Roger Desormiere / Paris Conservatoire - Ibert. Divertissement -&- Poulenc. Les Biches - Decca 1951

Jacques Ibert:  "Divertissement" - for Chamber Orchestra             
(Introduction - Cortege - Nocturne - Valse - Parade - Finale)
Francis Poulenc:  "Les Biches" - Ballet suite 
(Rondeau - Chanson dansee - Adagietto - Rag-Mazurka - Andantino - Finale)
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L'Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris  conducted by  Roger Desormiere
Decca  ACL 189    1963 LP/matrices: ARL 1798 -4KR / ARL 1280 -2KR.  
Recorded: 15-20 June 1951 - La Maison de la Mutualite, Paris.    
This is one of the finest Decca LP's; the Poulenc, especially, being quite superb for performance/sound-quality...         Sleeve-note >>>

Anatole Fistoulari / Paris Conservatoire - Tchaikovsky. Nutcracker suites - Decca 1951

Peter Tchaikovsky:  "The Nutcracker", op.71      
Suite no.1: 
Minature overture ~ March ~ Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy ~ Russian Dance ~ Arab Dance ~ Chinese Dance ~ Dance of the Mirlitons ~ Waltz of the Flowers      

Suite no.2:  
Scene (Act.1) & Coda ~ Pas de deux ~ Scene & Grandfather Dance ~ Pas de deux ~ Waltz of the Snowflakes ~ Scene (Act.2) ~ Spanish Dance ~ Final Waltz & Apotheosis
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L'Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris  conducted by  Anatole Fistoulari 
Decca  LXT 5371  (first issue: LXT 2611)  1957 matrices: ARL 901 -4DR / ARL 902 -5DR   

Recorded: La Maison de la Mutualite, Paris - 21-23 June 1951    Re-edited May 2012    LXT 5371 sleeve-note >>>