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Ravel: Works for Orchestra / Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra
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Ravel: Works for Orchestra / Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra

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Details

Composer
Maurice Ravel
Artist
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
Format
CD
Label
Vox
Released
Mar 22, 2024
Catalog #
VOX-NX-3037CD
UPC
747313303786

About

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

Tracklist 22 tracks

  1. 1 I. Modéré 01:25
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Modéré
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  2. 2 II. Assez lent 02:46
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Assez lent
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  3. 3 III. Modéré 01:51
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Modéré
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  4. 4 IV. Assez animé 01:16
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Assez animé
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  5. 5 V. Presque lent 01:37
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Presque lent
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  6. 6 VI. Assez vif 01:02
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Assez vif
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  7. 7 VII. Moins vif 03:34
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Moins vif
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  8. 8 VIII. Épilogue: Lent 04:31
    Track
    8
    Title
    VIII. Épilogue: Lent
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  9. 9 Prélude 04:04
    Track
    9
    Title
    Prélude
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  10. 10 Tableau 1: Danse du Rouet et Scène 03:43
    Track
    10
    Title
    Tableau 1: Danse du Rouet et Scène
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  11. 11 Tableau 2: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant 02:48
    Track
    11
    Title
    Tableau 2: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  12. 12 Tableau 3: Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête 04:53
    Track
    12
    Title
    Tableau 3: Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête
    Duration
    04:53
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  13. 13 Tableau 4: Petit Poucet 04:52
    Track
    13
    Title
    Tableau 4: Petit Poucet
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  14. 14 Tableau 5: Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes 05:16
    Track
    14
    Title
    Tableau 5: Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  15. 15 Tableau 6: Apothéose (Le jardin féerique) 04:29
    Track
    15
    Title
    Tableau 6: Apothéose (Le jardin féerique)
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  16. 16 I. Nocturne 05:46
    Track
    16
    Title
    I. Nocturne
    Duration
    05:46
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  17. 17 II. Interlude 03:12
    Track
    17
    Title
    II. Interlude
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    St. Olaf Choir, Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  18. 18 III. Danse guerrière 03:49
    Track
    18
    Title
    III. Danse guerrière
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  19. 19 I. Lever du jour 06:39
    Track
    19
    Title
    I. Lever du jour
    Duration
    06:39
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    St. Olaf Choir, Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  20. 20 II. Pantomime 06:49
    Track
    20
    Title
    II. Pantomime
    Duration
    06:49
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  21. 21 III. Danse générale 04:36
    Track
    21
    Title
    III. Danse générale
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    St. Olaf Choir, Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski
  22. 22 L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Fanfare 01:55
    Track
    22
    Title
    L'Éventail de Jeanne (Jean's Fan): Fanfare
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Stanisław Skrowaczewski