 1946-02-13, on 1946-02-19)
recording of:
Pétrouchka : Tableau II. Chez Pétrouchka (1911 version) (from 1946-02-12 until 1946-02-13)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1911)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Ltd.
part of:
Pétrouchka (1911 original version)
recording of:
Pétrouchka : Tableau II. Chez Pétrouchka (1911 version) (on 1946-02-19)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1911)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Ltd.
part of:
Pétrouchka (1911 original version)
Igor Stravinsky4:14
3Petrushka (1911): Tableau III: In the Moor's Room
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
piano [ensemble piano]:
Ernest Christensen (pianist) (from 1946-02-12 until 1946-02-13, on 1946-02-19)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (from 1946-02-12 until 1946-02-13, on 1946-02-19)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1946-02-12 until 1946-02-13, on 1946-02-19)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1946-02-12 until 1946-02-13, on 1946-02-19)
recording of:
Pétrouchka : Tableau III. Chez le Maure (1911 version) (from 1946-02-12 until 1946-02-13)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1911)
part of:
Pétrouchka (1911 original version)
recording of:
Pétrouchka : Tableau III. Chez le Maure (1911 version) (on 1946-02-19)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1911)
part of:
Pétrouchka (1911 original version)
Igor Stravinsky7:20
4Petrushka (1911): Tableau IV: The Shrovetide Fair (Evening)
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
piano [ensemble piano]:
Ernest Christensen (pianist) (from 1946-02-12 until 1946-02-13, on 1946-02-19)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (from 1946-02-12 until 1946-02-13, on 1946-02-19)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1946-02-12 until 1946-02-13, on 1946-02-19)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1946-02-12 until 1946-02-13, on 1946-02-19)
recording of:
Pétrouchka : Tableau IV. Fête populaire de la semaine grasse (vers le soir) (1911 version) (from 1946-02-12 until 1946-02-13)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1911)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Ltd.
part of:
Pétrouchka (1911 original version)
recording of:
Pétrouchka : Tableau IV. Fête populaire de la semaine grasse (vers le soir) (1911 version) (on 1946-02-19)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1911)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Ltd.
part of:
Pétrouchka (1911 original version)
Igor Stravinsky13:31
5Firebird Suite (1910/1919): Introduction
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (on 1946-12-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (on 1946-12-10)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1946-12-10)
recording of:
L’Oiseau de feu: I. Introduction (“Concert suite for orchestra No. 2” 1919 version) (on 1946-12-10)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1919)
part of:
L’Oiseau de feu, suite de 1919 (The Firebird Suite (1919), “The Firebird” 1919 Suite, aka Concert Suite for Orchestra no. 2)
Igor Stravinsky4:20
6Firebird Suite (1910/1919): Khorovod (Round Dance) of the Princesses
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (on 1946-12-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (on 1946-12-10)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1946-12-10)
recording of:
L’Oiseau de feu: II. Ronde des princesses (Khorovode) (“Concert suite for orchestra No. 2” 1919 version) (on 1946-12-10)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1919)
part of:
L’Oiseau de feu, suite de 1919 (The Firebird Suite (1919), “The Firebird” 1919 Suite, aka Concert Suite for Orchestra no. 2)
Igor Stravinsky3:56
7Firebird Suite (1910/1919): Infernal Dance of All Koschei's Subjects
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (on 1946-12-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (on 1946-12-10)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1946-12-10)
recording of:
L’Oiseau de feu: III. Danse infernale du roi Kachtcheï (“Concert suite for orchestra No. 2” 1919 version) (on 1946-12-10)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1919)
part of:
L’Oiseau de feu, suite de 1919 (The Firebird Suite (1919), “The Firebird” 1919 Suite, aka Concert Suite for Orchestra no. 2)
Igor Stravinsky4:09
8Firebird Suite (1910/1919): Lullaby
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (on 1946-12-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (on 1946-12-10)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1946-12-10)
recording of:
L’Oiseau de feu: III. Berceuse (“Concert suite for orchestra No. 2” 1919 version) (on 1946-12-10)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1919)
part of:
L’Oiseau de feu, suite de 1919 (The Firebird Suite (1919), “The Firebird” 1919 Suite, aka Concert Suite for Orchestra no. 2)
Igor Stravinsky3:26
9Firebird Suite (1910/1919): Finale
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (on 1946-12-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (on 1946-12-10)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1946-12-10)
recording of:
L’Oiseau de feu: III. Finale (“Concert suite for orchestra No. 2” 1919 version) (on 1946-12-10)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1919)
part of:
L’Oiseau de feu, suite de 1919 (The Firebird Suite (1919), “The Firebird” 1919 Suite, aka Concert Suite for Orchestra no. 2)
Igor Stravinsky3:10
10Firebird Suite (1910/1919): The Princesses' Game with Golden Apples: Scherzo
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (on 1946-12-10)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (on 1946-12-10)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1946-12-10)
recording of:
L’Oiseau de feu: no. 7: Tableau I, Jeu des princesses avec les pommes d’or (scherzo) (The Firebird: Act I, no. 7: The Princesses' Game with the Golden Apples (scherzo)) (on 1946-12-10)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1910)
publisher:
B. Schott’s Söhne (publisher; do not use as label)
part of:
L’Oiseau de feu (The Firebird)
Igor Stravinsky2:40
11Symphony of Psalms: I. Psalmus XXXVIII (Vulgate) vv. 13-14
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
choir vocals:
London Philharmonic Choir (from 1947-10-14 until 1947-10-17)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (from 1947-10-14 until 1947-10-17)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1947-10-14 until 1947-10-17)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1947-10-14 until 1947-10-17)
recording of:
Symphony of Psalms: I. "Exaudi orationem meam, Domine" (from 1947-10-14 until 1947-10-17)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1930)
part of:
Symphony of Psalms
Igor Stravinsky3:45
12Symphony of Psalms: II. Psalmus XXXIX (Vulgate) vv. 2-4
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
choir vocals:
London Philharmonic Choir (from 1947-10-14 until 1947-10-17)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (from 1947-10-14 until 1947-10-17)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1947-10-14 until 1947-10-17)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1947-10-14 until 1947-10-17)
recording of:
Symphony of Psalms: II. "Expectans expectavi Dominum" (from 1947-10-14 until 1947-10-17)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1930)
part of:
Symphony of Psalms
Igor Stravinsky6:42
13Symphony of Psalms: III. Psalmus XL (Vulgate)
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
producer:
Victor Olof
choir vocals:
London Philharmonic Choir (from 1947-10-14 until 1947-10-17)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (from 1947-10-14 until 1947-10-17)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1947-10-14 until 1947-10-17)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1947-10-14 until 1947-10-17)
recording of:
Symphony of Psalms: III. "Alleluia" (from 1947-10-14 until 1947-10-17)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1930)
part of:
Symphony of Psalms
Igor Stravinsky11:29
25▶CD: Stravinsky: Petrushka [1949] / The Rite of Spring
26▶CD: Stravinsky: Firebird Suite [1950] / Oedipus Rex

Credits

Release

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)
executive producer:Cyrus Meher‐Homji
mastering:Chris Bernauer (freelance multi-instrumentalist, producer, and engineer)
compiler:Ray Granlund
design:Paul Chessell (art director)
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