Ernest Ansermet / Suisse Romande - Stravinsky. Petrushka -&- Fire Bird - Decca 1949/1950

Igor Stravinsky:  "Fire Bird"  - suite 1910/1919
Introduction & Dance of the Fire Bird  ~ Dance of the Princesses  ~ Dance of King Kastchei  ~ Lullaby  ~ Finale       WAV  Mega Download
Decca  ACL 78    1960 LP/c.1958 matrix: ARL 1808 -2DR     
Igor Stravinsky:  "Petrushka"  - Ballet 1911  
Side One:  First Tableau: The Shrovetide Fair   /   Second Tableau: In Petrushka's Room
Side Two:  Third Tableau: In the Moor's Room   /  Fourth Tableau: The Shrovetide Fair (evening)
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L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande  conducted by  Ernest Ansermet 
Decca  LXT 2502    1952 LP/1949 'Wax' matrices: ARL 222 -3AW / ARL 223 -5AW 
Decca  ACL 31   1958/9 LP/1958 matrices: ARL 222 -1DR / ARL 223 -2DR    Rec: Oct.1950 (Fire Bird) -&- 29-30 Nov 1949 - Victoria Hall, Geneva
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Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale - Glyndebourne / Pritchard - HMV 1955 ..... SRO / Ansermet - Decca 1956

Igor Stravinsky:  "The Soldier's Tale"  
Libretto by C.F.Ramuz. English translation by Michael Flanders & Kitty Black.  
As performed 1954 at the Glyndebourne/Edinburgh Festival production.
Robert Helpmann (The Devil) - Terence Longdon (The Soldier) - Anthony Nicholls (The Narrator)  
Arthur Leavins, violin - Edmond Chesterman, double-bass - Jack Brymer, clarinet - Gwydion Brooke, bassoon - Richard Walton, cornet -
Sidney Langston, trombone - Stephen Whittaker, timpani.
Conducted by  John Pritchard
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HMV  HQM 1008  (ALP 1377) 1965 pressing/1956 matrices: 2XEA 822/3 -1N. Recorded: 12/13/28 April + 4/25 May 1955 - EMI Studio 3, Abbey Road.    (Ortofon 'Model C' PU / Leak "Varislope Stereo" valve control amp used)

Igor Stravinsky:  "Le Histoire du Soldat" - Concert Suite:     
The Soldier's March ~ Music to Scene 1 ~ Music to Scene 2 ~ The Royal March ~ The Little Concert ~
Three Dances (Tango, Waltz, Ragtime) ~ The Devil's Dance ~ Great Choral ~ Triumphal March of the Devil   

Michel Schwalbe, violin -  Hans Fryba,  double-bass -  Leon Hoogstoel, clarinet -  Henri Helaerts,  bassoon - 
Poalo Longinotti, trumpet -  Pierre Aubapan,  trombone -  Charles Peschier, percussion.
Conducted by  Ernest Ansermet   
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Decca  LXT 5321   Matrix (c.1962): ARL 3488 -5AR.   Recorded: October 1956, Victoria Hall, Geneva.
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