Ravel: Works for Orchestra / Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra

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Vox
Release Date
March 22, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Maurice Ravel
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      The St. Olaf Choir, Minnesota Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 22, 2024
    • UPC
      747313303786
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      VOX-NX-3037CD
    • LABEL
      Vox
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Modéré

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    2. II. Assez lent

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    3. III. Modéré

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    4. IV. Assez animé

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    5. V. Presque lent

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    6. VI. Assez vif

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    7. VII. Moins vif

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    8. VIII. Épilogue: Lent

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    9. Prélude

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    10. Tableau 1: Danse du Rouet et Scène

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    11. Tableau 2: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    12. Tableau 3: Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    13. Tableau 4: Petit Poucet

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    14. Tableau 5: Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    15. Tableau 6: Apothéose (Le jardin féerique)

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    16. I. Nocturne

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    17. II. Interlude

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: St. Olaf Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    18. III. Danse guerrière

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    19. I. Lever du jour

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: St. Olaf Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    20. II. Pantomime

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    21. III. Danse générale

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: St. Olaf Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    22. L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Fanfare

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Stanisław Skrowaczewski


Stanislaw Skrowaczewski’s legendary association with the Minnesota Orchestra yielded many classic recordings – and this selection of orchestral works by Ravel is one of them. Recorded in 1974 these Vox recordings have been newly remastered from the original tapes.

REVIEW:

A Polish conductor and an American orchestra play Ravel as if they were French. The Vox recordings from 1974 have been remastered from the original tapes and sound absolutely magnificent in their new freshness as far as the sound image and transparency are concerned.

Skrowaczewski begins with an elegant and finely differentiated, incredibly colorful version of the Valses Nobles et sentimentales. He gives the ballet Ma mère l’oye a wonderfully magical, sensual and suggestive character. Drama, crackling tension, subtle excitement and lyricism mingle in a dreamlike interpretation.

The two Daphnis et Chloé suites are no less outstanding and evocative. Here, too, the Minnesota Orchestra plays at the highest level of interpretation and technique, committed and, in the finale, ecstatic, following the highly inspired conductor. The St. Olaf Choir also deserves praise.

-- Pizzicato