Ernest Ansermet (1 November 1883 – 20 February 1969)[1] was a Swiss conductor.
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DECCAdence
The orchestra had a long-standing contract for recordings with Decca Records, dating from the tenure of Ansermet, and made over 300 recordings for Decca… --Wikipedia, s.v. Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ansermet disapproved of Stravinsky's practice of revising his works, and always played the original versions. -- Wikipedia, s.v. Ernest Ansermet
Ansermet, who proudly spawned
The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande,
Was duly signed and in the stable
Of the fabled Decca label,
Where the flood of his releases
Soon reached several hundred pieces,
Recording everything in sight,
Except he had no appetite
For Schoenberg or for Schoenberg’s minions,
About whom he had strong opinions.
Stravinsky, on the other hand,
Was always welcomed by the band.
And, in fact, he was convinced he
Knew it better than Stravinsky.
If you were a record buyer
Everything you might require
Was in the stack as it grew higher.
And since the standard concert fare
Was (all of it!) recorded there,
FM stations found that they
Thrived on Ernest Ansermet.
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