Composer: Maurice Ravel
Performer: Paul Gay, Elliot Madore, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Anna Christy, Isabel Leonard, Yvonne Naef, Marie Lenormand, Kanae Fujitani, SKF Matsumoto Choir, SKF Matsumoto Children’s Chorus
Orchestra: Saito Kinen Orchestra
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Decca
Catalogue: 4786760
Release: 2015
Size: 296 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
L’Enfant et les sortilèges, M.71
Première partie
01. Introduction. “J’ai pas envie de faire ma page”
02. Bébé a été sage?
03. Ca m’est égal!
04. “Votre serviteur humble, Bergère”
05. Ding, ding, ding, ding
06. How’s Your Mug?
07. Keng-ca-fou, Mah-jong
08. “Oh! Ma belle tasse chinoise!”
09. Arrière! Je réchauffe les bons
10. Adieu, pastourelles!
11. “Ah! C’est Elle! C’est Elle!”
12. Toi, le coeur de la rose
13. “Deux robinets coulent dans un réservoir!”
14. Oh! Ma tête!
15. Duo miaulé
16. Musique d’insectes, de rainettes
Deuxième partie
17. “Ah! Quelle joie de te retrouver, Jardin!”
18. Où es-tu? Je te cherche …
19. Ronde des Chauves-Souris “Rends-la moi…tsk,tsk…”
20. Danse des rainettes
21. Sauve-toi, sotte! Et la cage? La cage?
22. La Cage, c’était pour mieux voir ta pretesse
23. “Ah! C’est l’Enfant au couteau”
24. Il a pansé la plaie …
25. Il est bon, l’Enfant, il est sage
Shéhérazade, M.41
26. 1. Asie
27. 2. La flûte enchantée
28. 3. L’indifférent
Miroirs, M.43 – Arr. Orchestra
29. Alborada del gracioso
One of the world’s legendary conductors, Seiji Ozawa celebrates his 80th birthday in September 2015. To celebrate, this disc of all-new Ravel recordings features one of the composers he has been most closely associated with over his long career.
As a student of Charles Munch and Pierre Monteux, Seiji Ozawa studied with two of the 20th century’s greatest exponents of Ravel. In the 1970s he recorded a benchmark set of the complete orchestral works for DG with the Boston Symphony during his record-breaking 29 year tenure with the orchestra.
These new recordings derive from the Saito Kinen Festival in Japan with world-class soloists – leading American mezzos Isabel Leonard in L’enfant et les sortilèges and Susan Graham in Shéhérazade – and a hand-picked orchestra of the world’s finest players from Berlin, Vienna, Boston, Cleveland, New York and Philadelphia.
The recording of L’enfant et les sortilèges marked Seiji Ozawa’s first full return to conducting after recovering from surgery for life-threatening cancer in 2013. One of the performances was given in the presence of the Emperor and Empress of Japan who had journeyed to the city of Matsumoto especially for the occasion.