Composer: Maurice Ravel
Performer: Murray Panitz, Singing City Choir of Philadelphia
Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 0979872
Release: 2011
Size: 281 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Boléro, M. 81
Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57
02. I. Lever du jour
03. II. Pantomime
04. III. Danse générale
Miroirs, M. 43
05. IV. Alborada del Gracioso
Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54
06. I. Prélude à la nuit
07. II. Malagueña
08. III. Habanera
09. IV. Feria
Miroirs, M. 43
10. III. Une barque sur l’océan
Gloriously spectacular, yet exquisitely subtle, the orchestral music of Ravel requires players who can render its iridescent colours and intoxicating rhythms with both exuberance and accuracy. The conductor, meanwhile, must define its characteristic interplay of sensuality and delicacy, exhilaration and restraint, sentiment and irony. Here, in five of Ravel’s best-loved scores, The Philadelphia Orchestra and Riccardo Muti prove masterly in capturing the composer’s spirit and in evoking his exotic worlds.