The Decca Sound: The Mono Years

The Decca Sound: The Mono Years

• 53 CDs, cap box

Limited-Edition set of acclaimed ffrr recordings from the Mono era. Includes Ansermet s 1949 recording of Petrouchka which was published in 1950 as Decca s first LP. Luxury Metallic silver wrap lid-off box with spot varnish. Original cover art used for each sleeve. Multilingual booklet contains articles by Raymond McGill and Mike Gray on the development of ffrr, the artists, and the venues.<br>CD1: STRAVINSKY: Petrouchka; Le Sacre du printemps <br>CD2: ROUSSEL: Le Festin de l'araignée; RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin<br>CD3:RACHMANINOV: The Isle of the Dead; DUKAS: La Péri; DEBUSSY: 6 Épigraphes antiques <br>CD4:ALBÉNIZ: Iberia; TURINA: Danzas fantásticas; POULENC: Les Biches <br>CD5:HAYDN: Sym. 101 Clock & 88; BEETHOVEN: Emperor Concerto<br>CD6:BARANOVI : Gingerbread Heart Ballet Suite; LHOTKA: Devil in the Village<br>CD7:BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra; PIJPER: Sym. 3; DIEPENBROCK: Marsyas ou la Source enchantée<br>CD8:BLISS: A Colour Sym; Introduction & Allegro<br>CD9:TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite 3 in G; PROKOFIEV: Love of Three Oranges; Lieutenant Kijé Suite<br>CD10:VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Job; The Wasps<br>CD11:BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem; Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra<br>CD12:HOMAGE TO FRITZ KREISLER; LALO: Sym. espagnole<br>CD13:ELGAR: Violin Concerto; BUTTERWORTH: Shropshire Lad Rhapsody; The Banks of Green Willow; BAX: Tintagel; HOLST: The Perfect Fool <br>CD14:WALTON: Façade An Entertainment; Façade Suites 1 & 2; LAMBERT: Horoscope<br>CD15:ELGAR: Introduction & Allegro for Strings; Serenade for strings in E minor; Falstaff Study, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia<br>CD16:MOZART: Piano Quartets 1&2; Horn Quintet in E flat<br>CD17:BRAHMS: Concerto No. 1; BEETHOVEN: Sym. No. 4<br>CD18:HONEGGER: Sym. No. 3; Chant de joie; BECK: Concerto; REICHEL: Concerto<br>CD19:BEETHOVEN: Concerto; HAYDN: Sym. No. 102<br>CD20:BRAHMS: Concerto; ELIZALDE: Concerto; RODRIGO: Concierto de estio for violin<br>CD21:J. STRAUSS II: Graduation Ball; GLUCK & GRÉTRY: Ballet suites<br>CD22:TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker & Sleeping Beauty Suites<br>CD23:BRAHMS: Sonatas; BACH: Viola da gamba<br>CD24:SCHUBERT: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor; SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke; Drei Romanzen; Concerto<br>CD25 & 26: BLOCH: Quartets 1-4<br>CD27:BEETHOVEN: Hammerklavier Sonata; Eroica Variations ; Les Adieux Sonata<br>CD28:HAYDN: Quartet in E flat; BOCCHERINI: Quartet in D; SCHUMANN: Quartet No.2 in F; VERDI: Quartet in E minor<br>CD29:SIBELIUS: 4 Legends; Karelia Suite<br>CD30: BEETHOVEN: Sym. No. 9 Choral <br>CD31:BEETHOVEN: Sym. No. 6 Pastoral ; WAGNER: Tristan & Parsifal<br>CD32:BRUCKNER: Sym. No. 3; WAGNER: Tannhäuser - Overture & Venusberg music<br>CD33:NIELSEN: Quartet No. 4 in F; VAGN HOLMBOE: Quartet No. 3; SIBELIUS: Quartet in D<br>CD34:BIZET: Jeux d'enfants; Jolie Fille de Perth Suite; CHABRIER: Suite Patorale; Ode à la musique; DEBUSSY: Damoiselle élue<br>CD35:RACHMANINOV: Concerto No. 3; KHACHATURIAN: Concerto<br>CD36:MOZART: Serenade 4; Sym. 28 & 29<br>CD37:GRANADOS: Goyescas; El pelele<br>CD38:LALO: Namouna - Suites 1 & 2; FAURÉ: Ballade; 4 Nocturnes; FRANÇAIX: Concertino for piano and orchestra<br>CD39-41:HANDEL: Concerti grossi, op.6<br>CD42:RACHMANINOV: Sonata; KODÁLY: Sonata for cello; REGER: Suite No. 2; BACH: Suite No. 3<br>CD43:SHOSTAKOVICH: Quintet; BLOCH: Quintet No. 1<br>CD44:BOCCHERINI: Quintets in A major & D minor; BRAHMS: Quintet<br>CD45:PAGANINI: Concertos Nos. 1 & 2<br>CD46:MOZART: Sym. 25 & 38; ROSSINI: 5 Overtures<br>CD47: BARTÓK: Music for strings, percussion and celesta; KODÁLY: Háry János Suite; HAYDN: Symphony No. 100<br>CD48: BEETHOVEN: Archduke Trio; BRAHMS: Piano Trio No. 1<br>CD49: PROKOFIEV: Sym. No. 5; SIBELIUS: Sym. No. 5<br>CD50:NIELSEN: Sym. No. 5; Flute & Clarinet Concertos<br>CD51:Smetana: String Quartet No. 1; KODÁLY: Quartet No. 2; SCHUBERT: Quartet No. 13 <br>CD52:MOZART: Divertimento, K334 & K247<br>CD53:MENDELSSOHN: Octet; BRAHMS: Quintet