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In Reply to: RE: Ansermet one of my favorite discoveries after going back vinyl. Mt posted by jdaniel@jps.net on May 01, 2016 at 17:23:25
As a young child listening to classical radio, I quickly noticed how it seemed nearly every orchestral piece was played by Ernest Ansermet and L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.
Of course, Ansermet was very enthusiastic and energetic about recording, and especially enthusiastic and energetic about recording in stereo, even though stereo recording began near the end of his long life and career. So he got there firstest with the mostest, as they say. And fortunately, he didn't seem to tail off in old age, so you don't have to go scrambling for early mono 78s.
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In fact, my father bought a few of these as early stereo records and I thought they sounded great.
Pelleas and the Images. Ansermet's party scene (during Iberia's finale) is the most vivid and tipsy I know. Otherwise his Debussy is just a bit too cool for my tastes.
I don't have Images or Pelleas with Ansermet. His La Mer is OK, but my favorite recording of La Mer is with Reiner and the CSO, which I have on LP and on a CD coupled with very good recordings of Respighi's Pines and Fountains.
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Came in best at night, thru my bedroom stereo. Great discoveries, great times.
But easier to pick it up now on kdfc.com
They still do the SF Symphony broadcasts, the Met broadcasts, and once a month the SF Opera broadcasts.
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