Khachaturian – Spartacus, Gayaneh (excerpts) – Khachaturian

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978):
Spartacus (excerpts) *
Gayaneh (excerpts) *
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936):
The Seasons, op.67 +

Wiener Philharmoniker *
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande +
Aram Khachaturian - conductor *
Ernest Ansermet - conductor +

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Ravel, Honegger, Dukas, Chabrier, Debussy – Orchestral Works – Ansermet

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Boléro
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955):
Pacific 231
Paul Dukas (1875-1937):
L'Apprenti sorcier
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
La Valse
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894):
España
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
La Mer

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet - conductor

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Stravinsky – Ballets, Stage Works, Orchestral Works – Ernest Ansermet

remembering Ernest Ansermet on his birthday

(11 November 1883 – 20 February 1969)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):

CD 1:
L'Oiseau de feu
Le Chant du rossignol

CD 2:
Petrouchka
Le Sacre du Printemps

CD 3:
Pulcinella *
Apollon musagète

Marilyn Tyler - soprano *
Carlo Franzini - tenor *
Boris Carmeli - bass *


CD 4:
Le Baiser de la fée
Renard *

Gerald English - tenor *
John Mitchinson - tenor *
Peter Glossop - baritone *
Joseph Rouleau - bass *


CD 5:
L'Histoire du soldat - suite
Pulcinella - suite

CD 6:
Symphony in C
Symphony in three movements
Symphonies for wind instruments

CD 7:
Concerto for Piano and wind instruments *
Capriccio for Piano and orchestra *
Suite No.1
Suite No.2
4 Etudes

Nikita Magaloff - piano *


CD 8:
Symphony of Psalms *
Les Noces +
Mavra - opera in one act #

Choeur de jeunes de Lausanne *
Choeur de Radio Lausanne *
Basia Retchitzka - soprano +
Lucienne Devalier - contralto +
Hugues Cuénod - tenor +
Heinz Rehfuss - baritone +
Motet de Genève +
Joan Carlyle - soprano #
Helen Watts - contralto
Monica Sinclair - contralto
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet - conductor

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Debussy, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov – Spanish Music by Foreign Composers – Various Artists

CD 1:
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Jota aragonesa
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
Capricho español
Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925):
Danzas españolas Book 1
Edouard Lalo (1823-1892):
Symphonie espagnole *

CD 2:
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894):
España
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Iberia
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Rapsodia española
Pavanne pour une infante defunte
Alborada del gracioso
Bolero

Ruggiero Ricci - violin *
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
London Symphony Orchestra
Ernest Ansermet - conductor
Ataúlfo Argenta - conductor

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Albeniz, Turina - Musica Orquestal Espanola - VA (Vol.1)

CD 1:
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909):
Iberia (orch.: Fernández Arbós)
Navarra
Suite española (orch.: Frühbeck de Burgos)

CD 2:
Enrique Granados (1867-1916):
Intermedio - from Goyescas
Danza española no.5 "Andaluza" (orch.: Lamote de Grignon)
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909):
Rapsodia española (arr. C.Halffter) *
Pablo Sarasate (1844-1908):
Aires gitanos +
Joaquín Turina (1882-1949):
Rapsodia sinfonica *
La oración del torero
Danzas fantásticas

Alicia de Larrocha - piano *
Ruggiero Ricci - violin +
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
New Philharmonia Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Ernest Ansermet - conductor
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos - conductor
Ataúlfo Argenta - conductor
Piero Gamba - conductor
Jesus Lopez-Cobos - conductor

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Falla – Orchestral Music – Various Artists

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946):

CD 1:
El amor brujo *
La vida breve: Interludio and Danza
El sombrero de tres picos +

Marina de Gambarain - mezzo-soprano
Teresa Berganza - mezzo-soprano +
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet - conductor

CD 2:
Noches en los jardines de España *
El retablo de Maese Pedro +
Psyché #
Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin and Cello §

Alicia de Larrocha - piano *
Jennifer Smith - soprano + #
Aexande Oliver - tenor #
Peter Knapp - bariton #
John Constable - harpsichord # §
London Philharmonic Orchestra *
The London Sinfonietta # §
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos - conductor *
Simon Rattle - conductor # §

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Berlioz, Ravel, Debussy, Poulenc – Songs with Orchestra and with Piano – Régine Crespin

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Les Nuits d'Été
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Shéhérazade
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Trois Chansos de Bilitis
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Chanson d'Orkenise
Hôtel
Le Carafon
La Reine de coeur
Les gars qui vont à la fête
Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon

Regine Crespin - soprano
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet - conductor

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Rimsky-Korsakov – Symphonic works – Ansermet

remembering Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov on the anniversary of his death

(18 March 1844 – 21 June 1908)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):

CD 1:
Scheherazade
May night - overture
The tale of Tsar Saltan - suite, op.57
The flight of the bumblebee

CD 2:
Russian Easter festival overture, op.36
Christmas eve - suite
Dubinushka, op.62
Sadko - musical picture, op.5
The snow maiden - suite *

Motet Choir of Geneva *
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet - conductor

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Wolfgang Schneiderhan - the 1950 concerto recordings

remembering Wolfgang Schneiderhan on his birthday

(May 28, 1915 – May 18, 2002)

CD 1:
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741):
The Four Seasons
Concerto in D minor for 2 Violins and Cello
Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770):
Concerto for Violin D minor

CD 2:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Concerto for Violin in A minor BWV 1041
Concerto for Violin in E major BWV 1042
Concerto fro 2 Violins BWV 1043
Partita for Violin Solo No.2 in D minor BWV 1004

CD 3:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Violin Concerto No.5 in A major K 219

CD 4:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Concerto for Violin in E minor, op.64
Max Bruch (1838-1920):
Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.26
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Violin Concerto No.4 in D major K218

CD 5:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
Frank Martin (1890-1974):
Violin Concerto

Wolfgang Schneiderhan - violin
Rudolf Baumgartner - violin
Claude Stark - cello
Bamberger Symphoniker
Berliner Philharmoniker
Festival Srtrings Lucerne
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Wiener Symphoniker
Ernest Ansermet - conductor
Rudolf Baumgartner - conductor
Ferenc Fricsay - conductor
Paul van Kempen - conductor
Ferdinand Leitner - conductor
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt - conductor

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Honegger – Symphonie liturgique; Brahms – Symphony No.3 – Ansermet

Arthur Honegger (1892-1955):
Symphonie liturgique
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Symphony No.3 in F major, op.90

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Ernest Ansermet - conductor

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Ravel - L'Enfant et les Sortileges; L'heure espagnole - Ansermet

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
L'Enfant et les Sortilèges
L'Heure espagnole
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien

with:
Suzanne Danco
Flore Wend
Marie-Lise de Montmollin
Nancy Waugh
Hugues Cuenod
Paul Derenne
Michel Hamel
Heinz Rehfuss
André Vessières

L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet - conductor

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Ravel – Complete Works Edition [Decca]

remembering Maurice Ravel on the anniversary of his death

(March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937)

CD 1:
Sérénade grotesque
Menuet antique
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Jeux d'eau
Sonatine
Menuet sur le nom de Haydn
Prélude
À la manière de Borodine
À la manière de Chabrier
Le Tombeau de Couperin
La Parade *

Jean-Yves Thibaudet - piano
François-Joel Thiollier - piano *


CD 2:
Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales *
Miroirs +
Gaspard De La Nuit #

Martha Argerich -piano *
Pierre-Laurent Aimard - piano +
Ivo Pogorelich - piano #


CD 3:
Ma Mère L'oye - For Piano Duet *
Frontispice For Two Pianos +
Sites Auriculaires : Habanera #
Sites Auriculaires : Entre Cloches #
Rapsodie Espagnole (arr. 2 Pianos by Ravel) §
La Valse §
Nocturnes (transcription for piano duet by Ravel) ∆

Pascal & Denise-Françoise Rogé - piano *
Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky - pianos +
Jacques Février - piano #
Vladimir & Vovka Ashkenazy - piano §
Anne Shahby & Richard McMahon - pianos ∆


CD 4:
Tzigane
Pièce en forme de habanera
Sonate posthume pour violin et piano
Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré
Sonate pour violon et violoncelle
Kaddish  (transcr. Lucien Garban)
Sonate pour violin et piano

Chantal Juillet - violin
Truls Mørk - cello
Pascal Rogé - piano


CD 5:
String Quartet *
Introduction and Allegro +
Piano Trio #

Osian Ellis - harp +
Melos Quartet *
Melos Ensemble +
Beaux Arts Trio #


CD 6:
Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé *
Chansons madécasse *
Histoires natruelles +
Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques +

Felicity Palmer - soprano
John Constable - piano +
The Nash Ensemble *
Simon Rattle *

Vocalise-étude (en forme de habanera)    [0:03:31.25]
Tripatos
Deux Mélodies hébraiques
Chants populaires *

Cecilia Bartoli - mezzo-soprano
Inva Mula - soprano *
Myung Whung Chung - piano
David Abramovitz - piano *


CD 7:
Ballade de la reine morte d'aimer
Ronsard à son ame
Un grand sommeil noir
Chanson du rouet
Noël des Jouets
Deux Épigrammes de Clément Maro
Sainte
Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
Manteau de fleurs
Si morne
Reves
Les grand vents venus d'outremer
Sur l'herbe

Inva Mula - soprano
Valérie Millot - soprano
Claire Brua - mezzo-soprano
Laurent Naouri - baritone
Gérard Souzay - baritone
David Abramovitz - piano
Dalton Baldwin - piano


CD 8:
Shéhérazade - ouverture féerie *
Shéhérazade - Trois Poèmes de Klingsor +
Deux Mélodie hébraïques #
Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé #
Trois Chansons §
Tzigane ∆

Régine Crespin - soprano +
Suzanne Danco - soprano #
Joshua Bell - violin ∆
The Monteverdi Choir §
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal *
L'orchestre de la Suisse Romande + #
Royal Philharmonia Orchestra ∆
Charles Dutoit - conductor *
Ernest Ansermet - conductor + #
John Eliot Gardiner - conductor §
Andrew Litton - conductor ∆


CD 9:
Daphnis et Chloé
Pavane pour une infante défunte
La Valse

Choeur symphonique de Montréal
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Charles Dutoit - conductor


CD 10:
Piano Concerto In G *
Piano Concerto For The Left Hand In D +
Menuet Antique (for orchestra)
Le Tombeau De Couperin (orchestral version)
Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales

Martha Argerich - piano *
Michel Beroff - piano +
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado - conductor


CD 11:
Fanfare pour "L'Eventail de Jeanne"
Boléro
Alborada del gracioso
Ma Mère L'Oye (complete ballet)
Une barque sur l'océan
Rapsodie espagnole

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Charles Dutoit - conductor


CD 12:
L'Enfant et les Sortilèges

Françoise Ogéas
Jeanine Collard
Jane Berbié
Sylvaine Gilma
Colette Herzog
Heinz Rehfuß
Camille Mauranne
Michel Sénéchal

Choeurs de la R.T.F.
Maîtrise de la R.T.F.
Orchestre National de la R.T.F.
Lorin Maazel - conductor


CD 13:
L'Heure espagnole

Jane Berbié
Jean Giraudeau
Gabriel Bacquier
José van Dam
Michel Sénéchal

Orchestre National de la R.T.F.
Lorin Maazel - conductor


CD 14 - Cantates de Rome:
Alyssa
Alcyone
Myrrha

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson - conductor

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Stravinsky – L'Oiseau de Feu – Ansermet

tribute to Ernest Ansermet on his birthday

(11 November 1883 – 20 February 1969)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):

CD 1:
The Firebird - complete ballet music

CD 2:
Ernest Ansermet rehearses The Firebird

New Philharmonia
Ernest Ansermet - conductor

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Stravinsky - Chamber works & Rarities - Various artists

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):

CD 1:
Ragtime for 11 players *
Octet for wind instruments *
3 Pieces for clarinet solo +
The Soldier's Tale, Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano *
Pastorale for 5 instruments *
Concertino for 12 instruments *
Septet *
Epitaphium *
Concerto for two pianos #

Vladimir Ashkenazy - piano #
Andrei Gavrilov - piano #
Dmitri Ashkenazy . clarinet * +
European Soloists Ensemble *
Vladimir Ashkenazy - conductor

CD 2:
Concerto in E flat major "Dumbarton Oaks" *
Danses concertantes *
Concerto in D for strings *
Quatre Études +
Four Norwegian Moods #
Suites 1 & 2 §

Sinfonietta de Montreal *
Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal +
The Cleveland Orchestra #
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande §
Charles Dutoit - conductor * +
Riccardo Chailly - conductor #
Ernest Ansermet - conductor §

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Brahms - Rinaldo, Schicksalslied, Nänie - Abbado

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Rinaldo, op.70 - Cantata for Tenor, Male Choir and Orchestra *
Schiksalslied, op.54 - for Choir and Orchestra +
Nänie, op.82 - for Choir and Orchestra #

James King - tenor *
Ambrosian Chorus * +
Les Choeurs de la Radio Suisse Romande #
Pro Arte de Lausanne chorus #
New Philharmonia Orchestra * +
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande #
Claudio Abbado - conductor * +
Ernest Ansermet - conductor #

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