Orchestral Works Vol. 1 (Incls 'Alborada del gracioso' & 'Boléro')

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Orchestral Works Vol. 1 (Incls 'Alborada del gracioso' & 'Boléro')
Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin

[ Naxos / CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 20 November 2012

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Ravel orchestrated his piano pieces Alborada del gracioso and Pavane pour une infante défunte to great effect; the former gains in suggestive colour, and the latter evokes nostalgic pathos. Another orchestrated work is the Menuet antique, which is redolent of old French dance forms Rapsodie espagnole, Ravel's first major orchestral work, shimmers with expectancy and bursts into Spanish dance rhythms, themes he pursued in Pièce en forme de habanera. His earliest orchestral work, the 'fairy overture' Shéhérazade, is all that remains of a planned opera based on The Thousand and One Nights. The famous Boléro, an 'orchestrated crescendo' of undimmed power, has proved one of the most popular works in all classical music.

Tracks:

Alborada del gracioso (orchestral version)
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera
(with Jennifer Gilbert, violin)
Shéhérazade - Ouverture de féerie
Menuet antique
Boléro