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The Decca Sound / Highlights from the 50 CD Special Editon [5 CDs]

5 CD / Decca / 2011-11-15

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West; Turandot; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; O...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Augér, Arleen; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Bonney, Barbara; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caballé, Montserrat; Carlin, Mari...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo; Capuana, Franco; Maag, Peter; Martinon, Jean; Kertész, István; Willcocks, David; Ansermet, Ernest; Karajan, Herbert von; Monteux, Pierre; Britten, Benjamin; Fistoular...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Matrix Ensemble; Melos Ensemble of London; New London Consort; Vienna Octet

Includes tracks from all 50 CDs in The Decca Sound box. 55 years of recording celebrating the glorious Decca Sound from the early days of...continue...

Falla, Debussy, Ravel: Hommage à l'Espagne

1 CD / Cascavelle / 2011-01-11

Works: Manuel de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain; Homenajes, suite for orchestra; Claude Debussy: Ibéria, for orchestra, L. 122/2; Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Performers: Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]
Conductors: Orchestra, Suisse Romande; Ansermet, Ernest

Taking recordings made in 1958, 1960 and 1961 by Ernest Ansermet and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Cascavelle has offered a tribute to Spain...continue...
Recording information: Victoria Hall, Genève....continue...

Ernest Ansermet: The Early Days (1916-1955)

8 CD / Cascavelle / 2010-06-08

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra; Capriccio, for piano & orchestra; Symphony of Psalms; Pétrouchka; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; The Snow M...
Performers: Blancard, Jacqueline; Christensen, Ernest; Danco, Suzanne; Davies, Fanny; Heward, Leslie; Micheau, Janine; Stravinsky, Igor
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest

Falla: El amor brujo; El sombrero de tres picos; Danza Española No. 1

1 CD / Decca Import / 2010-01-26

Works: Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Canciones populares españolas (7); Danza Española no 1 (la vida breve)
Performers: Danco, Suzanne; Gabarain, Marina de
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest

To the delightfully muddled, Marriage of Figaro-like plot of El amor brujo Ansermet brings an earthy sensuality and piquant wit. Ansermet recorded El sombrero del...continue...
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Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat / Ansermet, et al

1 CD / Lim / 2007-04-17

Works: Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas (7); Dance no 1 (from La vida breve)
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

De Falla's Iberian gem "The Three-Cornered hat" is an audiophile's dream of a symphonic masterpiece. It boasts one of the most varied, rich, sophisticated tonal...continue...

Mozart: Jupiter Symphony; Stravinsky / Ansermet, et al

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2005-10-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"; Manuel de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain; Igor Stravinsky: Capriccio, for piano & orchestra
Performers: Blancard, Jacqueline; Stravinsky, Igor
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra; Walter Staram Orchestra

Ernest Ansermet is recognized as one of the greatest conductors of the twentieth century. This Profil release features wonderfully restored recordings of Ansermet conducting the...continue...

Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Falla /Markevitch, et al

1 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-08-01

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Manuel de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain
Performers: Casadesus, Robert
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor; Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

OSR Memories - Falla: L'Atlantide, Homenajes / Ansermet

1 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-08-01

Works: Manuel de Falla: Atlántida; Homenajes (4) for Orchestra
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Rehfuss, Heinz
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: Lausanne Youth Chorus; Suisse Romande Orchestra; Suisse Romande Radio Chorus; Villamont College Little Choir

OSR Memories - Britten, De Falla, et al / Danco, Ansermet

1 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-08-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18; Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas (7); Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Emmanuel Chabrier: La sulamite; Claude Debussy: Pell...
Performers: Danco, Suzanne; Mollet, Pierre; Vessieres, Andre
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: Strasbourg Choir; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Falla: Three-Cornered Hat, etc / Ansermet, Berganza, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2000-07-18

Works: Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas (7); Dance no 1 (from La vida breve); El amor brujo
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

"...His [Ansermet's] recordings are informed by meticulous knowledge of the intricacies of light and shade in Falla's scores, and here sound as fresh as when...continue...

The Essential Falla

2 CD / Decca / 1999-10-12

Works: Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Concerto for Harpsichord, for harpsichord (or piano), flute, oboe, clarinet, violin & cello, G. 71; Homenaje - M. de Falla; Psyché; Nights in the gardens of Spain...
Performers: Boky, Colette; Constable, John [Keyboards]; De Larrocha, Alicia; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Katz, Martin; Mistral, Nati; Smith, Jennifer [Vocals]
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Ansermet, Ernest; Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: ; London Sinfonietta; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Spain's leading composer Manuel de Falla is well represented in this 2 CD collection. Falla's best known works: Nights in the Gardens of Spain; The...continue...