1958 Ansermet "Carmen And L'Arlesienne Suites" Bizet Decca SXL 2037 Fair LP

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1958 Ernest Ansermet conducting L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande
"Carmen And L'Arlesienne Suites" Georges Bizet

Decca SXL 2037

Fair Stereo Vinyl LP / Fair Sleeve / Very Good + Jacket -- please see photos for condition details

a scarce, highly sought after and always popular title

About the Album:

Bizet*, Ansermet*, L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande ?– Carmen And L'Arlesienne Suites

Label: Decca ?– SXL 2037, Decca ?– SXL.2037
Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Country: UK
Released: Nov 1958
Genre: Classical
Style: Romantic

Tracklist

      Carmen - Suite

A1         Prelude, Act 1        
A2         Prelude, Act 4 (Aragonaise)        
A3         Prelude, Act 3 (Intermezzo)        
A4         Prelude, Act 2 (Les Dragons D' Alcala)        
A5         Scène Des Contrabandiers (Act 3)        
A6         Habanera (Act 1)        
A7         La Garde Montante (Act 1)        
A8         Danse Bohème (Act 2)        

      L'Arlesienne - Suite

B1         Prélude        
B2         Minuetto        
B3         Adagietto        
B4         Carillon        
B5         Minuet        
B6         Farandole        

Companies etc

    Recorded At – Victoria Hall, Geneva
    Mastered At – Decca Studios
    Printed By – St. James Press
    Record Company – The Decca Record Company Limited

Credits

    Composed By – Bizet*
    Conductor – Ernest Ansermet
    Engineer [Uncredited] – Roy Wallace
    Mastered By – E (24)
    Orchestra – L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande
    Photography By [Cover Photo] – Herman Leonard
    Producer [Uncredited] – James Walker (5)
    Sleeve Notes – Lionel Salter

Notes
This is the first UK version for this cat#

LABELS:
- Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels
- "ORIGINAL RECORDING BY" at 11 o'clock
- "Made in England" at bottom
- "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1958"
- "B.I.E.M." in a box on both sides
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down

SLEEVE:
- Front laminated
- 'Half-moon' flipbacks (aka scalloped)
- Blue border on back
- Triangular "DECCA STEREOPHONIC" logo in a box on front and without a box on back
- Thin spine with no text on it
- "Printed in England" on bottom flipback
- Printing date on sleeve is October 1958 ("58.10")
- Sleeve notes in English on back

CATALOG NUMBERS:
- SXL 2037 on sleeve
- SXL.2037 on labels

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Recorded 1 - 23 April 1958 in the Victoria Hall, Geneva
- Labelography code: ED1
- Corresponding mono issue has cat# LXT 5461
- Track B5 is spelled "Minuet" on labels and "Menuet" on sleeve

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