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Ansermet: The Early Days (Cascavelle)

  • paulrterry1921
  • Jul 20, 2025
  • 3 min read

Here is the 8-CD set issued nearly 20 years ago. Some of the recordings have reappeared, most recently in the Decca "mono years" box set. However, these are different transfers, and including some rarities, such as the Polydor material.


Links:-



https://www.mediafire.com/file/dh7d3toy7qtq5r8/CD+2+Stravinsky+&+acoustics.zip/file


https://www.mediafire.com/file/xx7q4rbzpyyoa2v/CD+3+Mozart.zip/file


https://www.mediafire.com/file/mlxcvqyofwbn9dm/CD+4+Mussorgsky+etc.zip/file


https://www.mediafire.com/file/3za33lg4ntkvwnr/CD+5+Handel.zip/file


https://www.mediafire.com/file/ka7ubz70w9pdfs9/CD+6+Haydn+&+Schumann.zip/file


https://www.mediafire.com/file/n102kysvyxmzb93/CD+7+Debussy+etc.zip/file



Contents:-


CD 1 [61:10] STRAVINSKY The Firebird, suite [21:42]

London Philharmonic Orchestra, rec. Kingsway Hall, London 1946


Capriccio for piano and orchestra [17:32] Stravinsky (piano), Orchestre des concerts Straram, rec. Paris 1930


Symphony of Psalms [21:55] London Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra rec. Kingsway Hall, London 1947


CD 2 [68:32] Petrouchka, ballet [34:40] Ernest Christensen (piano solo), London Philharmonic Orchestra, rec. Kingsway Hall, London 1946


RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Schéhérazade (extracts); La mer et le vaisseau de Sindbad [4:18]- Fête à Bagdad [4:26]

Snegourotchka (extract); Danse des bouffons [3:48]


Nikolaï TCHÉREPNINE (1873-1945) Le pavillon d’Armide, ballet fantastique (extract); Grande valse noble [4:26]


Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Carnaval (extracts); Préambule (orch. Glazounov) - Valse noble (orch. Petrow) - Coquette (orch. Kalafati) - Reconnaissance (orch. Wihtol) - Paganini (orch. Liadov) - Valse allemande (orch. Liadov) - Aveu (orch. Sokolov) [7:56]


Frédéric CHOPIN (1810-1849) Les Sylphides (extracts); Valse op. 70 n° 1 - Mazurka op. 33 n° 2 - Prélude op. 28 n° 7 - Valse op. 64 n° 2 [8:34]


Orchestre des Ballets Russes de Diaghilev, rec. New York, 1916


CD 3 [68:00] MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K 550 [24:41]

Symphony No. 41 in C majorK 551 Jupiter [28:28]

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, rec. 1942 in Studio 1 of Radio Suisse Romande, Genève


Exsultate, Jubilate, K 165 [14:51] Janine Micheau (soprano)/Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, rec.1948 in the Salle de la Mutualité, Paris


CD 4 [69:16] MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition(Orchestration: Maurice Ravel) [33:05]

London Symphony Orchestra, rec. Kingsway Hall, 1947


RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Le Coq d’or(extracts); Introduction (Le Tsar Dodon dans son palais) [4:15] - Cortège de noces [3:44] Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, rec. 1948 Victoria Hall, Genève


RAVEL La Valse, poème chorégraphique [12:59]

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, rec. Kingsway Hall, London 1949


Schéhérazade [15:06] Suzanne Danco (soprano)/Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, rec. 1948 la salle de la Mutualité, Paris Orchestre de la Suisse Romande


CD 5 [78:03] HANDEL Concerti Grossi Op.6 - N° 2 in F major - N° 3 in F minor - N° 4 in A minor - N° 6 in G minor - N°10 in D minor - N° 12 in B minor William Primrose (violin)/Leslie Heward (harpsichord)/The Decca String Orchestra, rec. 1929, London


CD 6 [61:50] HAYDN Symphonie No. 101 in D minor The Clock [23:26]

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, rec.1948, Victoria Hall, Genève


SCHUMANN Ouverture; Genoveva, op. 81

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, rec. 1947 Salle Pleyel, Paris


Piano Concerto op. 54 [28:45] Fanny Davies (piano)/Orchestra of the Royal Philharmonic Society, rec. 1928 London


CD 7 [73:18] DEBUSSY La Mer [21:55]

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, rec. 1947, Studio 1 of Radio Suisse Romande, Genève


Petite Suite (orch. Henri Büsser) [13:25]

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, rec.1948 la Salle Pleyel, Paris


de FALLA Noches en los jardines de Espana [21:49] Jacqueline Blancard (piano)/Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, rec 1942, Studio 1 de la Radio Suisse Romande, Genève


HONEGGER Le Roi David (extracts); N° 3. Psaume: « Loué soit le Seigneur » - N° 5. Le Cortège - N° 7. Psaume : « Ah! si j’avais des ailes de colombes » - N° 23. Marche des hébreux - N° 24. Psaume : « Je t’aimerai Seigneur » [7:02]

Chœur Romand/Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, rec.1929, Grand Théâtre de Genève


Pastorale d’été [7:44] Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, rec. 1942, studio 1, Radio Suisse Romande


CD 8 [67:20] RAVEL Piano Concerto for the left hand in D major [20:21]


Piano Concerto in G major [21:48]

Jacqueline Blancard (piano)/Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, rec1953, Victoria Hall à Genève


Schéhérazade [15:03] / Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé [10:02]

Suzanne Danco (soprano)/Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. rec. 1954, Victoria Hall de Genève

 
 
 

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