At last, the long-anticipated edition of Ernest Ansermet’s complete Decca […]
During his long career, Ruggiero Ricci (1918-2012) amassed a large
Ernest Ansermet’s reputation exists in conjunction with the Orchestre de
For all the grotty playing and occasionally screechy sonics, there’s
We owe the huge number of Ansermet recordings to the
Decca packs a lot of Prokofiev onto these two discs,
These performances remain reference recordings for all of this music. The Three-Cornered Hat and dance from La Vida Breve were recorded by Decca, Nights in
Zara Nelsova was an exceptional cellist and a remarkable personality.
Here’s an old friend, back sounding better than ever. Ansermet’s Debussy always boasted a robust clarity and energy that belied the fuzzy, impressionistic stereotype that
These performances represent one of the unchallenged peaks in the history of French song on disc. Since the day they were issued in 1963, Régine