art direction Raymond Bannerman
conductor Robert Denzler
cover [image: illustration of robert denzler] Albert Merckling
tracks 2-1 to 2-2 engineer [balance engineer] Gil Went
tracks 2-3 to 2-6 engineer [balance engineer] Karl Brugger
tracks 1-1 to 1-7 engineer [balance engineer] Kenneth Wilkinson
tracks 1-1 to 1-7, 2-1 to 2-6 engineer [balance engineer] Roy Wallace
liner notes Jonathan Summers
tracks 1-4 to 1-7, 2-3 to 2-6 producer James Walker
tracks 1-1 to 1-3 producer John Culshaw
tracks 2-3 to 2-6 producer Michael Bremner
product manager [eloquence producer] Cyrus Meher-Homji
Phonographic Copyright (p) Decca Music Group Limited
Copyright (c) Decca Music Group Limited
Copyright (c) Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd
Recorded At Maison de la Mutualité
Recorded At Victoria Hall, Geneva
Pressed By Technicolor, Australia
Marketed By Universal Classics & Jazz
℗ & © 1954 (Berlioz), 1956 (Honegger), 1957 (Chausson), 1961 (Tchaikovsky)
Artwork © 2020 Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd.
Made in Australia

Mono Recordings: Honegger, Berlioz
Stereo Recordings: Chausson, Tchaikovsky

Recording Locations:
Chausson: Symphony: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris, France, 14-16 May 1956
Honegger: Symphony No. 3: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris, France, 15 & 16 June 1955
Honegger: Chant De Joie: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris, France, 17 June 1955
Berlioz Overtures: Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland, May 1954
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4: Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland, October/November 1960

Original Decca releases:
Chausson: August 1957, LXT 5244
Honegger: February 1956, LXT 5118
Berlioz: September 1954, LW 5125
Tchaikovsky: April 1961, ACL 127

This is the first CD release of the Chausson, Berlioz and Tchaikovsky items.
The Honegger works previous appeared on CD 18 of Decca Sound: The Mono Years 1944 – 1956
Although issued here in mono, a genuine stereo recording of the Honegger Symphony exists and was first released on LP in April 1972 (Decca ECS 640).


CD1 Timing: 67:53
CD2 Timing: 59:28
Total Timing: 127:21

Cover image: Illustration of Robert Denzler by Albert Merckling, published in the 1944 Nebelspalter (Image: Tully Potter Collection)
Barcode: 0 028948 402625 (Text)
Barcode: 0028948402625 (Scanned)
Other: 484 0263 (CD1 Individual Cat#)
Other: 484 0264 (CD2 Individual Cat#)
SPARS Code: ADD
Matrix / Runout: 4840263 DECCA REC D1 01 [technicolor logo] (CD1)
Matrix / Runout: 4840264 DECCA REC D2 01 [technicolor logo] (CD2)
Mastering SID Code: ifpi L285 (CD1)
Mastering SID Code: ifpi L283 (CD2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 4690 (CD1 & CD2)