Ansermet The Decca/London Mono Era Recordings(Almost Complete) 32 lps & bonus

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Ernest Ansermet-The Mono  London/Decca recordings (Close to being  complete)

Last month I sold a package just like this one. Since  then I found tow boxes filled with my other Ansermet LPS that I forgot about. I  have assembled a package just as attractive. I an afraid this is the last of  them as I don't expect to find other boxes.

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This  MY personal collection. It is the fruits of a wonderful disease  called "Ansermetnia" which I caught in the late 70s. From the very first  recording I heard, I knew I had to have every recording the Great Swiss Maestro  made. I went to every record store, thrift shop, book store, etc, in Manhattan.  I got every mail order catalogue listing in the classifieds on the magazines..  But now it is time to pass on these classics to someone else. I have   transferred them to digital and stored them on DVD-rs. I need the space and the  money. . I am only keeping the few duplicates and offering the top condition lp  of the ones I have duplicates of  in this package. As Time-Life says, you  will spend years (As I have) finding a copy of each one of these lps. Be   the beneficiary of my very hard work in collecting these classic recordings

Most of these recordings  I do not have duplicates of as the are very  hard to  find. In addition, I do not think Maestro Ansermet would be happy  with the equalization given to those that have made it to cd. The boosted bass  and midrange given to the cds tend to blur and cover the detail he worked so  hard  to get.

None of the lps have any major flaws. I paid very high for most of them. If  there are no scratches or scuffs I listed it as excellent. For a collection some  50 years old the condition is quite nice.  The jackets all have very good  to excellent artwork. However cardboard tends to deteriorate in 50 to 60 years  and some are split. I listed them as such and will provide an lp bag to keep  the jacket and lps safe.

Recommendation- Vinyl is vinyl,  and even new lps need to be declicked.  I user Magix Audio Cleaning Lab 15. It works wonders and is very cheap. Version  16 took away features such as the external editor. They may be up to version 17  or 18 now. You  may be able to get version 15 very very cheap on Ebay.

Bonus # 1

In the early 80s I wrote to the Suisse Romande for a detailed discography.  Which recording of  The  4 La  Valses is which etc. They were so  embarrassed that they did not know that they contacted Decca in England and had  them send me the official File Cards for Ansermet's recordings. An example is  below. I have scanned them and made two pdf files. One of 58 pages listing the  dates and matrices and one of 78  pages with the catalogue numbers of the  lps release and deletion dates. I sold a few of the PDF fiile sets CDr-Roms on  Ebay for 50 dollars. It is included in this auction

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With the Suisse Romande unless noted

London L Series If you have seen any of these recordings in  stereo it is a newer and different recording

1)      LL 6

Rimsky Korsakoff-Sheherazade

Paris Conservatory

A LP Transfer of the 1948 78 Set

An extremely rare record

It was  redone in Stereo in 1954  with the PCO with the SAME artwork

LP Excellent

Jacket-very good

2)      LL 22

 Ravel La Valse

Paris Conservatory

LP transfer of the 1947 78 set

Bonus

Bolero

Charles Munch

PCO

LP good  very good

Jacket vey good split ewii  supply lp bag

An extremely rare record

  3)      LLP 77

Villa Lobos    Paino COLncerto

Ellon Ballon    Pianoi

One of the    Rarest

LP Excllent

Jacket very    Good

4)      LL  130

        Stravinsky Petrushka

       The 1949  tape  remake of the  LPO 1946 earth  shattering 78 set with Ansermet’s Own orchestra. One of the finest Musical  performances ever set down on to vinyl

LP Excellent

Jacket Artwork Excellent split will supply lp bag

5) LL 391

1951

Schumann Sym # 1

There is no stereo remake. A  well respected performance

LP Excellent

Jacket  Very Good

6) LL 527

 1951

Prokofiev Sym # 6

There is no Stereo Remake of  this superb performance

LP Excellent

Jacket none

7) LL 530

1952

Debussy 3 Nocturnes

Ravel Rap Esp

LP Excellent

Jacket Vdery Good

8) LL 693

1952

Ravel Daphnes Et Cloe Complete  with Chorus

LP Excellent

Jacket Very Good

9) LL 694

     1952

         Rimsky Korakoff

Cap Espagnol

L’ Coq Dor

There are no Stereo remakes-An Important LP

LP Excellent

Jacket Excellent

10) LL 695

1952

Handel Organ Concertos OP 4 # 1  & 2

Jeanne Demessiux

There are no stereo remakes

LP Excellent

Jacket Excellent

11)

LL 795

   1953

Ravel

Valses Nobles

Le Toumbe de Couperin

LP Excellent

Jack  none

12) LL 797

1953

Ravel Piano Concerto in G

Ravel Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

Jacquline Blancard Piano

There afe no stereo remakes

LP Excellent

Jacket Excellent

13) LL 864

1953

Russian Music with the PCO

Prokofiev Sym # 1

Borodin in The Steppes

Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain

LP Excellent

Jacket Very Good

14) LL 947

      1953
Schumann Cello Concerto

Tchaikovsky Rococo Var

Maurice Gendron-Cello

There are no stereo remakes

LP Excellent

Jacket Very Good

15)  LL 956

        1953

         Mussorgsky-Ravel Pictures

         Ravel LA Valse

The Pictures is the second  of four Ansermet recorded for  Decca

The La Valse is with the PCO. The second of 4 Ansermet  recorded for Decca

LP Excellent

Jacket Very Good

16) LL 1232

1955

Bloch

Schlomo

Voice in the Wilderness

Zara Nelsova

There are no stereo remakes

If it was recorded in Stereo the tape was wiped

LP Excellent

Jacket Very Good

17)    LL 1552

Debussy Faun 1952

Ravel Alborada 1952 The Second  of Three recordings for Decca by Ansermet

Rare 12” release of items  previously only released on 10” records

Bonus

Harp Music

Phia Berghourt Harp

Van Beinum

Amsterdam Chamber Music Society

Debussy Danses Sacre et Profane

Ravel Intro and Allegro

LP Excellent

Jacket Excellent

18) LL 1156

1954

With the PCO

Ravel Bolero

Dukas Sorcerer

Honegger Pacific 231

Ravel La Valse-Same recording as the Pictures Disc

LP Excellent

Jacket Very Good

18)    London MS 4

MS 4

Special Anniversary record

Debussy Prelude 1953 recording

Chabrier Espana

Rimsky-Korsakoff May Night Ov

Borodin Prince Igor Ov

Prokofiev Love of 3 Oranges March

Stravinsky Circus Polka- No Stereo Remake

Saint Saens Danse Macabre

LP Excellent

Jacket

Very good

Decca Label-The British Mother Company

19)    Decca lXT 2361

    1951

   Stravinsky Faries ’s Kiss Div

Martin Petite Sym Concertante

There is no stereo remake of the  Martin

The stereo remake of the  Stravinsky is hard to find and I don’t think it is on CD

LP Excellent

Jacket  excellent

Ricchmond Label

These are later issues with the  same sound but more modern vinvl. Some treasure them highly

20)        B 19012

 Rossini/Respighi La Boutique Fantastique

         London Symphony

1950

From Anseremet’s ONLY recording session with the LSO

There is no stereo remake of this piece

Another classic

LP Excellent

Jacket Very Good

21) Stravinsky Sacre

     The Classic 1950 recording

LP Excellent

Jacket Very Good to Excellent

22) B 19007

1951

  Debussy La Mer

  Ravel Mother Goose

The second of Ansermet’s 4 La Mer’s for London

Ansermet plays a extra movement in the Mother Goose

LP  Excellent

Jacket  Artwork very good split will supply lp bag

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23) B 19088

1953-1954

Bizet

Sym in C

Patrie Ov

The Sym was remade in stereo

The Patrie  was later released  in stereo, this is a RMM(real mono moix from a separate mono recording crew)

LP Excellent

Jacket    Excelellent

24) B 19100

1952

De Falla Three Cornered Hat

Suzzane Danco

NOT the 1961 stereo remake with Berganza

LP Excellent

Jacker Excellent

25) R 23249 British pressing

Ravel L;’ Huere Espagnol

Suzzane Danco

There is  no stereo remake

LP Excellent

Jacket Very Good

London 10” Records-Filling in what is not on the above  records. Some of these performances were released ONLY on 10” records

26) LPS 300

Stravinsky Firebird Suite 1919

No Stereo Remake

LP Very good To Excellent

Jacket

Very Good

27) LPS 331

Stravinsky Sym of Psalms

1947

LPO

LP Transfer of the 1947 78 set

LP Excellent

Jacket Very Good

28) LPS 54

1948

 Haydn Sym 101

The LYS CD of this was from 78 shellacs. This was from the  tape made concurrently with the 78s in 1948. The performance is sublime

LP Excellent

Jacket Excellent

29)  LS 591

1952

Marcello Oboe Con

Roger Reversy Oboe

Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto n d

Henri Helaerts French Bassoon

LP Excellent

Jacket Very Good

30) LS 504

Highlights

Debussy Faun

Stravinsky Circus Polka-No Stereo Remake

Ravel Alborada

Prokofiev March Love of Three Oranges-No Stereo Remake

Lp Excellent

Jacket Very good

31)LD 9039\

Chabrier Espana and Joyeuse March

Ravel Pavane

LP Excellent

Jacket Good

BONUS

32) Stravinsky Plays  Piano Factory Sealed

Capricio

Ansermet

Staram Orchstra

1930

Serenade in A

1934

Piano Rag Music

1934

Duo Concertante for Violin and Piano

1933

Samuel Dushkin Violin