CD 1 - French Music:
Claude Debussy:
Six Epigraphes antiques

Maurice Ravel:
Shéhérazade, Three Poems for Voice and Orchestra on Poetry by Tristan Klingsor
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

Édouard Lalo:
Le Roi d’Ys, Overture

Paul Dukas:
Polyeucte, Ouverture de concert pour la tragédie de Corneille

CD 2 - German Repertoire:
Boris Blacher:
Variations for Orchestra on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 26

Richard Wagner:
Tannhäuser, Overture and Bacchanal

Richard Strauss:
Salome, Dance of the Seven Veils, Op. 54
Don Juan, Symphonic Poem Op. 20

Robert Schumann:
Manfred, Overture Op. 115

CD 3 - 20th Century Music:
György Ligeti:
Melodien, for Orchestra

Bernd Alois Zimmermann:
Photoptosis, Prelude for Grand Orchestra

Béla Bartók:
Violin Concerto No. 1 Sz.36, Op.post

Heinz Holliger:
Five Songs on Poems by Georg Trakl

Alban Berg:
Passacaglia

CD 4 - Russian Music:
Igor Stravinsky:
Les Noces, Russian Choreographic Scenes
Le Sacre du Printemps

Sergei Rachmaninov:
Isle of the Dead, Symphonic Poem, Op. 29

CD 5 - Historical Document:
Gustave Doret:
Les Armaillis (1906), Dramatic Legend in Three Acts. Poem by Henri Cain and Daniel Baud-Bovy

A FESTIVE HISTORICAL DOCUMENT

Premier siecle; One Century of Music celebrates the centenary of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. The boxset contains a collection of rare radio recordings that have never been released before, spanning French, German, Russian and twentieth-century repertoire. A unique asset of Premier siecle is the 1943 recording of the musical legend Les Armaillis (1906) by Swiss composer Gustave Doret. The five discs showcase the rich history and musical development of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and contain performances by all its musical directors, from founding father Ernest Ansermet until current musical director Jonathan Nott, including all their intermediate colleagues: Paul Kletzki, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Horst Stein, Armin Jordan, Fabio Luisi, Pinchas Steinberg, Marek Janowski and Neeme Järvi. The box comes with a voluminous, full-colour booklet with texts on the orchestra’s history and the repertoire - presented in English, French and German - as well as unique photos and archival materials.

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Recordings: Studio 1 de Radio-Geneve, 17 May 1978 (Six Epigraphes antiques); Victoria Hall, Geneve, 16 April 1980 (Shéhérazade), December 1993 (Daphnis et Chloé), 8 November 1961 (Concerto No. 1 Sz.36), 1 January 1943 (Les Armaillis)