tracks

Pétrouchka · Le Sacre Du Printemps
Le Festin de L'Araignée • Le Tombeau de Couperin · Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales (Orchestral Version)
The Isle Of The Dead • La Peri / 6 Epigraphes Antiques · Jeux
Iberia • Danzas Fantásticas • Les Biches
Symphonies Nos.101 & 88 • Piano Concerto No.5 "Emperor"
The Gingerbread Heart • The Devil In The Village
Concerto For Orchestra • Symphony No.3 • Marysas
Colour Symphony · Introduction & Allegro · Violin Concerto
Suite No. 3 In G Major • The Love For Three Oranges (Suite) · Lieutenant Kijé (Suite)
Job (A Masque For Dancing) · The Wasps
Sinfonia Da Requiem · Diversions · Four Sea Interludes And Passacaglia From Peter Grimes · The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra
Homage To Fritz Kreisler • Symphonie Espagnole
Violin Concerto • A Shropshire Lad · The Banks Of Green Willow • Tintagel • The Perfect Fool
Façade • Horoscope
Introduction And Allegro For Strings, Op.47 · Serenade For String · Falstaff - Symphonic Suite • Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis · Fantasia On "Greensleeves"
Piano Quartet No. 1 In G Minor, K478 · Piano Quartet No. 2 In E Flat Major, K493 · Horn Quintet In E Flat Major, K407
Piano Concerto No.1 • Symphony No.4
Symphony No.3 "Symphonie Liturgique" · Chant de Joie • Concerto For Viola And Orchestra • Concertino For Piano And Orchestra
Violin Concerto In D Major • Symphony No.102
Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 77 • Violin Concerto • Concierto de Estío
Graduation Ball • Ballet Suites
The Nutcracker Suites Nos. 1 & 2 · The Sleeping Beauty Suite
Cello Sonatas Nos.1 & 2 • Sonata In G
Arpeggione Sonata In A Minor • Fantasiestücke · Drei Romanzen · Cello Concerto In A Minor
String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3
String Quartets Nos. 2 & 4
Piano Sonatas Nos.26 & 29 · Eroica Variations
String Quartets
Lemminkäinen Suite · Karelia Suite
Symphony No.9
Symphony No.6 • Tristan Und Isolde - Prelude & Liebestod · Parsifal - Karfreitagszauber
Symphony No.3 • Tannhäuser Overture & Venusberg Music
String Quartets
Jeux D'Enfants · La Jolie Fille de Perth • Suite Pastorale · Ode À La Musique · Le Roi Maigré • La Damoiselle Élue
Piano Concerto No.3 • Piano Concerto
Serenade No. 4 In D, K203 · Symphonies Nos.28 & 29
Goyescas
Namouna Suites • Ballade · Nocturnes • Concertino
Concerti Grossi Op.6, Nos. 1-5
Concerti Grossi Op.6, Nos.6 - 10
Concerti Grossi Op.6, Nos.11-12 · Water Music
Sonata In G Minor For Cello And Piano • Sonata For Solo Cello / Reger: Suite No. 3 For Solo Cello • Cello Suite No. 3
Piano Quintets
Piano Quintets
Violin Concertos Nos.1 & 2
Symphonies Nos.25 & 38 • Five Overtures
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta • Háry János Suite • Symphony No.100
Trio No.7 In B Flat Major Op.97 "Archduke" • Piano Trio No.1 In B Major, Op.8
Symphony No.5 • Symphony No.5
Symphony No.5 · Flute Concerto · Clarinet Concerto
String Quartet No.1 In E Minor • String Quartet No.2 • String Quartet No.13
Divertimenti Nos. 10 & 17
Octet In E Flat Major • Clarinet Quintet In B Minor

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Introductory Notes & Translations © 2015 Decca Music Group Limited

DECCA SOUND
THE MONO YEARS 1944 - 1956
Orchestral - Instrumental
ffrr - full frequency range recording
Box of 53 CDs MONO DB53
Limited Edition

Each CD comes in a cardboard sleeve that replicates the original cover of one of the albums on the disc. It does not describe the contents of the disc, which are printed on the back of the sleeve and in the booklet.

Links to individual releases:
CD1: Igor Stravinsky - L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet - Pétrouchka · Le Sacre Du Printemps
CD2: Albert Roussel, Maurice Ravel - Ernest Ansermet, L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande - Le Festin De L'Araignée • Petite Suite Pour Orchestre / Le Teambeau de Couperin • Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales
CD3: Sergei Rachmaninov*, Paul Dukas, Claude Debussy - Ernest Ansermet, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra*, L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande - The Isle Of The Dead · La Peri • Six Épigraphes Antiques • Jeux
CD4: Isaac Albéniz, Joaquín Turina, Francis Poulenc, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Ataúlfo Argenta, Roger Désormière - Iberia • Danzas Fantasticas • Les Biches
CD5: Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Karl Münchinger, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Backhaus - Symphony No. 88 · Symphony No. 101 • Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"
CD6: Krešimir Baranović, Fran Lhotka - The Gingerbread Heart • The Devil In The Village
CD7: Béla Bartók, Willem Pijper, Eduard Van Beinum, Alphons Diepenbrock - Clifford Curzon, Concertgebouw Orchestra*, Eduard van Beinum - Concerto For Orchestra • Symphony No. 3 • Marsyas Ou La Source Enchanteé Suite
CD8: Arthur Bliss, London Symphony Orchestra*, Alfredo Campoli - A Colour Symphony · Introduction And Allegro · Violin Concerto
CD9: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev - Sir Adrian Boult, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra* - Suite No. 3 In G Major • The Love For Three Oranges (Suite) • Lieutenant Kijé (Suite)
CD10: Vaughan Williams* - Adrian Boult*, The London Philharmonic Orchestra - Job (A Masque For Dancing) • The Wasps
CD11: Benjamin Britten - Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra*, London Symphony Orchestra*, Julius Katchen, Concertgebouw Orchestra*, Eduard van Beinum - Sinfonia Da Requiem • Diversions • Four Sea Interludes And Passacaglia From Peter Grimes • The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra
CD12: Fritz Kreisler, Édouard Lalo - Alfredo Campoli With Eric Gritton, London Philharmonic Orchestra*, Eduard van Beinum - Homage To Fritz Kreisler
CD13: Edward Elgar*, George Butterworth, Arnold Bax, Alfredo Campoli, Gustav Holst - London Philharmonic Orchestra*, Adrian Boult* - Violin Concerto In B Minor, Op. 61 • Shropshire Lad - The Banks Of Green Willow • Tintagel • The Perfect Fool
CD14: William Walton*, Constant Lambert - Peter Pears, Edith Sitwell, Anthony Collins (2), The English Opera Group Ensemble*, London Symphony Orchestra*, Robert Irving (2) - Façade – An Entertainment & Suites 1 And 2 • Horoscope Ballet Suite
CD15: Edward Elgar*, Vaughan Williams* - Anthony Collins (2), Members Of The New Symphony Orchestra*, London Symphony Orchestra* - Introduction And Allegro For Strings, Op.47 · Serenade For Strings; In E Minor, Op. 20 · Falstaff - Symphonic Suite • Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis · Fantasia On "Greensleeves"
CD16: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Members Of The Amadeus Quartet*, Clifford Curzon, Members Of The Griller Quartet*, Dennis Brain, Max Gilbert - Piano Quartet No. 1 In G Minor • Piano Quartet No. 2 In E Flat Major • Horn Quintet In E Flat Major
CD17: Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven - Clifford Curzon, Concertgebouw Orchestra*, Eduard van Beinum, Josef Krips - Piano Concerto No. 1 • Symphony No. 4
CD18: Arthur Honegger, Conrad Beck, Bernard Reichel - Walter Kägi, Christiane Montandon, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra*, Robert F. Denzler*, L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Jean Meylan, Edmond Appia - Symphony No.3 "Symphonie Liturgique" · Chant de Joie • Concerto For Viola And Orchestra • Concertino For Piano And Orchestra
CD19: Johannes Brahms, Federico Elizalde*, Joaquín Rodrigo - Christian Ferras, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carl Schuricht - Violin Concerto In D Major • Violin Concerto • Concerto de Estío
CD20: Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Haydn, Mischa Elman, London Philharmonic Orchestra*, Sir Georg Solti* - Violin Concerto In D Major, Op.61 • Symphony No. 102
CD21: Johann Strauss II*, Christoph Willibald Gluck, André-Ernest-Modeste Gretry* - New Symphony Orchestra Of London*, Anatole Fistoulari, Robert Irving (2) - Graduation Ball - Ballet Suite • Ballet Suite No. 1 • Ballet Suite
CD22: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Paris Conservatoire Orchestra*, Anatole Fistoulari, Roger Désormière - Nutcracker Suites 1 & 2 · Sleeping Beauty Suite
CD23: Johannes Brahms - Johann Sebastian Bach - Pierre Fournier, Wilhelm Backhaus, Ernest Lush - Cella Sonatas Nos. 1 And 2 • Viola Da Gamba Sonata In G Major, BWV 1027
CD24: Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann - Maurice Gendron, Jean Françaix, L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet - Arpeggione Sonata In A Minor • Fantasiestücke · Drei Romanzen · Cello Concerto In A Minor
CD25 and CD 26: Bloch* - The Griller String Quartet - String Quartets
CD27: Ludwig van Beethoven - Friedrich Gulda - Sonata No. 29 In B Flat Major · Eroica Variations · Piano Sonata No.26 In E Flat Major
CD28: Joseph Haydn, Luigi Boccherini, Robert Schumann, Giuseppe Verdi - Quartetto Italiano - String Quartets
CD29: Jean Sibelius, Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Thomas Jensen - Lemminkäinen Suite · Karelia Suite
CD30: Ludwig van Beethoven, Hilde Güden, Sieglinde Wagner, Anton Dermota, Ludwig Weber, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Philharmoniker, Erich Kleiber - Symphony No. 9
CD31: Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner, London Philharmonic Orchestra*, Erich Kleiber, Clemens Krauss - Symphony No.6 In F Major "Pastoral"
CD32: Anton Bruckner - Richard Wagner, Hans Knappertsbusch, Wiener Philharmoniker - Symphony No. 3 In D Minor • Tannhäuser Overture & Venusberg Music
CD33: Vagn Holmboe, Carl Nielsen, Jean Sibelius, Koppel Quartet*, Griller Quartet* - String Quartet No. 3 • String Quartet No. 4 • Strinq Quartet In D Minor
CD34: Georges Bizet, Emmanuel Chabrier, Claude Debussy, Janine Micheau, Janine Collard*, Chorale Elisabeth Brasseur*, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra*, Edouard Lindenberg, Jean Fournet - Jeux D'enfants · La Jolie Fille De Perth • Suite Pastorale · Ode À La Musique · Le Roi Maigré Lui - Excerpts • La Damoiselle Élue
CD35: Sergey Rachmaninov*, Aram Khatchaturian, Moura Lympany*, New Symphony Orchestra Of London*, Anthony Collins (2), London Philharmonic Orchestra*, Anatole Fistoulari - Piano Concerto No. 3 • Piano Concerto in D Flat
CD36: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Peter Maag, New Symphony Orchestra Of London*, L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande - Serenade No. 4 In D Major · Symphonies Nos. 28 and 29
CD37: Enrique Granados, Nikita Magaloff - Goyescas · El Pelele
CD38: Édouard Lalo, Gabriel Fauré, Jean Françaix, Kathleen Long, London Philharmonic Orchestra*, Jean Martinon - Namouna - Ballet Suites Nos. 1 and 2 • Ballade and Nocturnes • Concertino
CD39, CD40 and CD41: George Frideric Handel*, The Boyd Neel String Orchestra, Thurston Dart - Twelve Grand Concertos, Op.6 (12 Concerti Grossi Op.6)
CD42: Sergey Rachmaninov*, Zoltán Kodály, Max Reger, Johann Sebastian Bach, Zara Nelsova, Artur Balsam* - Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano • Kodály: Sonata for Solo Cello / Reger: Suite No. 3 for Solo Cello • Cello Suite No. 3
CD43: Dmitri Shostakovich, Ernest Bloch, Quintetto Chigiano - Piano Quintet, Op.57 • Piano Quintet No. 1
CD44: Luigi Boccherini, Johannes Brahms, Quintetto Chigiano - Quintet In A Major For Piano And Strings • Quintet In D Minor For Piano And Strings
CD45: Paganini*, Ruggiero Ricci, The London Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Collins (2) - Violin Concertos No. 1 In D Major Opus 6 / No. 2 In B Minor Opus 7
CD46: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioachino Rossini*, London Symphony Orchestra*, Sir Georg Solti*, Pierino Gamba - Symphonies Nos. 25 and 38 • Overtures
CD47: Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, Joseph Haydn, Sir Georg Solti*, London Philharmonic Orchestra* - Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta • Háry János Suite • Symphony No.100
CD48: Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Trio Di Trieste, Dario De Rosa, Renato Zanettovich, Libero Lana - Trio No.7 In B Flat Major Op.97 "Archduke" • Piano Trio No.1 In B Major, Op.8
CD49: Sergey Prokofiev*, Jean Sibelius, Erik Tuxen, Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra* - Symphony No.5 • Symphony No.5
CD50: Carl Nielsen, Thomas Jensen, Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra* - Symphony No.5 · Flute Concerto · Clarinet Concerto
CD51: Bedřich Smetana, Zoltán Kodály, Franz Schubert, The Végh Quartet* - String Quartet No.1 In E Minor • String Quartet No.2 • String Quartet No.13
CD52: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Members Of The Wiener Oktett* - Divertimenti Nos.10 & 17
CD53: Felix Mendelssohn*, Johannes Brahms, Members Of The Wiener Oktett* - Octet In E Flat Major • Clarinet Quintet In B Minor

credits

Art Direction – WLP Ltd.
Booklet Editor – WLP Ltd.
Compiled By [Compilation] – Raymond McGill
Concept By [Conception] – Paul Moseley
Coordinator [Repertoire & Data Coordination] – Andrew Dalton
Liner Notes [Developing an Artist Roster, Building a Catalogue] – Raymond McGill
Liner Notes [Gray, Deutsche Übersetzung] – Andreas Klatt (2)
Liner Notes [Gray, Traduction Française] – Daniel Fesquet
Liner Notes [McGill, Deutsche Übersetzung] – Leandra Rhoese
Liner Notes [McGill, Traduction Française] – Noémie Gatzler
Liner Notes [The Decca Sound - ffrr (Full Frequency Range Recording] – Michael Gray,
Mastered By – Ben Wiseman, Craig Thompson (2), Paschal Byrne
Photography By [Erich Kleiber, p. 84] – Elfriede Hanak
Photography By [Ernest Ansermet, pp. 14, 18] – Hans Wild (2)
Product Manager [Product Management] – Edward Weston (2), Raymond McGill

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Decca Music Group Limited
Copyright (c) – Decca Music Group Limited
Copyright (c) – Raymond McGill
Made By – EDC, Germany
Mastered At – The Audio Archiving Company

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