Ansermet: In Memoriam (Stravinsky, Debussy, et al.) - Decca SLA 25031-D/1-5 (5LP box)

Box NM- / LPs NM   The exact contents are as follows (all works recorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva): Debussy: La Mer > rec. in December 1964 Debussy: Trois Nocturnes > rec. in November 1957 (with the Women's Chorus of the Suisse Romande in Sirènes) Arguably representing the high-water marks among Ansermet's recorded Debussy legacy, these accounts boast the remarkable Decca engineering that typified the 'Golden Age of Stereo', recorded in the warm, atmospheric acoustics of Geneva's Victoria Hall. Ansermet knew Debussy and his interpretations carry an authority and feeling few have matched, with L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande on resplendent form throughout. Essential Debussy performances. Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe > rec. in May 1964 (with the Chorus of Radio Romande, Lausanne; Chorus Master: André Charlet) Ansermet knew the composer and with those of Charles Munch and Pierre Monteux, this Daphnis et Chloe remains among the great accounts of this work from the 'Golden Age of Ster