Ansermet The Decca/London Mono Era Recordings(Almost Complete) 37 lps & 2 bonuse

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

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 back 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-Artwork excellent top and  bottom split-will supply lp bag

2)      LL 22

 Ravel La Valse

Paris Conservatory

LP transfer of the 1947 78 set

Bonus

Bolero

Charles Munch

PCO

LP very good

Jacket Good

An extremely rare record

3)      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 very good

4)      LL 274

         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

Artwork excellent-top and bottom split-will supply lp bag

5)      LL 303

     Stravinsky Sacre

     The Classic 1950 recording

LP Excellent

Jacket Very Good

6)LL 388

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  Good

6)      LL 390

1950

   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 artwork excellent split  on side and top will supply lp bag

7)      LL 391

1951

Schumann Sym # 1

There is no stereo remake. A  well respected performance

LP Excellent

Jacket  Excellent

8)      LL 530

1952

Debussy 3 Nocturnes

Ravel Rap Esp

LP Excellent

Jacket Excellent

9)      LL 694

10)  1952

         Rimsky Korakoff

Cap Espagnol

L’ Coq Dor

There are no Stereo remakes-An Important LP

LP Exceleltn

Jacket Excellent

11)  LL 527

 1951

Prokofiev Sym # 6

There is no Stereo Remake of  this superb performance

LP Excellent

Jacket Artwork excellent split  on top and bottom will supply lp bg

12)  LL 695

1952

Handel Organ Concertos OP 4 # 1  & 2

Jeanne Demessiux

There are no stereo remakes

LP Excellent

Jacket Artwork Excellent split on top and bottom will  supply  lp bag

13)  LL 696

 1952

French Music

Saint Saens

Danse Macbre

Omphales Spinning Wheel

Chabrier Espana

March Joyuese

Ravel Pavane

There are no stereo remakes of  the Saint-Saens Pieces

LP Excellent

Jacket Artwork Excellent split on top and bottom will  supply  lp bag

14)  LL 795

   1953

Ravel

Valses Nobles

Le Toumbe de Couperin

LP Excellent

Jack Jacket Artwork Excellent split on top and bottom will  supply  lp bag

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15)  LL 796

          19536

Ravel La Huere Espagnol

Suzzane Danco

With Libretto

There is  no stereo remake

LP Excellent

Box Very Good

16)  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 Very Good

17)  LL 864

1953

Russian Music with the PCO

Prokofiev Sym # 1

Borodin in The Steppes

Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain

LP Excellent

Jacket Excellent

18)  LL 889

Stravinsky

Firebird Suite 1919

Sym Of Psalm

There is no stereo remake of the  Firebird Suite

The Psalms  is a LP transfer of  the 1947 78 set with the LPO

LP Excellent

Jacket Good to Very Good

19)  LL 947

      1953
Schumann Cello Concerto

Tchaikovsky Rococo Var

Maurice Gendron-Cello

There are no stereo remakes

LP Excellent

Jacket  Good

20)  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

21)  LL 1060

1954

Rimsky-Korsakoff Antar

Glazunov Stenz Rankin

These were released much later in stereo but these are

RMMs-Real mono mixes,- For early stereo, Decca/London had   two crews ,. two mic setups and two tape decks and two sets of electronics for  each session. It is not as the later mono records of the sixties were, foldovers  of the stereo tape, and are therefore quite rare and valuable

LP excellent

Jacket Good

21) LL 1156

1954

With the PCO

Ravel Bolero

Dukas Sorceror

Honegger Pacific 231

Ravel La Valse-Same recording as the Pictures Disc

LP Excellent

Jacket Very Good

22)  LL 1186

1954

Bizet

Sym in C

Patrie Ov

The Sym was remade in stereo

The Patrie  was later released  in stereo, this is a RMM

LP Excellent

Jacket Very    good

23)  LL 1196

1954

Suzzane  Danco

Ravel

Two Hebrew Songs

Sheherazade

3 Poemes of S Mallarme

An extremely rare record.

These were recorded in stereo  but never released that way. The STS was fake stereo because the stereo tape was  wiped to record something else

LP Excellent

Jacket Excellent

24)  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

25)  LL 1633

1956

Tchaikovsky Sym # 6

Later released in stereo this is  a RMM

LP Excellent

Jacket Excellent

26-27) LL 1717/18

      1956

Delibes Coppelia

Later released in stereo this is  a RMM

LP Excellent

Box Excellent

28)A 4222

1956

Honegger Le Roi Dvid

With Libretto

Stravinsky Soldier’s Tale

Later released in stereo this is  a RMM

LP Excellent

Box very good

CM Series

The CM Series was the L series but later release on better  vinyl  The had the same artwork with the LL # covered and replaced with CM They  are highly prized

29) CM 9083

Julius Katchen Piano

1953

Prokofiev PC # 3

Bartok PC # 3

There are no Stereo Remakes

LP Excellent

Jacket Very Good to Excellent

30) CM 9055

1952

Falla 3 Cornered Hat

Suzzane Danco

Not the 1961 stereo remake with Berganza

LP Excellent

Jacket Excellent

31) CM 9153

1956

Falla El Amor Brujo

De Gabarian Mezzo

Falla La Vida Breve Danza Espagnol

Chabrier Habanera

Mussorgksy Gopak

Debussy Scottish March

Debussy Claire de Lune

The Brujo was released in stereo the others not and  probably wiped

 

LP Excellent

Jacket Excellent

32) 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

10”  records

33) 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

34) LS 591

1952

Marcello Oboe Con

Roger Reversy Oboe

Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto n d

Henri Helaerts French Bassoon

LP Excellent

Jacket Excellent

35) LD 9213

1955

Martin Violin Concerto

Wolfgang Schneiderhan Violin

No Stereo Remake

LP Excellent

Jacket Very Good

36) LPS 275

1950

Chopin Piano Concerto

Ellen Ballon Piano

LSO

The other half of the ONLY recording session with the LSO

LP Excellent

Jacket Excellent

One Non London LP you will want

37) Everest 3285 Rechanneled stereo

1953

Debsuuy/Ansermet  Six Ephigraphes Antiques

Debussy Jeux

No stereo remake of the Epighraphes

LP Excellent

Jacket Excellent

Bonus Bonus Bonus #2

Mono LPS of later recordings released in stereo. These are  all Foldovers

1)London 5978

1966

Stravinsky Pulcinella

LP Excellent

Jacket Excellent

2) Decca LXT 6059

1962

Brahms Sym # 1

LP Excellent

Jacket Excellent

3) CM 9387

Sibelius Sym # 4

Tapiola

LP Excellent

Jacket Very good

4) CM 9292

1961

Falla Three Cornered Hat

Teresa Berganza

LP Excellent

Jacket Excellent

5) 5847

1963

Martin In Terra Pax

LP Excellent

Jacket Excellent

6) CM 9311 Blue Back

Prokofiev Cinderella Highlights

LP Excellent

Jacket Excellent