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  • Audio CD (22 Jan 2007)
  • SPARS Code: A-D
  • Number of Discs: 6
  • Format: Box set, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Decca (UMO)
  • ASIN: B000JU7N7Y
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
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Disc 1:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Cantate No.31 "Der Himmel lacht, die Erde jubilieret", BWV 31 - 1. SonataL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 2:47£0.79
Listen  2. Symphony in E flat, H.I No.22 -"The Philosopher" - 1. AdagioL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 6:28£0.79
Listen  3. Symphony in E flat, H.I No.22 -"The Philosopher" - 2. PrestoL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 5:07£0.79
Listen  4. Symphony in E flat, H.I No.22 -"The Philosopher" - 3. MenuettoL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 3:25£0.79
Listen  5. Symphony in E flat, H.I No.22 -"The Philosopher" - 4. Finale (Presto)L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 3:36£0.79
Listen  6. Symphony No.4 in B flat, Op.60 - 1. Adagio - Allegro vivaceL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande12:25Album Only
Listen  7. Symphony No.4 in B flat, Op.60 - 2. AdagioL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 9:42Album Only
Listen  8. Symphony No.4 in B flat, Op.60 - 3. Allegro vivaceL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 5:52£0.79
Listen  9. Symphony No.4 in B flat, Op.60 - 4. Allegro ma non troppoL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 7:16Album Only
Listen10. The Ruler of the Spirits - OvertureL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 5:48£0.79
Listen11. Overture PreciosaL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 7:04£1.19
Listen12. Ruy Blas, Op.95 - Overture to Victor Hugo's playL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 8:12Album Only


Disc 2:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Prince Igor - Dance No.8 (Polovtsian Dances)Choeur Des Jeunes, Lausanne 2:30£0.79
Listen  2. Prince Igor - Dance No.17 (Polovtsian Dances)Choeur Des Jeunes, Lausanne11:14Album Only
Listen  3. Kikimora, Op.63L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 6:24£0.79
Listen  4. Pulcinella (Concert Suite) - 1. SinfoniaL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 1:52£0.79
Listen  5. Pulcinella (Concert Suite) - 2. SerenataL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 3:11£0.79
Listen  6. Pulcinella (Concert Suite) - 3a. ScherzinoL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 1:32£0.79
Listen  7. Pulcinella (Concert Suite) - 3b. AllegroL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 1:12£0.79
Listen  8. Pulcinella (Concert Suite) - 3c. AndantinoL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 1:17£0.79
Listen  9. Pulcinella (Concert Suite) - 4. TarantellaL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 2:00£0.79
Listen10. Pulcinella (Concert Suite) - 5. ToccataL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande0:52£0.29
Listen11. Pulcinella (Concert Suite) - 6. Gavotta con due variazioniL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 4:07£0.79
Listen12. Pulcinella (Concert Suite) - 7. VivoL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 1:28£0.79
Listen13. Pulcinella (Concert Suite) - 8a. MinuettoL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 2:30£0.79
Listen14. Pulcinella (Concert Suite) - 8b. FinaleL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 2:06£0.79
Listen15. Symphony No.4 in A minor, Op.63 - 1. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagioL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 9:46Album Only
Listen16. Symphony No.4 in A minor, Op.63 - 2. Allegro molto vivaceL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 4:31£0.79
Listen17. Symphony No.4 in A minor, Op.63 - 3. Il tempo largoL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 9:47Album Only
Listen18. Symphony No.4 in A minor, Op.63 - 4. AllegroL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande11:41Album Only


Disc 3:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Coppélia / Tableau 1 - Prélude - MazurkaL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 5:37£0.79
Listen  2. Sylvia, Suite - 1. Prélude - Les ChasseressesL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 5:10£0.79
Listen  3. Le Chasseur MauditL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande14:39Album Only
Listen  4. Joyeuse marcheL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 3:58£0.79
Listen  5. Le roi malgré lui - Danse slaveL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 5:04£0.79
Listen  6. Pénélope - PréludeL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 7:55Album Only
Listen  7. Carnaval, Op.9 - PréambuleL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 2:33£0.79
Listen  8. Carnaval, Op.9 - PierrotL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 1:17£0.79
Listen  9. Carnaval, Op.9 - ArlequinL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 1:09£0.79
Listen10. Carnaval, Op.9 - Valse nobleL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 1:37£0.79
Listen11. Carnaval, Op.9 - EusebiusL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 1:27£0.79
Listen12. Carnaval, Op.9 - FlorestanL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande0:59£0.29
Listen13. Carnaval, Op.9 - CoquetteL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 1:36£0.79
Listen14. Carnaval, Op.9 - PapillonsL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande0:59£0.29
Listen15. Carnaval, Op.9 - A.S.C.H. - S.C.H.A.L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande0:52£0.29
Listen16. Carnaval, Op.9 - ChiarinaL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande0:56£0.29
Listen17. Carnaval, Op.9 - ChopinL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 1:47£0.79
Listen18. Carnaval, Op.9 - EstrellaL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande0:33£0.29
Listen19. Carnaval, Op.9 - ReconnaissanceL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 1:33£0.79
Listen20. Carnaval, Op.9 - Pantalon et ColombineL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 1:05£0.79
Listen21. Carnaval, Op.9 - Valse AllemandeL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande0:56£0.29
Listen22. Carnaval, Op.9 - PaganiniL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 1:26£0.79
Listen23. Carnaval, Op.9 - AveuL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 1:00£0.29
Listen24. Carnaval, Op.9 - PromenadeL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 1:33£0.79
Listen25. Carnaval, Op.9 - PauseL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande0:26£0.29
Listen26. Carnaval, Op.9 - Marche des "Davidsbünler" contre les PhilistinsL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 2:53£0.79


Disc 4:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Masques et Bergamasques - OuvertureL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 3:29£0.79
Listen  2. Masques et Bergamasques - MenuetL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 2:42£0.79
Listen  3. Masques et Bergamasques - GavotteL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 3:10£0.79
Listen  4. Masques et Bergamasques - PastoraleL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 4:11£0.79
Listen  5. Le tombeau de Couperin - 1. PréludeL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 3:36£0.79
Listen  6. Le tombeau de Couperin - 2. ForlaneL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 5:32£0.79
Listen  7. Le tombeau de Couperin - 3. MenuetL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 4:52£0.79
Listen  8. Le tombeau de Couperin - 4. RigaudonL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 2:59£0.79
Listen  9. Petite suite - 1. En bateauL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 3:45£0.79
Listen10. Petite suite - 2. CortègeL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 2:57£0.79
Listen11. Petite suite - 3. MenuetL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 3:13£0.79
Listen12. Petite suite - 4. BalletL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 3:19£0.79
Listen13. 6 Épigraphes antiques - Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'étéL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 2:25£0.79
Listen14. 6 Épigraphes antiques - Pour un tombeau sans nomL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 3:12£0.79
Listen15. 6 Épigraphes antiques - Pour que la nuit soit propiceL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 2:25£0.79
Listen16. 6 Épigraphes antiques - Pour la danseuse aux crotalesL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 2:01£0.79
Listen17. 6 Épigraphes antiques - Pour l'égyptienneL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 2:48£0.79
Listen18. 6 Épigraphes antiques - Pour remercier la pluie au matinL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 2:18£0.79
Listen19. Fountains of Rome - The Fountain of Valle Giulia (La fontana di Valle Giulia all'alba)L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 3:54£0.79
Listen20. Fountains of Rome - The Triton Fountain (La fontana di Tritone al mattino)L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 2:24£0.79
Listen21. Fountains of Rome - The Fountain of Trevi (La fontana di Trevi al meriggio)L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 3:14£0.79
Listen22. Fountains of Rome - The Villa Medici Fountain (La fontana di Villa Medici al tramonto)L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 5:08£0.79


Disc 5:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Le Roi David / Part 1 - PreludeStephane Audel 2:08£0.79
Listen  2. Le Roi David / Part 1 - L'Eternel est mon bergerStephane Audel 1:35£0.79
Listen  3. Le Roi David / Part 1 - Loué soit le Seigneur plein de gloireStephane Audel 1:23£0.79
Listen  4. Le Roi David / Part 1 - Vive DavidStephane Audel 2:14£0.79
Listen  5. Le Roi David / Part 1 - Ne crains riens et mets ta foi en l'EternelMichel Hamel 1:37£0.79
Listen  6. Le Roi David / Part 1 - Ah, si j'avais des ailes de colombeSuzanne Danco 2:48£0.79
Listen  7. Le Roi David / Part 1 - L'homme né de la femmeStephane Audel 1:32£0.79
Listen  8. Le Roi David / Part 1 - Pitié de moi, mon Dieu, pitiéMichel Hamel 2:40£0.79
Listen  9. Le Roi David / Part 1 - Interlude (Saul's Camp)....L'Eternel est ma lumièreStephane Audel 2:53£0.79
Listen10. Le Roi David / Part 1 - En vain Saul désepéré....IncantationPauline Martin 4:30£0.79
Listen11. Le Roi David / Part 1 - Lament of GilboaSuzanne Danco 4:50£0.79
Listen12. Le Roi David / Part 2 - Jérusalem, Jérusalem...Chantez, mes soeursSuzanne Danco 1:44£0.79
Listen13. Le Roi David / Part 2 - Et voici les bergers amenant leurs troupeauxStephane Audel11:04Album Only
Listen14. Le Roi David / Part 3 - De mon coeur jaillit un cantiqueStephane Audel 1:36£0.79
Listen15. Le Roi David / Part 3 - Bien-aimé, prends ma mainStephane Audel 1:47£0.79
Listen16. Le Roi David / Part 3 - Miséricorde, o Dieu, pitiéStephane Audel 2:21£0.79
Listen17. Le Roi David / Part 3 - Je fus conçu dans le péchéStephane Audel 4:04£0.79
Listen18. Le Roi David / Part 3 - Je lève mes regards vers la montagneMichel Hamel 1:39£0.79
Listen19. Le Roi David / Part 3 - O forêt d'EphraïmStephane Audel 1:12£0.79
Listen20. Le Roi David / Part 3 - March of the HebrewsStephane Audel 2:14£0.79
Listen21. Le Roi David / Part 3 - Je t'aimerai, SeigneurStephane Audel 2:49£0.79
Listen22. Le Roi David / Part 3 - Dans cet effroi, le grand Dieu que j'adoreChoeur Des Jeunes De L'Eglise National Vandoise0:50£0.29
Listen23. Le Roi David / Part 3 - Ayant promis à DieuSuzanne Danco 8:02Album Only
Listen24. Pacific 231L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 6:09£0.79


Disc 6:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. La Péri - 1. FanfareL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 2:18£0.79
Listen  2. La Péri - 2. Poème dansé en un tableauL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande18:01Album Only
Listen  3. Dubinushka, Op.62L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 4:14£0.79
Listen  4. Suite Rossiniana - 1. Caprie Taormina (Barcarola e Siciliana)L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 6:37£0.79
Listen  5. Suite Rossiniana - 2. LamentoL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 7:04£0.79
Listen  6. Suite Rossiniana - 3. IntermezzoL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 1:58£0.79
Listen  7. Suite Rossiniana - 4. Tarantella "Puro sangue"L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 7:09Album Only
Listen  8. Scherzo à la Russe for Jazz Orchestra - Version for Symphony OrchestraL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 4:20£0.79
Listen  9. Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments, Percussion & Strings - 1. AllegroL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 6:18£0.79
Listen10. Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments, Percussion & Strings - 2. AdagiettoL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 6:01£0.79
Listen11. Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments, Percussion & Strings - 3. Allegro vivaceL'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 6:38£0.79


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5.0 out of 5 stars A memento to a conductor lost in the golden age, 28 Aug 2007
By Larry VanDeSande (Mason, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
It came as a surprise to me to learn that Ernest Ansermet was among the most vile and critical of conductors, as reported in the current issue of BBC Music Magazine. While I knew he had a fellowship with Toscanin, I did not know of his similar antagonistic relationships with players.

This 6-CD set gives uninitiated listeners a fair introduction to a conductor they never knew while he was alive or in his heyday. Ernest Anserment (1883-1969) was born in Switzerland and was a contemporary of both Furtwängler and Klemperer, although he was of a far different school of music than either German. Originally a mathematician, Ansermet founded Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Swiss Radio Orchestra) during World War I, toured with them worldwide after the war, and rose to prominence after World War II when he and the orchestra developed a recording contract with Decca Records.

Ansermet was most at home in coolorful scores, 20th century French music, in the works of his countrymen Honegger (born French but spent time in Zurich) and Frank Martin, and in the Russians Stravinsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. But, as represented here, his expertise began with Bach and went well into the 20th century.

Ansermet's strengths were clarity in execution and delivery, strict adherence to original scoring (he opposed Stravinsky's tendency to revise his own works), and a romantic bent that was in vogue in the postwar years. Stated another way, Anserment's work captured the essence of what today might be characterized as a "romantic period performance" style whose chief proponent may be Martin Perlman in Boston.

For me, Ansermet's conducting in the mainstream German classics was equally engaging. He was expert in capturing the full blown romance of Brahms, Beethoven and other romantics through the rigors of exposing every instrument in the orchestra and ensuring all contrapuntal lines could be heard. His Beethoven set included a dazzling performance of the Symphony No. 2 and a draft of the "Choral" symphony most collectors would enjoy today (it's still avaiable in Japan).

While recordings of Ansermet's Rimsky-Korsakov and Stravinsky have rightly stayed in the catalog and been hailed by critics for decades, his greatest recording of romantic repertoire, in my opinion, is neither included in this box nor avaialable anywhere worldwide. That is his pairing of the Franck D Minor Symphony and the St. Saens "Organ" Symphony which Decca paired early in the CD era on a Weekends Classic recording. It has been out of print everywhere for some time and is a great loss for all of us.

Still today, I treasure Ansermet's box of Beethoven symphonies (also out of print everywehere; No. 4, is represented here) for its clarity, romance and elocution. I will never forget buying this box at my local LP store about 1972; what a revelation it was after exposure to the Beethoven of all the high cholesterol German romantics! Ansermet's combination of score adherence, clarity in orchestral detail, and blooming romance in interpretation led to my most satisfying performances of the most recorded symphonies in history during the period when the greatest conductors of the recording era were all represented in this repertoire.

The latter point is, I believe, the linchpin to Ansermet's career. I don't think there's any question that, if a conductor came along today with his combination of skills, sensitivity and technique, he or she would be regarded as a wunderkind combining the best traits of the current and bygone eras. In his lifetime, however, Ansermet was never regarded in this way. I think that's because he existed on a plane or two below all the acknowledged giants of the podium that were active or in their prime in his day.

While Ansermet was making the recordings in this box, Wilhelm Furtwangler was conducting the Berlin Philharmonic, dying, and being replaced by an up and coming German named Karajan that would go on the become the most recorded conductor in history. Klemperer was one of the giants in Germany with Bohm, Jochum and others sharing the spotlight. Among Europe's rising stars of the day were Colin Davis and Bernard Haitink, who had recently taken over for Beinum in Holland. Elsewhere, Leonard Bernstein was in the midst of his titanic career on the other side of the Atlantic and other American orchestral posts were manned by Ormandy, Szell, Solti, Mehta, Monteaux and another young, up and coming condcutor, Lorin Mazzel. Stokowski was in his prime making stereo recordings in this era, too.

This was the epoch of Ansermet's maturity. He was in the same position as a number of great conductors of his era such as Rudolf Kempe -- great men at the podium cast in the shadow of giants. While Ansermet was a member of the Decca stable, he nonetheless was cast in a secondary role as Decca also had new recordings by Solti and Maazel that were outselling anything Ansermet put forth. Simultanously, collectors could also find all the recordings of legendary conductors including Toscanini, Bruno Walter and Beecham. It was surely a crowded time in the record business and the most difficult time in history for a conductor to make his name.

But he was one of the great conductors with his own orchestra, a unique style, a broad repertoire, and a delivery mechanism underrated due to the shadow cast on him by other greats of the day. We are fortunate, living in the late digital era, to have this testament of his work before us. Now a new generation of listeners can hear what many did a half-century ago with new ears developed in the period performance practice era.

Of the contents of this set, my favorites are the Haydn Symphony 22, Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite, the orchestrated Schumann Carnaval (which I had never heard before), both Resphigi suites -- Pines of Rome and Rossiniana -- Honneger's Pacific 231 and Frank Martin's Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion and String Orchestra, an interesting, powerful and lively 20th century concerto. Even though this set cherry picks certain pieces, teasing you with portions such as the Borodin Polovtsian Dances and Dukas La Peri selections. Still, there's enough here to satisfy both Ansermet enthusiasts and newcomers to the conductor.
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