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L'eventail de Jeanne / Axelrod, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
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L'eventail de Jeanne / Axelrod, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire

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Composer
RAVEL FERROUD IBERT SCHMITT
Artist
Axelrod
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Oct 14, 2016
Catalog #
8573354
UPC
747313335473

About

We know L’Éventail de Jeanne (Jeannes’s Fan), a collaborative ballet in ten movements by ten composers, primarily from Ravel’s opening Fanfare and Poulenc’s Pastourelle, but the other numbers have plenty of appeal. Roussel’s bittersweet Sarabande adds weight to an otherwise frothy brew, while Florent Schmidt’s concluding Kermesse-Valse provides a buoyant concluding apotheosis. Other savory bits include a polka by Darius Milhaud and perky Canarie by Alexis Roland-Manuel, but it’s all good fun and played here with exemplary spirit and point by John Axelrod and the Loire ensemble.

Here’s an interesting tidbit. Poulenc’s Pastourelle appears to be a nearly literal crib from the “Balalaika” movement that concludes Stravinsky’s Suite No. 1 for small orchestra (sound clips). I wonder if this was noticed at the time?

Ravel’s Mother Goose makes a logical coupling–another children’s ballet, composed and scored with a similarly light touch. Axelrod’s is a sensitive performance, a touch on the slow side, perhaps, but well-proportioned and sensitively detailed. The orchestra plays quite well, with the many woodwind solos sweet and smooth, if perhaps lacking the ultimate character that we hear from Martinon (EMI/Warner) or Ozawa (DG). Axelrod dwells lovingly on the concluding Fairy Garden, and when the music is so beautiful who can blame him? This disc, in short, is a joy. Don’t overlook it.

– ClassicsToday (David Hurwitz)

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 Prélude 03:52
    Track
    1
    Title
    Prélude
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
    Conductor
    John Axelrod
  2. 2 Tableau 1: Danse du rouet et Scène (Dance of the Spinning Wheel and Scene) 03:51
    Track
    2
    Title
    Tableau 1: Danse du rouet et Scène (Dance of the Spinning Wheel and Scene)
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
    Conductor
    John Axelrod
  3. 3 Tableau 2: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant (Pavane of Sleeping Beauty) 02:48
    Track
    3
    Title
    Tableau 2: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant (Pavane of Sleeping Beauty)
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
    Conductor
    John Axelrod
  4. 4 Tableau 3: Les Entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête (Conversations between Beauty and the Beast) 05:25
    Track
    4
    Title
    Tableau 3: Les Entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête (Conversations between Beauty and the Beast)
    Duration
    05:25
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
    Conductor
    John Axelrod
  5. 5 Tableau 4: Petit Poucet (Hop-o'-my-Thumb) 05:33
    Track
    5
    Title
    Tableau 4: Petit Poucet (Hop-o'-my-Thumb)
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
    Conductor
    John Axelrod
  6. 6 Tableau 5: Laideronnette, impératrice des Pagodes (Little Ugly, Empress of the Pagodas) 05:05
    Track
    6
    Title
    Tableau 5: Laideronnette, impératrice des Pagodes (Little Ugly, Empress of the Pagodas)
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
    Conductor
    John Axelrod
  7. 7 Tableau 6: Apothéose (Le Jardin féerique, The Fairy Garden) 04:17
    Track
    7
    Title
    Tableau 6: Apothéose (Le Jardin féerique, The Fairy Garden)
    Duration
    04:17
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
    Conductor
    John Axelrod
  8. 8 L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Fanfare 01:42
    Track
    8
    Title
    L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Fanfare
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
    Conductor
    John Axelrod
  9. 9 L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Marche 03:25
    Track
    9
    Title
    L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Marche
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Pierre-Octave Ferroud
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
    Conductor
    John Axelrod
  10. 10 L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Valse 03:51
    Track
    10
    Title
    L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Valse
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Jacques Ibert
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
    Conductor
    John Axelrod
  11. 11 L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Canarie 02:07
    Track
    11
    Title
    L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Canarie
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Alexis Roland-Manuel
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
    Conductor
    John Axelrod
  12. 12 L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Bourrée 03:26
    Track
    12
    Title
    L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Bourrée
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Marcel Delannoy
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
    Conductor
    John Axelrod
  13. 13 L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Sarabande 03:42
    Track
    13
    Title
    L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Sarabande
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Albert Roussel
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
    Conductor
    John Axelrod
  14. 14 L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Polka, Op. 95 02:12
    Track
    14
    Title
    L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Polka, Op. 95
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Darius Milhaud
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
    Conductor
    John Axelrod
  15. 15 L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Pastourelle, FP 45 01:57
    Track
    15
    Title
    L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Pastourelle, FP 45
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
    Conductor
    John Axelrod
  16. 16 L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Rondeau 03:38
    Track
    16
    Title
    L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Rondeau
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Georges Auric
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
    Conductor
    John Axelrod
  17. 17 L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Kermesse-Valse 04:56
    Track
    17
    Title
    L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Kermesse-Valse
    Duration
    04:56
    Composer
    Florent Schmitt
    Ensemble
    Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
    Conductor
    John Axelrod