The Stereo Years

~ Release by Ernest Ansermet (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

An 88-CD collection of Ernest Ansermet's stereo recordings for Decca. Includes a booklet with complete tracklistings and essays; CD wallets have original jacket artwork. The original release had defective discs: CD 20 - the last minute stuttered, CD 37 was the 1957 recording, not the 1964 one. Replacements were available through Deutsche Grammophon support.

Annotation last modified on 2024-08-15 09:32 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites 2 & 3 / Cantatas “Herr Gott, dich loben wir” / “Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ”
2▶CD: J.S. Bach: Cantatas “Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret”: Sinfonia / “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen”: Sinfonia / “Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht” / “Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist” / “Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott” (excerpts)
3▶CD: Haydn: Symphonies 82 “L'Ours”, 83 “La Poule”, 84
4▶CD: Haydn: Symphonies 85 “La Reine”, 86, 87
5▶CD: Haydn: Symphonies 22 “Der Philosoph”, 90 / Trumpet Concerto in E-flat / Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat
6▶CD: W.A. Mozart: Flute Concerto no. 2 / Schumann: Adagio & Allegro / Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in A minor, RV 497 / L. Mozart: Trumpet Concerto
7▶CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 1 [1963] & 3
8▶CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 2 & 4 / Coriolan Overture
9▶CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 6
10▶CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 7 & 8 [1963] / Egmont Overture
11▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 9
12▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 [1956]
13▶CD: Weber: Overtures / Bassoon Concerto
14▶CD: Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 / Overtures
15▶CD: Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Schubert: Rosamunde
16▶CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 8 [1956] / Schumann: Symphony no. 2 / Manfred Overture
17▶CD: Brahms: Symphonies 1 & 3
18▶CD: Brahms: Symphony no. 2 / St. Anthony Variations / Tragic Overture
19▶CD: Brahms: Symphony no. 4 / Academic Festival Overture / Nänie / Alto Rhapsody
20▶CD: Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
21▶CD: Wagner: Orchestral Selections: Lohengrin / Götterdammerung / Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Parsifal
22▶CD: Liszt: A Faust Symphony / Episode no. 2 from Faust
23▶CD: Liszt: Episode no. 1 from Faust / Hunnenschlacht / Magnard: Symphony no. 3
24▶CD: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / 3 Orchestral pieces from La Damnation de Faust
25▶CD: Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été / Overtures
26▶CD: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (in rehearsal)
27▶CD: Franck: Symphony in D minor / Les Éolides / Le Chasseur maudit
28▶CD: Delibes: Coppélia (Tableaux I & II)
29▶CD: Delibes: Coppélia (Tableau III & alternate highlights takes) / Sylvia Suite / Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no. 2 / Shéhérazade [1963]
30▶CD: Bizet: Carmen Suite / L'Arlésienne Suites / Patrie Overture
31▶CD: Bizet: Symphony in C / Petite Suite d'orchestre (Jeux d'enfants) / La Jolie Fille de Perth Suite / Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin / Tzigane
32▶CD: Lalo: Symphonie espagnole / Namouna Suite / Andantino / Scherzo
33▶CD: Lalo: Rapsodie norvégienne / Chabrier: Habanera / España / Suite pastorale / Joyeuse marche / Le Roi malgré lui (excerpts)
34▶CD: Fauré: Requiem / Pelléas et Mélisande / Pénélope: Prélude / Masques et bergamasques
35▶CD: Roussel: Symphonies 3 & 4 / Le Festin de l'araignée
36▶CD: Roussel: Petite suite / Dukas: L'Apprenti sorcier / La Péri (1958) / Chausson: Symphony in B-flat
37▶CD: Debussy: La Mer [1964] / Première rhapsodie / Clair de lune / Petite suite / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / Jeux
38▶CD: Debussy: Images, Set 3 / Printemps / Nocturnes
39▶CD: Debussy: Le Martyre de saint Sébastien / Dukas: La Péri [1954]
40▶CD: Debussy: La Mer [1957] / Khamma / La Boîte à joujoux / Marche écossaise / Danse
41▶CD: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (Acte I / Acte II / Acte III, Scènes 1 & 2)
42▼CD: Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (Acte III, Scènes 3 & 4 / Acte IV / Acte V)
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1Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte III, Scène 3. “Ah! Je respire enfin!” (Pelléas, Golaud)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
baritone vocals [Pelléas]:
Camille Maurane (baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
bass-baritone vocals [Golaud]:
George London (bass-baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Act III, Scene III. "Ah! Je respire enfin!" (Pelléas, Golaud) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte III, Scène 3: Une terrasse au sortir des souterrains
Claude Debussy4:30
2Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte III, Scène 3. Interlude
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte III, Scène 3. Interlude (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte III, Scène 3: Une terrasse au sortir des souterrains
Claude Debussy1:22
3Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte III, Scène 4. “Viens, nous allons nous asseoir ivi, Yniold” (Golaud, Yniold)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
bass-baritone vocals [Golaud]:
George London (bass-baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
soprano vocals [Yniold]:
Rosine Brédy (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Act III, Scene IV. "Viens, nous allons nous asseoir ici, Yniold" (Golaud, Yniold) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte III, Scène 4: Devant le château
Claude Debussy5:57
4Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte III, Scène 4. “Qu'ils s'embrassent, petit père? Non, non” (Yniold, Golaud)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
bass-baritone vocals [Golaud]:
George London (bass-baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
soprano vocals [Yniold]:
Rosine Brédy (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte III, Scène 4. “Qu'ils s'embrassent, petit père? Non, non” (Yniold, Golaud) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte III, Scène 4: Devant le château
Claude Debussy4:33
5Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 1. “Où vas-tu? Il faut que je te parle ce soir” (Pelléas, Mélisande)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
baritone vocals [Pelléas]:
Camille Maurane (baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Erna Spoorenberg (soprano) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Act IV, Scene I. "Où vas-tu? Il faut que je te parle ce soir" (Pelléas, Mélisande) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 1: Un appartement dans le château
Claude Debussy3:03
6Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 2. “Maintenant que le père de Pelléas est sauvé” (Arkel, Mélisande)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
bass vocals [Arkel]:
Guus Hœkman (operatic bass) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Erna Spoorenberg (soprano) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Act IV, Scene II. "Maintenant que le père de Pelléas est sauvé ..." (Arkel, Mélisande) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 2 : Un appartement dans le château
Claude Debussy5:25
7Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 2. “Pelléas part ce soir” (Golaud, Arkel, Mélisande)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
bass vocals [Arkel]:
Guus Hœkman (operatic bass) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
bass-baritone vocals [Golaud]:
George London (bass-baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Erna Spoorenberg (soprano) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Act IV, Scene II. "Pelléas part ce soir" (Golaud, Arkel, Mélisande) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 2 : Un appartement dans le château
Claude Debussy3:23
8Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 2. “Ne mettez pas ainsi votre main à la gorge” (Golaud, Arkel, Mélisande)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
bass vocals [Arkel]:
Guus Hœkman (operatic bass) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
bass-baritone vocals [Golaud]:
George London (bass-baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Erna Spoorenberg (soprano) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 2. “Ne mettez pas ainsi votre main à la gorge” (Golaud, Arkel, Mélisande) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 2 : Un appartement dans le château
Claude Debussy3:38
9Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 2. Interlude
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 2. Interlude (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 2 : Un appartement dans le château
Claude Debussy3:47
10Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 3. “Oh! Cette pierre est lourde” (Yniold, the shepherd)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
baritone vocals [Shepherd]:
George Kubrack (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
soprano vocals [Yniold]:
Rosine Brédy (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène III. “Oh ! Cette pierre est lourde...” (Yniold, Le Berger) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 3: Une fontaine dans le parc
Claude Debussy3:57
11Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 4. “C'est le dernier soir” … “Pelléas! / Mélisande!” (Pelléas, Mélisande)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
baritone vocals [Pelléas]:
Camille Maurane (baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Erna Spoorenberg (soprano) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Act IV, Scene IV. "C'est le dernier soir ..." (Pelléas, Mélisande) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 4 : le même lieu
Claude Debussy3:46
12Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 4. “Nous sommes venus ici il y a bien longtemps” (Pelléas, Mélisande)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
baritone vocals [Pelléas]:
Camille Maurane (baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Erna Spoorenberg (soprano) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 4. “Nous sommes venus ici il y a bien longtemps” (Pelléas, Mélisande) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 4 : le même lieu
Claude Debussy1:53
13Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 4. “On dirait que ta voix a passé sur la mer au printemps!” (Pelléas, Mélisande)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
baritone vocals [Pelléas]:
Camille Maurane (baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Erna Spoorenberg (soprano) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Act IV, Scene IV. "On dirait que ta voix a passé sur la mer au printemps!" (Choeur, Mélisande, Pelléas, Geneviève) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 4 : le même lieu
Claude Debussy4:02
14Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 4. “Quel est ce bruit?” … “Golaud!” … “Ta bouche! Ta bouche!” (Pelléas, Mélisande)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
baritone vocals [Pelléas]:
Camille Maurane (baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Erna Spoorenberg (soprano) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Act IV, Scene IV. "Quel est ce bruit? On ferme les portes" (Pelléas, Mélisande) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 4 : le même lieu
Claude Debussy4:04
15Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte V. “Ce n'est pas de cette petite blessure qu'elle peut mourir” (The doctor, Arkel, Golaud)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
baritone vocals [Doctor]:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
bass vocals [Arkel]:
Guus Hœkman (operatic bass) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
bass-baritone vocals [Golaud]:
George London (bass-baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Act V. "Ce n'est pas de cette petite blessure qu'elle peut mourir ..." (Le médecin, Arkel, Golaud) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande, L. 88, CD 93: Acte V (aka Acte V, Scène 1)
Claude Debussy3:07
16Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte V. “Attention: je crois qu'elle s'éveille / Ouvrez la fenêtre” (The doctor, Mélisande, Arkel, Golaud)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
baritone vocals [Doctor]:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
bass vocals [Arkel]:
Guus Hœkman (operatic bass) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
bass-baritone vocals [Golaud]:
George London (bass-baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Erna Spoorenberg (soprano) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Act V. "Ouvrez la fenêtre, ouvrez la fenêtre ..." (Mélisande, Arkel, Le médecin) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande, L. 88, CD 93: Acte V (aka Acte V, Scène 1)
Claude Debussy5:25
17Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte V. “Mélisande, as-tu pitié de moi comme j'ai pitié de toi?” (Golaud, Mélisande)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
bass-baritone vocals [Golaud]:
George London (bass-baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Erna Spoorenberg (soprano) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte V. “Mélisande, as-tu pitié de moi comme j'ai pitié de toi?” (Golaud, Mélisande) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande, L. 88, CD 93: Acte V (aka Acte V, Scène 1)
Claude Debussy2:51
18Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte V. “Non, non, nous n'avons pas été coupables” (Golaud, Mélisande)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
bass-baritone vocals [Golaud]:
George London (bass-baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Erna Spoorenberg (soprano) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Act V. "Non, non, nous n'avons pas été coupables" (Mélisande, Golaud) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande, L. 88, CD 93: Acte V (aka Acte V, Scène 1)
Claude Debussy2:09
19Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte V. “Qu'avez-vous fait? Vous allez la tuer” … “Veux-tu voir ton enfant?” (Arkel, Golaud, Mélisande)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
bass vocals [Arkel]:
Guus Hœkman (operatic bass) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
bass-baritone vocals [Golaud]:
George London (bass-baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
soprano vocals [Mélisande]:
Erna Spoorenberg (soprano) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Act V. "Qu'avez-vous fait? Vous allez la tuer" (Arkel, Golaud, Mélisande) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande, L. 88, CD 93: Acte V (aka Acte V, Scène 1)
Claude Debussy2:46
20Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte V. “Qu'y a-t-il? Qu'est-ce que toutes ces femmes viennent faire ici?” (Golaud, The doctor, Arkel)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
baritone vocals [Doctor]:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
bass vocals [Arkel]:
Guus Hœkman (operatic bass) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
bass-baritone vocals [Golaud]:
George London (bass-baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Act V. "Qu'y-a-t-il? Qu'est-ce que toutes ces femmes viennent faire ici?" (Golaud, Le médecin, Arkel) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande, L. 88, CD 93: Acte V (aka Acte V, Scène 1)
Claude Debussy2:36
21Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte V. “Attention… il faut parler à voix basse. maintenant” (Golaud, The doctor, Arkel)
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
baritone vocals [Doctor]:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
bass vocals [Arkel]:
Guus Hœkman (operatic bass) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
bass-baritone vocals [Golaud]:
George London (bass-baritone) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
conductor:
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recorded at:
Grand Théâtre in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Act V. "Attention... attention" (Arkel, Le médecin) (from 1964-07 until 1964-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande, L. 88, CD 93: Acte V (aka Acte V, Scène 1)
Claude Debussy5:56
43▶CD: Albéniz: Iberia Suite / Turina: Danzas fantásticas
44▶CD: Falla: El amor brujo / El sombrero de tres picos
45▶CD: Ravel: L'Enfant et les sortilèges / Shéhérazade [1954] / 2 Mélodies hébraïques
46▶CD: Ravel: Boléro / Valses nobles et sentimentales / Rapsodie espagnole / Pavane pour une infante défunte / Ma mère l'Oye Suite
47▶CD: Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet) / Alborada del gracioso / La Valse [1963]
48▶CD: Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 “Organ” / Respighi: Fontane di Roma / Pini di Roma
49▶CD: Honegger: Symphonies 2-4
50▶CD: Honegger: Le Roi David / Pacific 231
51▶CD: Honegger: Une cantate de Noël / Martin: In Terra Pax
52▶CD: The Royal Ballet: Gala Performances (I)
53▶CD: The Royal Ballet: Gala Performances (II)
54▶CD: French Overtures to Auber: Le Domino noir / Fra Diavolo / Boieldieu: La Dame blanche / Hérold: Zampa / Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys / Offenbach: La Belle Hélène / Orphée aux enfers / Thomas: Raymond / Mignon
55▶CD: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition [1958] / Ravel: La Valse [1958] / Rossini/Respighi: Rossiniana
56▶CD: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition [1959] / Night on the Bare Mountain / Gopak / Prelude & Dance of the Persian Slaves (Khovanshchina) / Balakirev: Tamara
57▶CD: Borodin: Symphonies 2 & 3 / Overture & Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor) / In the Steppes of Central Asia
58▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Act I, Act II, Act III beginning)
59▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Act III conclusion, Act IV) / Symphony no. 6
60▶CD: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Act II beginning)
61▶CD: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act II conclusion) / Suites 3 & 4
62▶CD: Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty (Prologue, Act I)
63▶CD: Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, Act III)
64▶CD: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade [1954] / Scheherazade [1960]
65▶CD: Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar / May Night Overture / The Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite / Flight of the Bumblebee
66▶CD: Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Fesitval Overture / Christmas Eve Suite / Dubinushka / Episode from the Bylina of Sadko / The Snow MaIden Suite
67▶CD: Glazunov: The Seasons / Concert Waltzes 1 & 2 / Schumann/Glazunov: Carnaval (ballet)
68▶CD: Glazunov: Stenka Razin / Glinka: Kamarinskaya / Waltz-Fantasia / Spanish Overture no. 1 / Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture / A Life for the Tsar Overture / Lyadov: Baba-Yaga / Kikimora / 8 Russian Folksongs
69▶CD: Sibelius: Symphony no. 2 / Tapiola
70▶CD: Sibelius: Symphony no. 4 / Rachmaninoff: Isle of the Dead
71▶CD: Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suites 1 & 2 (excerpts) / The Prodigal Son Suite / Violin Concerto no. 1
72▶CD: Prokofiev: Cinderella Suites 1 & 2 (excerpts) / Scythian Suite / March & Scherzo (From The Love for Three Oranges Suite)
73▶CD: Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 2 / Symphonies 1 & 5
74▶CD: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Dance Suite / 2 Portraits / Romanian Folk Dances
75▶CD: Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / Martin: Concerto for 7 wind instruments, timpani, percussion & string orchestra / Études for string orchestra
76▶CD: Stravinsky: The Firebird [1955] / Petrushka
77▶CD: Stravinsky: Apollon musagète / Chant du rossignol / Rite of Spring
78▶CD: Stravinsky: Renard [1955, French] / Renard [1964, English] / Soldier's Tale Suite / Pulcinella Suite
79▶CD: Stravinsky: Symphony in C / Symphony in 3 Movements / Symphonies of Wind Instruments
80▶CD: Stravinsky: Piano Concerto / Capriccio / Suites 1 & 2 / 4 Studies / Scherzo à la russe
81▶CD: Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms / Mavra / Les Noces
82▶CD: Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la fée / Pulcinella
83▶CD: Stravinsky: The Firebird [1968]
84▶CD: Stravinsky: Ansermet rehearses The Firebird [1968]
85▶CD: “What everyone should know about music”
86▶CD: “Ce que chacun devrait savoir sur la musique”
87▶CD: „Was jeder über Musik wissen sollte”
88▶CD: Ernest Ansermet: A Memoir

Credits

Release

photography:Hans Wild (photographer)
miscellaneous support:Andrew Dalton (Research (Repertoire, Publishing & Data), liner notes and compiler at Decca.) (task: repertoire, publishing & data)
Edward Weston (Catalogue Manager, Decca Classics) (task: project management)
mastering:Chris Bernauer (freelance multi-instrumentalist, producer, and engineer)
Paschal Byrne
compiler:Ray Granlund
design:Paul Chessel (art director)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/30266201 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0005918349 [info]