Orchestre de la Suisse Romande: One Century of Music (1918-2018) | Pentatone PTC5186791

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande: One Century of Music (1918-2018)

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Label: Pentatone

Cat No: PTC5186791

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 5

Release Date: 25th January 2019

Contents

Artists

Michel Brodard (bass-baritone)
Fernando Corena (bass)
Hugues Cuenod (tenor)
Georges Genin (tenor)
Cornelia Kallisch (mezzo-soprano)
Marilyn Richardson (soprano)
Isaac Stern (violin)
Choeur de Chambre Romand
Choeur de la Radio Suisse Romande
La Chanson Valaisanne
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Conductors

Ernest Ansermet
Marek Janowski
Neeme Jarvi
Armin Jordan
Paul Kletzki
Fabio Luisi
Jonathan Nott
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Horst Stein
Pinchas Steinberg

Works

Bartok, Bela

Violin Concerto no.1, Sz 36 BB48a

Berg, Alban

Passacaglia (arr. C von Borries and M Venzago)

Blacher, Boris

Variations on a theme by Paganini, op.26

Debussy, Claude

Epigraphes antiques (6) (arr. E Ansermet)

Doret, Gustave

Les Armaillis

Dukas, Paul

Polyeucte overture

Holliger, Heinz

Songs (5) on Poems by Georg Trakl

Lalo, Edouard

Le Roi d'Ys
» Overture

Ligeti, Gyorgy

Melodien

Rachmaninov, Sergei

The Isle of the Dead, op.29

Ravel, Maurice

Daphnis et Chloe: Suite no.2
Sheherazade

Schumann, Robert

Manfred Overture, op.115

Strauss, Richard

Don Juan, op.20
Salome, op.54
» Dance of the Seven Veils

Stravinsky, Igor

Les Noces (The Wedding)
The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps)

Wagner, Richard

Tannhauser
» Bacchanale
» Overture

Zimmermann, Bernd Alois

Photoptosis

Artists

Michel Brodard (bass-baritone)
Fernando Corena (bass)
Hugues Cuenod (tenor)
Georges Genin (tenor)
Cornelia Kallisch (mezzo-soprano)
Marilyn Richardson (soprano)
Isaac Stern (violin)
Choeur de Chambre Romand
Choeur de la Radio Suisse Romande
La Chanson Valaisanne
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Conductors

Ernest Ansermet
Marek Janowski
Neeme Jarvi
Armin Jordan
Paul Kletzki
Fabio Luisi
Jonathan Nott
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Horst Stein
Pinchas Steinberg

About

Premier siècle; One Century of Music celebrates the centenary of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. The boxset contains a collection of rare radio recordings that have never been released before, spanning French, German, Russian and twentieth century repertoire.

A unique asset of Premier siècle is the 1943 recording of the musical legend Les Armaillis (1906) by Swiss composer Gustave Doret. The five discs showcase the rich history and musical development of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and contain performances by all its musical directors, from founding father Ernest Ansermet until current musical director Jonathan Nott, including all their intermediate colleagues: Paul Kletzki, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Horst Stein, Armin Jordan, Fabio Luisi, Pinchas Steinberg, Marek Janowski and Neeme Järvi.

The box comes with a voluminous, full-colour booklet with texts on the orchestra's history and the repertoire - presented in English, French and German - as well as unique photos and archival materials.

Contents:

CD 1: French Music

Debussy - Six Epigraphes antiques
- Wolfgang Sawallisch (17 May 1978)

Ravel - Shéhérazade
- Marilyn Richardson (soprano), Horst Stein (16 April 1980

Lalo - Le Roi d’Ys: Overture
- Pinchas Steinberg (12 September 2002)

Dukas - Polyeucte: Ouverture de concert pour la tragédie de Corneille
- Armin Jordan (19 February 1993)

Ravel - Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no.2
- Armin Jordan (1 December 1993)

CD 2: German Repertoire

Blacher - Variations for Orchestra on a Theme by Paganini, op.26
- Marek Janowski (12 January 2012)

Wagner - Tannhäuser: Overture and Bacchanale
- Pinchas Steinberg (10 March 2004)

R Strauss - Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
 - Pinchas Steinberg (10 March 2004)

Schumann - Manfred Overture, op.115
- Wolfgang Sawallisch (19 November 1984)

R Strauss - Don Juan, op.20
- Fabio Luisi (14 September 2000)

CD 3: 20th-Century Music

Ligeti - Melodien
- Wolfgang Sawallisch (29 March 1978)

BA Zimmermann - Photoptosis
- Horst Stein (31 May 1985)

Bartók - Violin Concerto no.1, Sz36
- Issac Stern (violin), Paul Kletzki (8 November 1961)

Holliger - Five Songs on Poems by Georg Trakl
- Cornelia Kallisch (mezzo-soprano), Armin Jordan (1 December 1993)

Berg - Passacaglia
- Fabio Luisi (27 March 2002)

CD 4: Russian Music

Stravinsky - Les Noces
- Chœur de la Suisse Romande, Horst Stein (24 October 1983)

Rachmaninov - Isle of the Dead, op.29
- Neeme Järvi (29 May 2013)

Stravinsky - Le Sacre du printemps
- Jonathan Nott (1 June 2017)

CD 6: Historical Document

Doret - Les Armaillis: dramatic legend in three acts
- Fernando Corena
- Hugues Cuenod
- Georges Genin
- René Chambaz
- Robert Burgnard
- Marie-Louise Rochat
- Juliette Salvisberg
- La Chanson Valaisanne
- Ernest Ansermet (1 January 1943)

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