Stravinsky - Ansermet: The First Decca Recordings
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Label: Australian Eloquence
Cat No: ELQ4803775
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 4
Release Date: 16th April 2012
Contents
Works
Circus PolkaLe Baiser de la fee (The Fairy's Kiss)
Petrushka
Renard (The Fox)
Symphony of Psalms
The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu)
The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps): Suite
Artists
Michel Senechal (tenor)Hugues Cuenod (tenor)
Heinz Rehfuss (baritone)
Xavier Depraz (bass)
Istvan Arato (cimbalom)
Ernst Haefliger (tenor)
Helene Bouvier (mezzo-soprano)
James Loomis (bass/baritone)
Andre Vessieres (bass)
Hugues Cuenod (tenor)
Paul Pasquier (speaker)
Societe Chorale du Brassus
London Philharmonic Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Conductor
Ernest AnsermetWorks
Circus PolkaLe Baiser de la fee (The Fairy's Kiss)
Petrushka
Renard (The Fox)
Symphony of Psalms
The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu)
The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps): Suite
Artists
Michel Senechal (tenor)Hugues Cuenod (tenor)
Heinz Rehfuss (baritone)
Xavier Depraz (bass)
Istvan Arato (cimbalom)
Ernst Haefliger (tenor)
Helene Bouvier (mezzo-soprano)
James Loomis (bass/baritone)
Andre Vessieres (bass)
Hugues Cuenod (tenor)
Paul Pasquier (speaker)
Societe Chorale du Brassus
London Philharmonic Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Conductor
Ernest AnsermetAbout
The bonus is a previously unissued recording of the Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss, recorded in 1962.
“The outstanding feature of this recorded performance is its clarity and incisiveness.” - Gramophone (Firebird)
Contents:
CD 1
- Petrushka (1911 version) (rec. 1949)
- Le Sacre du Printemps (rec. 1950)
- Circus Polka (rec. 1951)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet
CD 2
- L'Oiseau de feu: Suite (1919) (rec. 1950)
- Divertimento from 'Le Baiser de la fee' (rec. 1951)
Michel Senechal (tenor), Hugues Cuenod (tenor), Heinz Rehfuss (baritone), Xavier Depraz (bass), Istvan Arato (cimbalom)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet
- Renard (rec. 1955) (sung in French)
CD 3
- Oedipus Rex (rec. 1955)
Oedipus: Ernst Haefliger (tenor)
Jocasta: Helene Bouvier (mezzo-soprano)
Creon & Messenger: James Loomis (bass-baritone)
Tiresias: Andre Vessieres (bass)
Shepherd: Hugues Cuenod (tenor)
Narrator: Paul Pasquier (speaker)
Societe Chorale du Brassus
- Divertimento from 'Le Baiser de la fee' (rec. 1962)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet
CD 4
- Petrushka (1911 version) (rec. 1946)
- L'Oiseau de feu: Suite (1910/1919) (rec. 1946)
- Symphonie de psaumes (rec. 1947)
London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Ernest Ansermet
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