ROUSSEL: SYMPHONIES 3 & 4; PETITE SUITE; SPIDER'S BANQUET; DUKAS: LA PERI; SORCERER'S APPRENTICE; CHAUSSION: SYMPHONY - ANSERMET, L'ORCHESTRE DE LA SUISSE ROMANDE (2 CDS)

From Roussel’s delightful tribute to the animal kingdom in ‘Le festin de l’araignée’ via two of Dukas’ symphonic masterpieces (‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ in state-of-the-art sound) to Chausson’s powerful and massive Symphony in B flat, this generous anthology in the ‘Decca Ansermet Legacy’ features the conductor in music he knew intimately and performed inimitably.

ALBERT ROUSSEL
Symphonies No. 3 in G minor, Op. 42
Symphonies No. 4 in A major, Op. 53
Le festin de l’araignée, Op. 17 (The Spider’s Banquet)
Petite Suite pour orchestre, Op. 39

PAUL DUKAS
La Péri
L’apprenti Sorcier (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice)

ERNEST CHAUSSON
Symphony in B flat major, Op. 20

L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet