Ravel’s status as one of the most popular composers of all time rests to a large extent on the phenomenal success of Bolero (Cala Records-CACDS4027). Yet there is much more to this endlessly intriguing man’s work than the “seventeen minutes of orchestral tissue without music”: childhood fantasy, Spain, the Orient, American jazz, the theater, clockwork toys and all the things mechanical, preoccupied Maurice Ravel throughout his life, and echoes of each can be found in all corners of his music.
Ravel: Valley of the Bells
£11.20
Philharmonia Orchestra
Geoffrey Simon
Catalogue number: CACDS4026
Barcode: 667549402629
1 | Ravel | Valley of the Bells | 5 | 28 | |||
2 | Ravel | Jeux d’eau | 5 | 34 | |||
3 | Ravel | Rapsodie espagnole | i. | Prélude à la nuit | 4 | 34 | |
4 | Ravel | Rapsodie espagnole | ii. | Malaguena | 2 | 7 | |
5 | Ravel | Rapsodie espagnole | iii. | Habanera | 2 | 30 | |
6 | Ravel | Rapsodie espagnole | iv. | Feria | 6 | 3 | |
7 | Ravel | Le gibet | 5 | 39 | |||
8 | Ravel | Piano Concerto in G | i. | Allegramente | 8 | 20 | |
9 | Ravel | Piano Concerto in G | ii. | Adagio assai | 9 | 10 | |
10 | Ravel | Piano Concerto in G | iii. | Presto | 3 | 55 | |
11 | Ravel | Five Popular Greek Melodies | i. | Le reveil de la mariée | 1 | 16 | |
12 | Ravel | Five Popular Greek Melodies | ii. | Là-bas, vers l’église | 1 | 28 | |
13 | Ravel | Five Popular Greek Melodies | iii. | Quel galant m’est comparable | 0 | 59 | |
14 | Ravel | Five Popular Greek Melodies | iv. | Chanson des ceuilleuses de lentisques | 2 | 28 | |
15 | Ravel | Five Popular Greek Melodies | v. | Tout gai | 0 | 46 | |
16 | Ravel | Mother Goose | i. | Pavane de la belle au bois dormant | 1 | 59 | |
17 | Ravel | Mother Goose | ii. | Petit Poucet | 3 | 53 | |
18 | Ravel | Mother Goose | iii. | Laideronette, impératrice des pagodes | 3 | 28 | |
19 | Ravel | Mother Goose | iv. | Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête | 4 | 3 | |
20 | Ravel | Mother Goose | v. | Le jardin féerique | 3 | 9 |