One Century of Music: Premier siècle (Live)

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PENTATONE
Release Date
January 18, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Orchestre De La Suisse Romande
    • PERFORMER
      Ansermet, Sawallisch, Jordan
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 18, 2019
    • UPC
      827949079160
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PTC5186791
    • LABEL
      PENTATONE
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      5
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch

    2. No. 2. Pour un tombeau sans nom

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch

    3. No. 3. Pour que la nuit soit propice

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch

    4. No. 4. Pour la danseuse aux crotales

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch

    5. No. 5. Pour l'égyptienne

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch

    6. No. 6. Pour remercier la pluie au matin

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch

    7. No. 1. Asie

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Performer: Marilyn Richardson

      Conductor: Horst Stein

    8. No. 2. La flûte enchantée

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Performer: Marilyn Richardson

      Conductor: Horst Stein

    9. No. 3. L'indifférent

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Performer: Marilyn Richardson

      Conductor: Horst Stein

    10. Le roi d'Ys, Act I: Overture

      Composer: Édouard Lalo

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Pinchas Steinberg

    11. Polyeucte

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Armin Jordan

    12. I. Lever du jour

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Romande Chamber Choir, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Armin Jordan

    13. II. Pantomime

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Armin Jordan

    14. III. Danse générale

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Romande Chamber Choir, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Armin Jordan

    15. Orchestral Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 26

      Composer: Boris Blacher

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Marek Janowski

    16. Tannhäuser: Overture - Bacchanale

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Pinchas Steinberg

    17. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215: Dance of the Seven Veils

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Pinchas Steinberg

    18. Manfred, Op. 115: Overture

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch

    19. Don Juan, Op. 20, TrV 156

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Fabio Luisi

    20. Melodien

      Composer: György Ligeti

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch

    21. Photoptosis

      Composer: Bernd Alois Zimmermann

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Horst Stein

    22. I. Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Performer: Isaac Stern

      Conductor: Paul Kletzki

    23. II. Allegro giocoso

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Performer: Isaac Stern

      Conductor: Paul Kletzki

    24. No. 1. Ein Winterabend, "Wenn der Schnee ans Fenster fällt"

      Composer: Heinz Holliger

      Ensemble: female section Romande Chamber Choir

      Performer: Cornelia Kallisch

      Conductor: Armin Jordan

    25. No. 2. Nachtlied, "Des Unbewegten Odem"

      Composer: Heinz Holliger

      Ensemble: female section Romande Chamber Choir

      Performer: Cornelia Kallisch

      Conductor: Armin Jordan

    26. No. 3. Rondel, "Verflossen ist das Gold der Tage"

      Composer: Heinz Holliger

      Ensemble: female section Romande Chamber Choir

      Performer: Cornelia Kallisch

      Conductor: Armin Jordan

    27. No. 4. Untergang, "Aber den weißen Weiber sind die wilden"

      Composer: Heinz Holliger

      Ensemble: female section Romande Chamber Choir

      Performer: Cornelia Kallisch

      Conductor: Armin Jordan

    28. No. 5. Trompeten, "Unter verschnittenen Weiden"

      Composer: Heinz Holliger

      Ensemble: female section Romande Chamber Choir

      Performer: Cornelia Kallisch

      Conductor: Armin Jordan

    29. Passacaglia

      Composer: Alban Berg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Fabio Luisi

    30. Scene 1: The Tresses (At the Bride's House)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Swiss Romande Radio Choir

      Performer: Francine Laurent, Nadine Denize, Louis Devos, Michel Brodard, Pierre Métral, Yves Brustaux, Raymond Jacquier, Frédéric Macarez, Luc Candardjis, William Blank, Suzanne Husson, Ursula Rüttiman, Dag Achatz, Gui-Michel Caillat

      Conductor: Horst Stein

    31. Scene 2: At the Bridegroom's House

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Swiss Romande Radio Choir

      Performer: Francine Laurent, Nadine Denize, Louis Devos, Michel Brodard, Pierre Métral, Yves Brustaux, Raymond Jacquier, Frédéric Macarez, Luc Candardjis, William Blank, Suzanne Husson, Ursula Rüttiman, Dag Achatz, Gui-Michel Caillat

      Conductor: Horst Stein

    32. Scene 3: The Departure of the Bride

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Swiss Romande Radio Choir

      Performer: Francine Laurent, Nadine Denize, Louis Devos, Michel Brodard, Pierre Métral, Yves Brustaux, Raymond Jacquier, Frédéric Macarez, Luc Candardjis, William Blank, Suzanne Husson, Ursula Rüttiman, Dag Achatz, Gui-Michel Caillat

      Conductor: Horst Stein

    33. Scene 4: The Wedding Feast

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Swiss Romande Radio Choir

      Performer: Francine Laurent, Nadine Denize, Louis Devos, Michel Brodard, Pierre Métral, Yves Brustaux, Raymond Jacquier, Frédéric Macarez, Luc Candardjis, William Blank, Suzanne Husson, Ursula Rüttiman, Dag Achatz, Gui-Michel Caillat

      Conductor: Horst Stein

    34. Ostrov myortvïkh (The Isle of the Dead), Op. 29

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    35. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Introduction -

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    36. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: The Augurs of Spring - Dances of the Young Girls -

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    37. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Ritual of Abduction -

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    38. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Spring Rounds -

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    39. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Ritual of the River Tribes -

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    40. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Procession of the Sage - The Sage -

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    41. Part I: Adoration of the Earth: Dance of the Earth

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    42. Part II: The Sacrifice: Introduction -

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    43. Part II: The Sacrifice: Mystic Circles of the Young Girls -

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    44. Part II: The Sacrifice: Glorification of the Chosen One -

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    45. Part II: The Sacrifice: Evocation of the Ancestors -

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    46. Part II: The Sacrifice: Ritual Action of the Ancestors -

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    47. Part II: The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    48. Act I

      Composer: Gustave Doret

      Ensemble: La Chanson Valaisanne, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Performer: Fernando Corena, Hugues Cuénod, Georges Genin, René Chambaz, Robert Burgnard, Marie-Louise Rochat, Juliette Salvisberg

      Conductor: Ernest Ansermet

    49. Act II

      Composer: Gustave Doret

      Ensemble: La Chanson Valaisanne, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Performer: Fernando Corena, Hugues Cuénod, Georges Genin, René Chambaz, Robert Burgnard, Marie-Louise Rochat, Juliette Salvisberg

      Conductor: Ernest Ansermet

    50. Act III

      Composer: Gustave Doret

      Ensemble: La Chanson Valaisanne, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Performer: Fernando Corena, Hugues Cuénod, Georges Genin, René Chambaz, Robert Burgnard, Marie-Louise Rochat, Juliette Salvisberg

      Conductor: Ernest Ansermet


Premier siècle; One Century of Music celebrates the centenary of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. The boxset contains a collection of rare radio recordings that have never been released before, spanning French, German, Russian and twentieth-century repertoire. A unique asset of Premier siècle is the 1943 recording of the musical legend Les Armaillis (1906) by Swiss composer Gustave Doret. The album showcases the rich history and musical development of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and contain performances by all it's musical directors, from founding father Ernest Ansermet until current musical director Jonathan Nott, including all their intermediate colleagues: Paul Kletzki, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Horst Stein, Armin Jordan, Fabio Luisi, Pinchas Steinberg, Marek Janowski and Neeme Järvi. The release comes with a voluminous, full-color booklet with texts on the orchestra's history and the repertoire presented in English, French and German as well as unique photos and archival materials.