❖ ‘Ansermet is not only one of the best conductors, but one of the greatest thinkers of our time.’ (Benjamin Britten)
❖ This set offers a comprehensive selection of Ansermet's stereo recordings
❖ Astonishingly, his first stereo recordings date back to 1954 and all his recordings since, have been of the highest quality
❖ Ansermet's warm and beautiful readings with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, which he founded in 1918, command respect and admiration
❖ This compilation offers a colourful panorama of Ansermet's interpretations of the French and Russian repertoire, which is undoubtedly his ‘forte’, but it goes further, encompassing his sound and fascinating approach to the German repertoire

CD 1
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Le martyre de Saint Sébastien
Rec: June 1954
Suzanne Danco, soprano;
Nancy Waugh & Marie-Lise de Montmollin, contralto
Union Chorale de La Tour-de-Peilz

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Patrie overture
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
Petite suite pour orchestre, Op.39
Rec: October 1954
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 2
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Symphony No.2 in B minor
Symphony No.3 in A minor
Prince Igor overture (orch. Glazunov)
Rec: October 1954

Mily Balakirev (1837-1910)
Tamara: Symphonic poem
Rec: June 1954
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 3
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Scheherazade, Op.35
Rec: September 1954
Pierre Nerini, violin
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Antar: Symphonic Suite, Op.9
Rec: June 1954
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 4
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
Stenka Razin: Symphonic poem, Op.13
Anatoly Lyadov (1855-1914)
Baba-Yaga, Op.56
Kikimora, Op.63
Eight Russian folksongs for orchestra, Op.58
Rec: June 1954

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
May night overture
The tale of Tsar Saltan Suite, Op.57
Rec: November 1956
The Flight of the bumblebee
from The tale of the Tsar Saltan Suite
Rec: April 1957
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 5
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
Symphony No.3 in G minor, Op.42
Symphony No.4 in A major, Op.53
Rec: May 1956
Le festin de l'araignée
Rec: October 1954

Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)
Habanera
Rec: October 1955
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 6
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
El amor brujo
Marina de Gabarein, mezzosoprano
Danza Española No.1 from La vida breve
Rec: October 1955
El sombrero de tres picos
Rec: February 1961
Teresa Berganza, mezzosoprano

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Adagio and Allegro for Horn and Orchestra in A flat major, Op.70
Rec: November 1957
Edmund Leloir, horn
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 7
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
L'Oiseau de feu
Rec: 1955
Le chant du rossignol
Rec: 1956
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 8
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Renard
Rec: October 1955
Michel Sénéchal-Hugues Cuénod, tenors; Heinz Rehfuss, baritone;
Xavier Depraz, bass; Istvan Arato, cymbalom
Apollon musagète
Pulcinella suite
Rec: 1956
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 9
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Pétrouchka
Le Sacre du printemps
Rec: 1957
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 10
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Printemps
Rec: May 1957
Prélude á l'aprés-midi d'un faune
Nocturnes
Rec: November 1957
La boîte á joujoux (orch: Caplet)
Rec: May 1957
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 11
Léo Delibes (1836-1891)
Coppélia (Tableau I & II)
Rec: April 1957
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 12
Léo Delibes (1836-1891)
Coppélia (Tableau III)
Rec: April 1957
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Ma mère l'Oye
Rec: November 1957

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Marche écossaise
Clair de lune (orch: Caplet)
Rec: October 1955
Jeux
Danse (orch: Ravel）
Rec: April 1958
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 13
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Scheherazade, Op.35
Lorand Fenyves, violin
The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Suite Op.57
The flight of the bumblebee
Rec: 1958
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 14
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op.36
Rec: November 1956
Christmas Eve suite
Dubinushka, Op.62
Rec: May 1957
Sadko: A Musical Picture, Op.5
Rec: April 1957
The Snow Maiden suite
Rec: November 1957
Motet de Genève, Chorus master: Jacques Horneffer
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 15
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Excerpts from Carmen Suites Nos.1 & 2
L'Arlésienne
Rec: May 1958

Léo Delibes (1836-1891)
Sylvia Suite
Rec: April 1959
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 16
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
The Nutcracker, Op.71 (Act I & Act II)
Rec: November 1958
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 17
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
The Nutcracker, Op.71 (Act II continuation)
Rec: November 1958

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Rec: November 1959

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Divertimento from Le Baiser de la fée
Rec: May 1962

Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
Pacific 231 Mouvement symphonique No.1
Rec: April 1963
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 18
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66 (Prologue & Act I)
Rec: April 1959
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 19
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
The Sleeping Beauty, Op.66 (Act II & Act III)
Rec: April 1959
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 20
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Polovtsian Dances No.8
Polovtsian Dances No.17
Rec: November 1960
Choeur des Jeunes & Choeur de Radio, Lausanne
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Rec: February 1961

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Rapsodie espagnole
Rec: November 1957
La valse
Boléro
Rec: April 1963
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 21
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Swan Lake, Op.20 (abridged version)
Rec: November 1958
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 22
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Swan Lake, Op.20 (abridged version, continuation)
Rec: November 1958
Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74 Pathétique
Rec: October 1956
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 23
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.36
Rec: January 1960
Symphony No.4 in B flat major, Op.60
Rec: November 1958
Coriolan Overture, Op.62
Rec: November 1958
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 24
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No.3 in E flat major, Op.55 Eroica
Rec: April 1960
The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op.43
Fidelio Overture, Op.72c
Leonore Overture No.2, Op.72a
Rec: January 1960
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 25
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67
Rec: May 1958
Symphony No.6 in F major, Op.68 Pastoral
Rec: October 1959
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 26
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92
Rec: January 1960
Egmont Overture, Op.84
Rec: May 1958
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op.133
Rec: May 1959
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 27
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125
Rec: April 1959
Joan Sutherland, soprano; Norma Procter, mezzo soprano
Anton Dermota, tenor; Arnold van Mill, bass
Chorale du Brassus, Chorus master: André Charlet
Choeur de Jeunes de I’Église National Vaudoise
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 28
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Der Freischütz Overture
Preciosa Overture
Beherrscher der Geister Overture
Oberon Overture
Euryanthe Overture
Abu Hassan Overture
Jubel Overture
Rec: November 1958

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Carnaval, Op.9
(orch. Glazunov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Liadov, Tcherepnin)
Rec: November 1959
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 29
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV.1067
André Pepin, flute
Suite No.3 in D major, BWV.1068
Rec: November 1961

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Hunnenschlacht
Rec: November 1959
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
La Boutique Fantasque, excerpts (arr. Respighi)
Tarantella; Andantino mosso; Can-Can'

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Carnaval, Op.9, excerpts
(orch. Glazunov, Rimsky-Korsakov)
Pierrot ; Reconnaissance; Pantalon et Colombine; Aveu;

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Les Sylphides, excerpts (orch. Roy Douglas)
Prélude; Mazurka; Valse
Rec: January 1959 Kingsway Hall, London
Royal Opera House Covent Garden

CD 30
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Le tombeau de Couperin
Rec: November 1960
Tzigane, rapsodie de concert
Rec: March 1959
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No.2
Rec: November 1960

Paul Dukas (1865-1935)
La Péri: Fanfare
La Péri: Poème dansée
Rec: April 1963
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 31
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Symphony in C major
Jeux d'enfants, Op.22
La jolie fille de Perth, Suite
Rec: October 1960

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Orphée aux enfers ouverture
La belle Hélène ouverture

Ferdinand Hérold (1791- 1833)
Zampa ouverture
Rec: May 1960
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 32
Édouard Lalo (1823-1892)
Symphonie espagnole, Op.21
Rec: March 1959
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Le Roi d'Ys ouverture
Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896)
Mignon ouverture
Raymond ouverture

Daniel Auber (1782-1871)
Le domino noir ouverture
Fra’ Diavolo ouverture
Rec: May 1960
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 33
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Symphony in C
Symphony in three movements
Symphonies pour instruments à vent
Rec: 1960

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
Kamarinskaya Fantasy
Rec: February 1961
A life for the Tsar, Overture
Rec: February 1961
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 34
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Le Baiser de la fée
Rec: 1963
Symphonie de Psaumes
Rec: 1961
Choeur des Jeunes & Choeur de Radio, Lausanne
Chorus master: André Charlet
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 35
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
A midsummer night's dream Overture, Op.21
Incidental music , Op.61 for A midsummer night's dream, excerpts
Scherzo; Notturno; Wedding March

Franz Schubert (1797- 1828)
Rosamunde, D.747, excerpts
Rec: January 1960

Joaquín Turina (1882-1949)
Danzas fantásticas, Op.22
Rec: May 1960
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 36
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Images pour orchestre
Petite suite

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Rec: February 1961
Alborada del gracioso
Rec: November 1960

Frank Martin (1890-1974)
Études for string orchestra
Rec: 1961
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 37
César Franck (1822-1890)
Symphony in D minor
Le chasseur maudit
Rec: March 1961

Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
Symphony No.2
Rec: January 1961
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 38
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Suite
Rec: November 1961
The Love of the Three Oranges Suite, Op.33 (excerpts)
March; Scherzo
Rec: February 1961
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
L'Histoire du soldat suite
Rec: 1961
Michael Schwalbé, violin; Hans Fryba, duble-bass;
Leon Hoogstoal, clarinet; Henri Helaerts, bassoon;
Paolo Longinotti, cornet; Pierre Aubapan, trombone;
Charles Peschier, percussion

CD 39
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Symphony No.1 in D major, Op.25 "Classical"
Cinderella suite
Rec: February 1961

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Suite No.1
Suite No.2
Four Études
Rec: 1962
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 40
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.78 "avec orgue"
Rec: May 1962
Pierre Segon, organ

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Pelléas et Mélisande, Op.80 orchestral suite
Pénélope, prélude
Masques et bergamasques Op.112 suite
Rec: February 1962
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 41
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Symphony No.82 in C major "L'Ours"
Symphony No.83 in G minor "La poule"
Symphony No.84 in E flat major
Rec: April 1962
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 42
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Symphony No.85 in B flat major "La Reine"
Symphony No.86 in D major
Symphony No.87 in A major
Rec: April 1962
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 43
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)
from Iberia (orch. Arbós)
Evocación; El Corpus en Sevilla; Triana; El puerto; El albaicin
Navarra (compl. Déodat de Séverac, orch. Arbós)
Rec: May 1960

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.68
Rec: February 1963
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 44
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.73
Symphony No.3 in F major, Op.90
Rec: February 1963
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

CD 45
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Symphony No.4 in E minor, Op.98
Academic Festival Overture, Op.80
Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op.56a
Tragic Overture, Op.81
Rec: February 1963
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande