Ravel: The Orchestral Masterpieces [Import]

Maurice Ravel (Composer), Ernest Ansermet (Conductor), L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
• Conductor: Ernest Ansermet
• Composer: Maurice Ravel
• Audio CD (June 11, 2001)
• SPARS Code: ADD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B00005LKEN
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #292,787 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Bolero - L'Orch De La Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet

2. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales - L'Orch De La Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet

3. Rhap Espagnole: Prld A La Nuit - L'Orch De La Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet

4. Rhap Espagnole: Malaguena - L'Orch De La Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet

5. Rhap Espagnole: Habanera - L'Orch De La Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet

6. Rhap Espagnole: Feria - L'Orch De La Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet

7. Pavane Pour Un Infante Defunte - L'Orch De La Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet

8. Ma Mere L'Oye: Prld And Dance Of The Spinning Wheel - L'Orch De La Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet

9. Ma Mere L'Oye: Pavane Of The Sleeping Beauty - L'Orch De La Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet

10. Ma Mere L'Oye: Tom Thumb - L'Orch De La Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet

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Disc: 2

1. Daphnis Et Chloe: 1re Partie: Intro Et Danse Religieuse - Les Chor De La Radio Suisse Romande (Lausanne)/Andre Charlet

2. Daphnis Et Chloe: 1re Partie: Scene - Danse Generale - Les Chor De La Radio Suisse Romande (Lausanne)/Andre Charlet

3. Daphnis Et Chloe: 1re Partie: Danse Grotesque De Dorcon - Scene - Les Chor De La Radio Suisse Romande (Lausanne)/Andre Charlet

4. Daphnis Et Chloe: 1re Partie: Danse Legere Et Gracieuse De Daphnis - Les Chor De La Radio Suisse Romande (Lausanne)/Andre Charlet

5. Daphnis Et Chloe: 1re Partie: Scene - Danse De Lyceion - Scene (Les Pirates) - Les Chor De La Radio Suisse Romande (Lausanne)/Andre Charlet

6. Daphnis Et Chloe: 1re Partie: Nocturne - Danse Lente Et Mysterieuse - Les Chor De La Radio Suisse Romande (Lausanne)/Andre Charlet

7. Daphnis Et Chloe: 2e Partie: Intro - Les Chor De La Radio Suisse Romande (Lausanne)/Andre Charlet

8. Daphnis Et Chloe: 2e Partie: Danse Guerriere - Les Chor De La Radio Suisse Romande (Lausanne)/Andre Charlet

9. Daphnis Et Chloe: 2e Partie: Scene - Danse Suppliante De Chloe - Les Chor De La Radio Suisse Romande (Lausanne)/Andre Charlet

10. Daphnis Et Chloe: 3e Partie: Lever Du Jour - Scene - Les Chor De La Radio Suisse Romande (Lausanne)/Andre Charlet

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Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Ravel Collections, February 9, 2004

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Michael B. Richman (Portland, Maine USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ravel: The Orchestral Masterpieces (Audio CD)

I find it amusing that with all the classical CDs at our disposal stateside, we must look across the Atlantic for the best two-disc collections of Ravel's Orchestral Works. In my opinion, those are EMI's title in the "Rouge et Noir" series by conductor Andre Cluytens (see my review), and this Double Decca by Ernest Ansermet. While brilliant Ravel single-disc accounts are available stateside on offerings from Paray, Monteux, Inghelbrecht, Munch, and Bernstein (see my reviews of the last three), the only two-fer that stacks up is EMI's domestic "Double Forte" featuring Martinon. (Martinon's Ravel recordings are also presented with his accounts of Debussy's Orchestral Works on an EMI Box Set, which is the better buy -- see my review). Ansermet was best known for his interpretations of Debussy, Stravinsky and Ravel, ultimately because of his friendships with the composers and his personal knowledge of what these composers wanted out of their scores. Couple that with Ansermet's engineering background, and you have some of the best sounding recordings ever made in the golden-age of stereo. Sure this import costs a bit more, but Ansermet's Ravel performances are worth every penny.