Delibes: Sylvia suite

[side 1:] Prélude - Les Chasseresses - Intermezzo et Valse Lente - Pas des Ethiopiens

[side 2:] Chant Bachique - Pizzicati - Cortège de Bacchus

Roger Désormière, conductor; Pierre Nerini, violin solo

DESCRIPTION: 3 discs, 78 rpm, 12 in. ffrr.

NOTES:  Recorded 21–22 February 1950 (Delibes, Coppélia and Sylvie suites; Chopin, Les Sylphdes), Maison de la Mutualité.

Decca LM 4511. October 1950. @Discogs

• Decca X 411-413. 1950. 

  • LPs:

    • London LPS 184. Matrix nos. DRL.297 (label; etched + -3BW), DRL.298 (label; etched + -2BW). 1 disc, 33 1/3 rpm, 10 in. ffrr. Program note by Don Lewis on jacket. $4.95 [rev. June 1950ff.] Jacket copyright New York, 1950.

    • Decca. LM 4502 (labels DRL 297, DRL 298), 1 disc, 33 1/3 rpm, 10 in. (d. l. 27 February 1952)    @InternetArchive

    • Coupled with Coppélia suite: Decca GAG 2349–2351. 3 discs, 78 rpm, 12 in. (d. l. August 1951).

    • id., Decca LXT 5217

    • id., London LLP 846 (LL 846): 1 disc, 33 1/3 rpm, mono, 12 in. $5.95. [1952?]

    • id., Richmond B 19045.

    • id., Decca Ace of Clubs ACL 74.

    • id., VOX STPL 513470

  • CD:

    • CD: in Roger Désormière: Poulenc . . . / Delibes . . .Testament SBT 1294. With Coppélia suite (q.v.) and Les Biches (q.v.) Running time 74:42. September 2003.

    • In Roger Désormière: Complete Decca Recordings (4 CDs), Decca Eloquence 4840416 (2020), CD 3, tr. 13-18.

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INDEX: 50~045 1950-02-21