Composer: Maurice Ravel
Orchestra: Basque National Orchestra
Conductor: Robert Trevino
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Ondine
Catalogue: ODE1416-2
Release: 2022
Size: 1.15 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 (1912 Version for Orchestra)
01. No. 1, Modéré, très franc
02. No. 2, Assez lent, avec une expression intense
03. No. 3, Modéré
04. No. 4, Assez animé
05. No. 5, Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime
06. No. 6, Vif
07. No. 7, Moins vif
08. No. 8, Épilogue. Lent
09. Menuet antique, M. 7 (1929 Version for Orchestra)
10. Frontispiece, M. 70 (Arr. P. Boulez for Orchestra)
11. Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie in B Minor, M. 17
Ma mère l’oye, M. 62 “Mother Goose”
12. I. Prélude. Très lent
13. IIa. Danse du rouet et scène. Allegro
14. IIb. Interlude. Un peu moins animé
15. IIIa. Pavane de la belle au bois dormant. Lent
16. IIIb. Interlude. Plus lent
17. IVa. Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête. Mouvement de valse
18. IVb. Interlude. Lent
19. Va. Petit poucet. Très modéré
20. Vb. Interlude
21. VIa. Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes. Mouvement de marche
22. VIb. Interlude. Allegro
23. VII. Apothéose. Le jardin féerique. Lent et grave
Robert Trevino’s first album together the Basque National Orchestra featuring orchestral works by the great French-Basque composer Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) received an excellent response. The programme in this second volume is perhaps more “French” in nature, but the Basque orchestra is giving dazzling performances of these works by their own national composer. While the first album was focused on some of Ravel’s most popular orchestral works, this album includes some “rarities”, including Ma mère l’Oye in its complete ballet version, as well as one world premiere recording: Pierre Boulez’s orchestration of Ravel’s World War I era piano work, Frontispice.