| Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - Boléro; La Valse; Rapsodie espagnole; Alborada del gracioso
(1984)
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| Cover Front |
Album |
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| Composer |
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) |
| Conductor |
Lorin Maazel |
| Orchestra / Ensemble I |
Orchestre National de France |
| Length |
51:31 |
| Format |
CD |
| Genre |
Orchestral; Misc. Orchestral |
| Index |
420 |
| Out of Print |
Yes |
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| Credits |
| Producer |
Roy Emerson |
| Label |
CBS Records Masterworks |
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| Track List |
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| 01 |
Boléro |
13:57 |
| 02 |
La Valse |
13:00 |
| 03 |
Rapsodie espagnole: I. Prélude à la nuit; II. Malagueña; III. Habanera; IV. Feria |
15:53 |
| 04 |
Alborada del gracioso |
08:41 |
| Personal |
| Purchase Date |
11/8/2002 |
| Value |
$16.50 |
| Store |
eBay |
| Condition |
100% |
| Nationality |
French |
| Period |
20th Century |
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| Details |
| Studio |
N/A |
| Catalog Number |
37289 |
| Live |
No |
| Recording Date |
11/8/2002 |
| Spars |
DDD |
| Reissue |
No |
| Sound |
Stereo |
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| Notes |
Rapsodie espagnol composed in 1907
Essay: Dr. W. Steuhl
Gramophone review:
"These performances are available on one of the CBS mid-price Diamond series coupled with Offenbach's Gaite parisienne, Saint-Saens's Danse macabre and L'apprenti sorcier of Dukas. If you want all this music, you only have to pay the cost of a single mid-price LP, so that in effect the Ravel pieces are offered at bargain price. At that rate the CD costs three times as much. The recordings were made in 1984 and are digital, so obviously the CD offers better sound. The recording is brightly lit in the transatlantic manner and with a resonant acoustic the effect is spectacular in a garish sort of way. La valse is high powered with a mannered ending, but I enjoyed the rather sultry performance of the Rapsodie espagnole, while the Alborada is certainly brilliant.
"However, if one turns to the Dutoit/Decca CD, which offers the same programme, one enters a different sound world altogether, far more subtle in its colouring. The playing is marvellously seductive throughout and Decca's recording, made in that gorgeously flattering St Eustache ambience, suits the music to perfection. Mata also offers fine performances and lustrous sound (RCA), but he omits La valse, so if you need this repertoire the Decca CD is the one to go for." |
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