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COMPOSERRAVEL, MAURICE
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ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLEOrchestre National De Lyon
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PERFORMERDussolier, Druet, Slatkin
Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5 / Slatkin, Orchestre National de Lyon
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- Naxos
- April 14, 2017
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RELEASE DATEApril 14, 2017
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UPC747313344871
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CATALOG NUMBER8573448
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LABELNaxos
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NUMBER OF DISCS1
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GENRE
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No. 1. Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar: I. Largo - Le désert n'est pas vide… (narration)
Composer: Maurice Ravel, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon
Performer: André Dussollier
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
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No. 1bis. Ravel: Allegro
Composer: Maurice Ravel, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
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En ce temps-là… (narration) - No. 2. Ravel: Cadenza ad libitum
Composer: Maurice Ravel, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon
Performer: André Dussollier
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
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Sa mère, Zébiba… (narration) - No. 3. Ravel: Allegretto
Composer: Maurice Ravel, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon
Performer: André Dussollier
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
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Sa renommée grandissait avec lui… (narration) - No. 5. Ravel: Allargando
Composer: Maurice Ravel, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon
Performer: André Dussollier
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
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No. 6. Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar: IV. Andante amoroso (from letter C) - Un jour, il fut convoqué par son père… (narration)
Composer: Maurice Ravel, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon
Performer: André Dussollier
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
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No. 7. Ravel: Allegretto
Composer: Maurice Ravel, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
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Cette bataille… (narration) - No. 8. Ravel: Andante
Composer: Maurice Ravel, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon
Performer: André Dussollier
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
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No. 9. Ravel: Allegro - Ses poèmes l'ont rendu célèbre… (narration)
Composer: Maurice Ravel, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon
Performer: André Dussollier
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
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No. 10. Ravel: Allegro
Composer: Maurice Ravel, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
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No. 11. Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar: III. Allegro risoluto alla marcia
Composer: Maurice Ravel, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
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C'était une journée en apparence paisible… (narration) - No. 11bis. Ravel: Allegro, rythmé
Composer: Maurice Ravel, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon
Performer: André Dussollier
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
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Antar n'écoutait plus… (narration) - No. 12. Ravel: Allegro moderato
Composer: Maurice Ravel, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon
Performer: André Dussollier
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
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No. 13. Rimsky-Korsakov: Mlada, Act III: Scene at Mount Triglav - Puis il y eut encore une bataille… (narration)
Composer: Maurice Ravel, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon
Performer: André Dussollier
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
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En atteignant la plaine… (narration) - No. 14. Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar: II. Allegro
Composer: Maurice Ravel, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon
Performer: André Dussollier
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
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C'était le crépuscule… (narration) - No. 16. Ravel: Andante
Composer: Maurice Ravel, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon
Performer: André Dussollier
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
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No. 1. Asie
Composer: Maurice Ravel
Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon
Performer: Isabelle Druet
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
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No. 2. La Flûte enchantée
Composer: Maurice Ravel
Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon
Performer: Isabelle Druet
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
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No. 3. L'Indifférent
Composer: Maurice Ravel
Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon
Performer: Isabelle Druet
Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
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Now here’s a novelty that fans of Ravel and Rimsky-Korsakov will want to hear. In 1910, the story of Antar reached the stage in Paris as a play, with incidental music by Ravel arranged out of Rimsky’s eponymous symphony/tone poem (with a bit of Mlada thrown in for good measure). There is very little original music by Ravel–just a couple of minutes in all–but the arrangements involve some telling reorchestration and the creation of numerous short interludes. The cinematic conclusion (sound clip) sums things up nicely. All told, you get almost the complete original work: the first three movements, plus a good bit of the finale, albeit in a different order.
Unfortunately, for this premiere recording a long, pretentious, self-consciously “poetic” narration has been added, with words by Amin Maalouf. His main musical distinction lies in the fact that he has furnished several opera librettos for Kaija Saariaho, as if that’s a recommendation. My annoyance grew with every word. I mean, the only reason anyone wants to hear this piece is to find out what Ravel did with Rimsky’s original. Why put narrator André Dussolier in what sounds like an empty aircraft hangar and superimpose his histrionic reading of the text on top of the music? You’ll get through it, but it was a bad decision.
That said, Slatkin’s conducting is excellent, as it almost always is when he’s interpreting Russian music, and the sonics are very good when the narrator isn’t narrating. The coupling is a fine performance of Shéhérazade. Isabelle Druet’s voice is, arguably, a bit too small for the work, but she only sounds strained at the climax of Asie. Otherwise, she sings with intelligence, excellent diction, and characterful attention to the text. A sometimes frustrating release, then, but a collector’s item all the same.
– ClassicsToday (David Hurwitz)
Now here’s a novelty that fans of Ravel and Rimsky-Korsakov will want to hear. In 1910, the story of Antar reached the stage in Paris as a play, with incidental music by Ravel arranged out of Rimsky’s eponymous symphony/tone poem (with a bit of Mlada thrown in for good measure). There is very little original music by Ravel–just a couple of minutes in all–but the arrangements involve some telling reorchestration and the creation of numerous short interludes. The cinematic conclusion (sound clip) sums things up nicely. All told, you get almost the complete original work: the first three movements, plus a good bit of the finale, albeit in a different order.
Unfortunately, for this premiere recording a long, pretentious, self-consciously “poetic” narration has been added, with words by Amin Maalouf. His main musical distinction lies in the fact that he has furnished several opera librettos for Kaija Saariaho, as if that’s a recommendation. My annoyance grew with every word. I mean, the only reason anyone wants to hear this piece is to find out what Ravel did with Rimsky’s original. Why put narrator André Dussolier in what sounds like an empty aircraft hangar and superimpose his histrionic reading of the text on top of the music? You’ll get through it, but it was a bad decision.
That said, Slatkin’s conducting is excellent, as it almost always is when he’s interpreting Russian music, and the sonics are very good when the narrator isn’t narrating. The coupling is a fine performance of Shéhérazade. Isabelle Druet’s voice is, arguably, a bit too small for the work, but she only sounds strained at the climax of Asie. Otherwise, she sings with intelligence, excellent diction, and characterful attention to the text. A sometimes frustrating release, then, but a collector’s item all the same.
– ClassicsToday (David Hurwitz)
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