Haydn / Bizet / Ansermet, Ernest: Haydn: Clock Symphony / Bizet: Symphony In C
Haydn / Bizet / Ansermet, Ernest: Haydn: Clock Symphony / Bizet: Symphony In C
Format: CD
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Artist: Haydn / Bizet / Ansermet, Ernest
Label: Eloquence Australia
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 028948249794
Genre: Classical Artists
Ansermet's invigorating and unsentimental way with Haydn has been documented on Eloquence with reissues of the Paris symphonies (480 1942) and the Symphonies Nos. 22 and 90 (480 0378). What Ansermet loved about Haydn above all was his ability to 'express afresh every time, in so satisfying and charming a way, his moral health and optimism.' In the course of his analysis, Ansermet also admires a 'heartfelt simplicity... a richness and a purity that give his work it's personal, never-changing character.' No. 101, the 'Clock' finds him in his element, taking a noble and unsentimental approach to the symphony's introduction before launching it's main argument with the kind of rhythmically taut elan that distinguishes his many recordings of Ravel and Stravinsky. Made on 11 July 1949 in the famously sympathetic acoustic of the Victoria Hall in Geneva, the recording was both Ansermet's first Haydn on record and his last recording on 78rpm. When issued on the brand-new LP format in May 1950, the recording caused a stir in the pages of Gramophone, prompting a long letter from an excited reader: 'I have never heard such reproduction on discs - not ever. The Haydn is incredibly pure.' The spirit of Haydn was reborn in the astonishingly fresh and accomplished Symphony composed by Georges Bizet as a 17-year-old student in Paris: a masterpiece of succinctness and joie de vivre, with writing of dazzling quality and a wonderful melodic sense. The work inspired great affection in Ansermet who recorded it twice. The 1961 account has already been reissued by Eloquence as part of the conductor's complete stereo recordings of Bizet (480 0457). Dating from March 1953, the earlier mono version is scarcely less vivid thanks to both the Decca engineering team (led by Peter Andry) and Ansermet's acute ear for instrumental balance. It's original companion on disc was the rarely heard Patrie Overture, recorded just 18 months later and originally issued in mono; with this newly remastered release the pioneering efforts of Decca's stereo team can be enjoyed.
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