Ravel - L'Enfant et les sortileges & Mother Goose
Magdalena Kožená, Nathalie Stutzmann, Sophie Koch, José van Dam, François Le Roux & Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Berliner Philharmoniker & Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle
Awards:
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Building a Library, September 2018, Also Recommended
Rattle's first recording of the ballet was superlative, but this second rendering, is, if anything, better, taking full advantage of the Berlin Phil's exceptional colours.
Ravel - L'Enfant et les sortileges & Mother Goose
Magdalena Kožená, Nathalie Stutzmann, Sophie Koch, José van Dam, François Le Roux & Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Berliner Philharmoniker & Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle
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Awards:
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Building a Library, September 2018, Also Recommended
Rattle's first recording of the ballet was superlative, but this second rendering, is, if anything, better, taking full advantage of the Berlin Phil's exceptional colours.
About
Joining the Berliner Philharmoniker and Simon Rattle in the one-act opera L'enfant et les sortilèges is a stellar cast. The opera has strong associations for Sir Simon. Shortly after winning the John Player International Conducting Competition in May 1974, Rattle, then aged 19, conducted the work in concert in Liverpool, receiving the first of many critical successes in his career.
A Glyndebourne performance in 1987 sealed his reputation for the work, and this recording encapsulates his love and experience for the charmed sound-world of the Child's house and garden in Ravel's setting.
Contents and tracklist
- Sophie Koch (soprano), Jean Paul Fouchecourt (tenor), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano), Annick Massis (soprano)
- Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin
- Sir Simon Rattle
- Recorded: 2008-09-28
- Recording Venue: 24-28 September 2008. Philharmonie, Berlin
- Berliner Philharmoniker
- Sir Simon Rattle
- Recorded: 2008-09-28
- Recording Venue: 24-28 September 2008. Philharmonie, Berlin
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Awards and reviews
April 2009
Rattle's first recording of the ballet was superlative, but this second rendering, is, if anything, better, taking full advantage of the Berlin Phil's exceptional colours.
20th March 2009
Rattle says it's been a particular joy to bring Ravel's music to the Berlin Philharmonic, and this disc is a joy for the listener too...Kozena sings a vocally excellent and dramatically convincing Boy, whilst Koch and le Roux perform the meowed cats' duet to its feline best. Ma Mere L’Oye equally shimmers and sparkles in all the right places...Quite wonderful.
May 2009
Every detail is pointed, with some astonishing ensemble accuracy and a lustrous sound
June 2009
Simon Rattle has long held the work in affection… The line-up of soloists in Berlin could hardly be starrier… As the child, Magdalena Kožená manages to seem suitably boyish and wilful… The fill-up items… Ma Mère l'Oye is lusciously played…
29th March 2009
The best of the French singers is Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, an immaculately declaimed Teapot/Arithmatic/Frog.
4th May 2009
The playing of the Berlin orchestra is of a stupendous refinement, capturing that Ravelian mixture of sophistication and innocence.
