Ansermet conducts Ravel & Debussy: The Decca 78s
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Label: Australian Eloquence
Cat No: ELQ4825007
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 27th July 2018
Contents
Artists
Suzanne Danco (soprano)L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Conductor
Ernest AnsermetWorks
La MerPetite Suite (orch. H Busser)
Alborada del gracioso
La Valse
Sheherazade
Artists
Suzanne Danco (soprano)L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Conductor
Ernest AnsermetAbout
He enjoyed extensive working relationships with both of these composers, and they regarded him in turn as an ideally exact and sensitive interpreter. Debussy showed Ansermet the manuscript of the Nocturnes, covered in annotations and amendments. ‘Which are the right ones?’ asked Ansermet. ‘I’m not really very sure,’ replied Debussy, ‘these are possibilities. So take away the score and use the ones you think are right.’ In 1921, after listening to Ansermet conduct a performance of La Valse, Ravel immediately wrote to him in a state of excitement: ‘You understand La Valse perfectly. I have never been able to obtain such rhythmic suppleness in Paris.’
During 1947-48, Ansermet recorded his first discs of music by Ravel and Debussy. La Mer was a work that the conductor loved above all others: here is the essence of his conducting style, animated by subtle nuances, powerful sound, balanced timbres and poetic imagination. A comparison of the four recordings he made, from 1947 (the one heard here), 1951, 1957 and 1964, reveals how much Ansermet stayed true to himself: the differences between them are minimal, so polished was the vision of Debussy’s world he had achieved. Many of Ansermet’s mono-era recordings were made not in Geneva but in Paris, with the Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, such as La Valse and Sheherezade. The soloist in Ravel’s sensuous, Orientally coloured song cycle was Suzanne Danco, and this is a particular highlight of her slender discography.
‘An authoritative and sensitive reading... [notable for] its accuracy and fidelity of nuance.’ – Gramophone, March 1949 (La Mer)
‘Some of the subtlest songs in the modern repertoire, marvellously interpreted and beautifully recorded.’ – High Fidelity, August 1955 (Sheherezade)
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