The Music Pages | May 2009


	Cat. No.: 480 0955 Barcode: 0028948009558 Label: Decca CD Release Date: May			Pierre Fournier; Rafael Kubelik DVORAK: Cello Concerto. JANACEK: Sinfonietta. TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet ARTISTS Pierre Fournier, cello Wiener Philharmoniker Rafael Kubelik TRACK LISTING DVORÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 JANÁCEK: Sinfonietta TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet – Fantasy Overture Legendary cellist Pierre Fournier’s stereo recording of the Dvo?ák Cello Concerto is well known, but his earlier recording from July 194? for Decca is largely forgotten. It is revived in this Kubelik-led anthology, also bringing back to the catalogue the conductor’s mono version of the Janá?ek Sinfonietta and his electrifying account of Tchaikovsky’s love poem Romeo and Juliet, both recorded in March 1955. All recordings make their first international appearance on CD. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 480 0385 Barcode: 0028948003853 Label: DG 2CD Release Date: May			Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau BEETHOVEN; HAYDN; WEBER: Folk Song Arrangements ARTISTS Edith Mathis, soprano Julia Hamari, mezzo soprano Alexander Young, tenor Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone RIAS Kammerchor Andreas Roehn · Helmut Heller, violins Georg Donderer · Irmgard Poppen, cellos Aurèle Nicolet, flute Karl Engel, piano TRACK LISTING Folk Song Arrangements BEETHOVEN HAYDN WEBER One of the greatest joys for a music lover is to discover repertoire that one has not yet heard from a composer whose music one believes one was largely familiar with. Beethoven’s folk song settings are truly a treat; this is easily the least familiar and least appreciated realm of his considerable output. What is probably the most striking aspect of these folk song settings is that Beethoven wrote far more of these than any other type of composition, having composed an astounding 179 folk song arrangements spanning a period of eleven years from 1809 to 1820. Collected together for the first time – integrally – on CD are Fischer-Dieskau’s much-requested recordings of folk song arrangements. In 1960, he recorded folk song settings by Haydn, Beethoven and Weber (in German). Later, in 1970, he recorded further folk song settings by Beethoven, this time in English. These are now collected on a 2CD set for the first time. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 480 0082 Barcode: 0028948000821 Label: Decca CD Release Date: May			Ernest Ansermet SAINT-SAENS: Symphony No. 3 "Organ"; Le Rouet d'Omphale; Danse macabre. CHABRIER: España; Joyeuese Marche ARTISTS Pierre Segon, organ L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Ernest Ansermet TRACK LISTING SAINT SAËNS: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 “Organ Symphony” Le Rouet d’Omphale, Op. 31 Danse macabre, Op. 40 CHABRIER: España – Rhapsody for Orchestra Joyeuse Marche The Ernest Ansermet Legacy on Decca Eloquence has garnered much critical acclaim from around the world and the latest batch of releases includes his beautifully graded accounts of all the Saint-Saëns recordings he made for Decca. The “Organ Symphony” dates from 1962, and ten years earlier, Ansermet and the SRO recorded the two other Saint-Saëns pieces on this recording, as well as the to Chabrier works. Both, the Chabrier and Saint-Saëns’s Le Rouet d’Omphale make their first appearance on CD. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 480 0052 Barcode: 0028948000524 Label: Decca CD Release Date: May			Ernest Ansermet FRANCK: Symphony in D minor; Les Eolides; Le chausseur maudit ARTISTS L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Ernest Ansermet TRACK LISTING FRANCK Symphony in D minor Les Éolides Le chausseur maudit Collected together on this CD are all the César Franck recordings Ansermet made for Decca. Led by his glorious account of the Symphony, it includes the ethereal Les Éolides as well as the terrifying Le chausseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman). RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 480 0379 Barcode: 0028948003792 Label: Decca 2CD Release Date: May			Ernest Ansermet; Janine Micheau MOZART: Symphony No. 38 'Prague'; Flute Concerto No. 2; Exsultate, Jubilate; Gran Partita. LEOPOLD MOZART: Trumpet Concerto. ARTISTS André Pepin, flute Janine Micheau, soprano Michel Cuvit, trumpet L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Paris Conservatoire Orchestra Ernest Ansermet TRACK LISTING W.A. MOZART Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 “Prague” Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 314 Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165 Serenade in B flat major, K. 361 “Gran Partita” LEOPOLD MOZART: Trumpet Concerto in D major Extremely rare, Ansermet’s Mozart recordings for Decca are now released on a 2CD set. The very diversity of the works makes for an interesting Mozart/Ansermet concert, led by an aristocratic reading of the “Prague” Symphony and conctinuing with the second concerto, with principal SRO flautist André Pepin and a sublime account of the motet Exsultate, jubilate from Janine Micheau. 13 winds of the SRO then join forces for the magnificent “Gran Partita” and the anthology closes with a tribute to Mozart père. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 480 1942 Barcode: 0028948019427 Label: Decca 2CD Release Date: May			Ernest Ansermet \| HAYDN: The Paris Symphonies (Nos. 82-87) ARTISTS L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Ernest Ansermet TRACK LISTING HAYDN: The Paris Symphonies Symphony No. 82 in C, H.I No. 82 L’Ours Symphony No. 83 in G minor, H.I. No. 83 La Poule Symphony No. 84 in E flat, H.I No. 84 Symphony No. 85 in B flat, H.I No. 85 La Reine Symphony No. 86 in D, H.I No. 86 Symphony No. 87 in A, H.I No. 87 Ernest Ansermet was the first conductor to record the six “Paris” symphonies of Haydn. Charming works, full of humorous touches, they were reissued often on LP, with some of the most entertaining covers ever seen (these are reproduced in the booklet). RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 480 0378 Barcode: 0028948003785 Label: Decca CD Release Date: May			Ernest Ansermet HAYDN: Symphonies Nos. 22 & 90; Trumpet Concerto. HUMMEL: Trumpet Concerto ARTISTS Paolo Longinotti, trumpet (Haydn) Michel Cuvit, trumpet (Hummel) L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Ernest Ansermet TRACK LISTING HAYDN Symphony No. 22 in E flat, H.I No. 22 The Philosopher Symphony No. 90 in C, H. I No. 90 Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.VIIe No. 1 HUMMEL Trumpet Concerto in E flat major As a companion to the 2CD set of “Paris” Symphonies, this CD presents the rest Ansermet’s Haydn recordings – two symphonies (recorded in 1965), the Trumpet Cocnerto (dating from 1957) and as a pendant, the Hummel Trumpet Concerto (recorded in 1968). The readings are certainly on a larger scale than that which we expect today, but are no less gallant or refined for that. RETURN TO THE TOP