Est 1923

Ravel Orchestral Works

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Maurice Ravel

Label: EMI

Media Format: Cassette

Media Runtime: 0

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: EL270535-4

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
(La) Valse Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Boléro Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
(8) Valses nobles et sentimentales Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Les entretiens de la belle et la bête Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Petit Poucet Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Laideronette, Impératrice des Pagodes Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Apothèose: Le Jardin féerique Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Pavane pour une infante défunte Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra

Composer or Director: Maurice Ravel

Label: EMI

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 67

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: 747648-2

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
(La) Valse Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Boléro Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
(8) Valses nobles et sentimentales Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Les entretiens de la belle et la bête Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Petit Poucet Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Laideronette, Impératrice des Pagodes Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Apothèose: Le Jardin féerique Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Pavane pour une infante défunte Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra

Composer or Director: Maurice Ravel

Label: EMI

Media Format: Vinyl

Media Runtime: 0

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: EL270535-1

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
(La) Valse Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Boléro Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
(8) Valses nobles et sentimentales Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Les entretiens de la belle et la bête Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Petit Poucet Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Laideronette, Impératrice des Pagodes Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Apothèose: Le Jardin féerique Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
Pavane pour une infante défunte Maurice Ravel, Composer
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Michel Plasson, Conductor
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
These are acceptable but not distinctive performances, offered within a crowded market. Those who like La valse to sound hazily atmospheric at the opening will like the acoustics, though the reverberation does not help the focus of climaxes. Michel Plasson tends to indulge himself in waltz rhythms and his rubatos are not always convincing, especially in the Valses nobles where he carries langour to the point of lassitude and almost loses the music's momentum. Bolero begins rather delicately, but the climax is robust enough, if the playing is not always too refined on the way—I didn't much care for the trombone solo. The Pavane is gentle, but the orchestra is at its best in Ma mere l'oye (the suite) which is such beautiful music it surely must elicit a response from French players. Here the conductor's indulgence is acceptable and the langour undoubtedly casts its spell, especially in the lovely closing ''Jardin feerique''. I must add that both La valse and Bolero have exciting apotheoses, but this is not a collection I would advocate when Dutoit's Decca CDs (410 010-2DH, 8/83; 410 254-2DH, 11/84) are of quite a different calibre.'

Ravel Orchestral Works

(La) Valse

Boléro

(8) Valses nobles et sentimentales

Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant

Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Les entretiens de la belle et la bête

Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Petit Poucet

Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Laideronette, Impératrice des Pagodes

Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Apothèose: Le Jardin féerique

Pavane pour une infante défunte

Ravel Orchestral Works

(La) Valse

Boléro

(8) Valses nobles et sentimentales

Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant

Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Les entretiens de la belle et la bête

Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Petit Poucet

Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Laideronette, Impératrice des Pagodes

Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Apothèose: Le Jardin féerique

Pavane pour une infante défunte

Ravel Orchestral Works

(La) Valse

Boléro

(8) Valses nobles et sentimentales

Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant

Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Les entretiens de la belle et la bête

Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Petit Poucet

Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Laideronette, Impératrice des Pagodes

Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose', Movement: Apothèose: Le Jardin féerique

Pavane pour une infante défunte

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