Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 Lyon National Orchestra & Leonard Slatkin

• 1 I. Modere 01:21
• 2 II. Assez lent 02:18
• 3 III. Modere 01:22
• 4 IV. Assez anime 01:19
• 5 V. Presque lent 01:08
• 6 VI. Assez vif 00:53
• 7 VII. Moins vif 02:59
• 8 Epilogue 04:05
• 9 I. Ondine 06:19
• 10 II. Le gibet 04:57
• 11 III. Scarbo 10:59
• 12 No. 1. Prelude 03:13
• 13 No. 2. Forlane 05:22
• 14 No. 3. Menuet 04:27
• 15 No. 4. Rigaudon 03:10
• 16 La valse (version for orchestra) 12:47
• Total Runtime 01:06:39

Info for Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

Maurice Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales present a vivid mixture of atmospheric impressionism, intense expression and modernist wit, his fascination with the waltz further explored in La valse, a mysterious evocation of a vanished imperial epoch. Heard here in an orchestration by Marius Constant, Gaspard de la nuit is Ravel’s response to the other-worldly poems of Aloysius Bertrand, and the dance suite Le tombeau de Couperin is a tribute to friends who fell in the war of 1914–18 as well as a great 18th-century musical forbear. ‘It is a delightful and assorted collection…presented in splendid performances by the Orchestre National de Lyon led by their music director, the venerable American conductor Leonard Slatkin.

“This is very clever programming...Slatkin avoids making Valses nobles et sentimentales sound merely a melancholic prophecy of La valse...a splendidly characterised La valse, the lusciousness and glitter of the opening dance captured as much as the grisly build-up to its final horrifying climax.” (BBC Music Magazine)

“the American shows real empathy with this magical repertoire, and he draws playing of uncommon composure and contagious application from his scruulously prepared Lyons band...Wonderful value at Naxos's price. Bring on the next instalment.” (Gramophone)

Orchestre National de Lyon
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

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