Classical Music for Aficionados
Maurice Ravel LA VALSE (The Waltz) London Symphony Orchestra Pierre Monteux Philips 1962, 1964 / 1995 La Valse, M. 72 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot7Khz-h7zA Cheers |
Maurice Ravel PAVANE pour une INFANTE DEFUNTE Orchestre de Paris Daniel Barenboim DG 1982 Pavane pour une infante défunte https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8gTfv5m8KQ Cheers |
Maurice Ravel
RAPSODIE ESPAGNOLE The Cleveland Orchestra Pierre Boulez Sony 1975, 1983 / 2000 SACD Notes:"Ravel's first important orchestral composition, Rapsodie Espagnole, was written in August 1907. First performed in March 1908, at the Colonne Concerts in Paris, it received a cool reception from the boxes and main floor but elicited an excited response from the upper hall. Although Ravel's brilliant orchestration and distinctive sound were present even in this early composition, it was undoubtedly the work's Spanish flavor that gained it lasting popularity." Rapsodie Espagnole, M. 54 I. Prélude à la nuit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxR6I2Au0Wg II. Malagueña https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r82KTIoEbEE III. Habanera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCt5UoPsREs IV. Feria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRAEYx5XdEg Cheers |
Maurice Ravel RAVEL’S GREATEST HIT -- THE ULTIMATE BOLERO RCA / BMG 2004 Notes:" "C’est une blague" (it’s a gag), Maurice Ravel once said of his most famous, or infamous, piece. In fact he was proud of BOLERO, which sprang from his own roots in the Basque country on the French-Spanish border." "The Mexican maestro Eduardo Mata brings Spanish grace and languor to his performance with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The duration of this track is about ten percent longer than the Boston Symphony one on this disc.....Ravel once created a minor scandal by daring to ask the great conductor Arturo Toscanini not to play this piece too fast, to which the ’maestro ultimo’ replied that the public would not accept it at the slower tempo. But Mata demonstrates that, in performing Bolero, as in making love, slow is beautiful." Nat Shilkret & His Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z48XnQRmQx0&list=OLAK5uy_nK7LFLV92LCBlQt67Y9cwaCWCt66XhJEY&i.. Jacques Fray & Mario Braggiotti (pianos) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDHhrgPCRwQ&list=OLAK5uy_nK7LFLV92LCBlQt67Y9cwaCWCt66XhJEY&i... Evelyn Glennie (percussion) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjMLv3rjTCw&list=OLAK5uy_nK7LFLV92LCBlQt67Y9cwaCWCt66XhJEY&i... Dallas Symphony Orchestra Eduardo mata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okpIjhTpRAo&list=OLAK5uy_nK7LFLV92LCBlQt67Y9cwaCWCt66XhJEY&i... Cheers |
