Ernest Ansermet - Music of Mussorgsky (1958-64) Hi-Res

The Swiss conductor, Ernest Ansermet, came from
a musical family; he successively studied the
clarinet, violin and brass instruments, which he
used in fanfares; later he wrote military marches
for the Swiss army which he did not consider
important. Besides Music, he studied Mathematics
in Lausanne and graduated with a Diploma in
1903; until 1906 he taught at the Lausanne
Grammar School, then he decided to continue his
studies at the Sorbonne and, at the same time, to
attend courses at the Paris Conservatory. After his return to Lausanne, he
taught Mathematics for one more year before devoting himself entirely to
music.
Ansermet was a particular advocate of the Swiss composers Arthur Honegger
and Frank Martin. He conducted the first performances of the following works
of A. Honegger: Horace victorieux (1921), Chant de joie (1923), Rugby (1928)
and Pacific 231 (1923), which was dedicated to him, and of the following
works of Frank Martin: Symphonie (1938), In terra pax (1945), Der Sturm
(1956), Le mystère de la Nativité (1959), Monsieur de Pourceaugnac (1963)
and Les Quatre Éléments, which were dedicated to him. Also important were
the first performances of Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia (1946) and
Cantata misericordium (1963)

Tracks:

Pictures at an Exhibition
01. Promenade Gnomus 4:05
02. Promenade Il vecchio castello 5:22
03. Promenade Tuileries Bydlo 4:04
04. Promenade Ballet des poussins dans leur coque 4:07
05. Limoges Le marche Catacombae 5:11
06. La cabane sur des pattes de poule
07. Night on Bald Mountain 11:09
08. Khovanshchina - Prelude & Dance of the Persian Slaves 5:06


Track 1 (1-23 Apr) 1958 Victoria Hall, Geneva Producer James Walker Engineer Roy Wallace
HIGH DEFINITION TAPE TRANSFERS
MODEST MUSSORGSKY Music of Pictures at an Exhibition Night on Bald Mountain Khovanshchina: Prelude & Dance of the Persian Slaves Ernest Ansermet Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Recorded by Decca
Tracks 3 & 4 recorded (4 Apr-3 May) 1964 Producer Michael Bremner Engineer James Lock

Personnel:

Ernest Ansermet
L’orchestre De La Suisse Romande