Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
September 13, 2019
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      RAVEL, MAURICE
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Lyon National Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Slatkin, Dumont, Gilbert
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 13, 2019
    • UPC
      747313357277
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573572
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegramente

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon

      Performer: François Dumont

      Conductor: Leonard Slatkin

    2. II. Adagio assai

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon

      Performer: François Dumont

      Conductor: Leonard Slatkin

    3. III. Presto

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon

      Performer: François Dumont

      Conductor: Leonard Slatkin

    4. Tzigane (version for violin and orchestra)

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon

      Performer: Jennifer Gilbert

      Conductor: Leonard Slatkin

    5. Lento -

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon

      Performer: François Dumont

      Conductor: Leonard Slatkin

    6. Allegro -

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Orchestre National de Lyon

      Performer: François Dumont

      Conductor: Leonard Slatkin


Composed between 1929 and 1931, Ravel's two piano concertos reflect his enthusiasm for jazz, though one that was thoroughly absorbed into his own idiom. The Concerto in G major, originally conceived as a Basque rhapsody, is lightly scored but sports a vivacious percussion section, galvanizing motor rhythms and a slow movement of astonishing beauty. The Concerto for the Left Hand, commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein who had lost his right arm in the First World War, is a single movement tour de force, as is Tzigane, a gypsy violin showpiece of dazzling virtuosity.