Maurice Ravel: Orchestral Works: Ma Mère L’oye, Boléro, Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales, Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte, Alborada Del Gracioso & La Valse

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this superbly played and sumptuously recorded disc from the Sinfonia of London and John Wilson amply demonstrates the profound benefits of trusting Ravel. Has Ma mère l’Oye ever sounded more... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 28th Jan 2022
Catalogue No: CHSA5280
Label: Chandos
Length: 83 minutes

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Ravel: La Valse

Work length11:41

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Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye

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I. Prelude

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IV. Troisième Tableau

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V. Quatrième Tableau

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VI. Cinquième Tableau

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VII. Apothéose

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Ravel: Alborada del gracioso (orchestral version)

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Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte

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Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales

Work length15:49

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I. Modéré

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III. Modéré

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IV. Assez animé

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V. Presque lent

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VI. Assez vif

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VII. Moins vif - Un peu retenu

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VIII. Épilogue

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Ravel: Boléro

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Interview, John Wilson on Ravel

7th February 2022

The British conductor talks to James about his latest album with Sinfonia of London devoted to the music of Maurice Ravel, which includes the original versions of both Ma Mère L’oye and Boléro.

Recording of the Week, John Wilson conducts orchestral works by Ravel

28th January 2022

The latest album from Sinfonia of London and John Wilson presents a dazzling collection of orchestral works by Ravel, including La valse and Pavane pour une infante défunte alongside premiere recordings of the original versions of Ma Mère l'Oye and Boléro.

"Following their second BBC Music Magazine Award (for Respighi’s Roman Trilogy) and universal praise for their first concert (at the BBC Proms in 2021), Sinfonia of London and John Wilson turn to the orchestral works of Ravel for this their sixth studio album. Not only an outstanding pianist and one of France’s greatest composers, Maurice Ravel is acclaimed as one of the greatest orchestrators of all time. His unique ability to conjure the widest possible range of colours and textures from the orchestral palette is amply demonstrated on this album. The programme opens with La Valse, conceived as a snapshot of 1850s Vienna. The continuous sequence of waltzes becomes increasingly insistent until the sound is almost utterly overwhelming. Other ballets also feature – Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) and the notorious Boléro, both recorded here for the first time in their complete original versions. Ravel’s orchestrations of his own piano works complete the programme: Valses nobles et sentimentales, Pavane pour une infante défunte, and Alborada del gracioso, which demonstrates both Ravel’s fascination with Spanish sounds and culture and the sheer virtuosity of orchestral playing of Sinfonia of London. This album is recorded in surround-sound and released as a Hy brid SACD."

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March 2022

this superbly played and sumptuously recorded disc from the Sinfonia of London and John Wilson amply demonstrates the profound benefits of trusting Ravel. Has Ma mère l’Oye ever sounded more gorgeous or affecting?...Throughout, innumerable exquisite details catch the ear.

March 2022

What really shines here is the illumination of so many colouristic permutations, sounding for all the world as if Ravel had just in this moment heard them.

28th January 2022

It is the quality of the quiet string playing that elevates this album...for me the highlight has to be La valse, offering a dizzying kaleidoscope of shifting moods and colours...it's a fiendishly difficult work to perform, and yet with this ensemble it comes across as nothing other than deftly effortless.

20th February 2022

Wilson’s crack, handpicked orchestra responds to his refined, meticulous baton with playing of ravishing textural beauty, rhythmic elan and, in the repeated refrain of Boléro, cumulative power. An outstanding collection leaving the listener wanting more.

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