A generous compilation of short pieces either recorded individually or extracted from the Decca discography of Ernest Ansermet. Included is a complete ten-inch LP of encores entitled ‘Orchestral Favourites’ and containing pieces by Falla, Chabrier, Mussorgsky and Debussy. This dates from October 1955, near the beginning of Decca’s stereo catalogue, whereas the rest of the compilation is taken from later recordings, up to September 1968 in the case of Lalo’s Scherzo.

• 1. Berlioz -Marche Hongroise (La Damnation De Faust)
• 2. Chabrier- Espana - Rhapsody For Orchestra
• 3. Chabrier - Habanera
• 4. Ravel - Alborada Del Gracioso
• 5. Debussy - Clair De Lune (Orch. Caplet)
• 6. Debussy - Marche Icossaise
• 7. Lalo - Scherzo For Orchestra
• 8. Honegger - Pacific 231
• 9. Bach - Air (Orchestral Suite No. 3)
• 10. Weber - Abu Hassan: Overture
• 11. Falla - Spanish Dance No. 1 (La Vida Breve)
• 12. Bartsk - Romanian Folk Dance No. 1 'Stick Dance'
• 13. Stravinsky - Scherzo ` La Russe
• 14. Prokofiev - March (the Love of Three Oranges)
• 15. Mussorgsky - Dance of the Persian Slaves (Khovanshchina, Orc
• 16. Mussorgsky - Gopak (Sorochintsy Fair, Orch. Liadov)
• 17. Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the Flowers (the Nutcracker)