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Maurice Ravel, Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel
Lorin Maazel conducts Ravel ~ Boléro, Daphnis et Chloé Suites 1 & 2, La valse, Rapsodie espagnole
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (8) - Disc #1
1. Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 1
2. Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2
3. Rapsodie espagnole: I. Prelude a la nuit
4. Rapsodie espagnole: II. Malaguena
5. Rapsodie espagnole: III. Habanera
6. Rapsodie espagnole: IV. Feria
7. La Valse
8. Bolero

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All Artists: Maurice Ravel, Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel
Title: Lorin Maazel conducts Ravel ~ Boléro, Daphnis et Chloé Suites 1 & 2, La valse, Rapsodie espagnole
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Label: RCA Victor Europe
Release Date: 5/20/1997
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 090266860029

Synopsis

Amazon.com essential recording

Lorin Maazel is probably the weirdest conductor currently active. Orchestras supposedly love him on account of his superb baton technique, and it's obvious in his recordings that his control over an orchestra is absolute. It's what he does with that control that's often so strange, turning in interpretations that range from thrilling to simply willful and bizarre. His Ravel is typically micro-managed--you can hear every twist and turn of the baton, but it also works well, in this music at least. The Vienna Philharmonic follows him every step of the way, and the performances of both Boléro and La Valse, in particular, are astounding. Different, then, but in the best sense. --David Hurwitz

CD Reviews

Thrilling to the experienced

Josef Krebs | Seattle | 08/29/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"When I bought this disk, I was looking for a "definitive account" of Ravel's powerhouse orchestral pieces. It's not definitive, and to someone unacquainted with these pieces, maybe not even that interesting.But if you know Bolero, Rhapsodie Espagnole and La Valse, you're in for a real treat, because Maazel and the Vienna Philharmonic flagrantly overplay everything on this disk. Phrases in La Valse and Rhapsodie are stretched nearly to their breaking points. The orchestrations in Bolero are Technicolor vivid.What makes this disk especially wonderful is the sensation that each of the performances is the work of a single mind. The Vienna Philharmonic plays as though they were a unified extension of Maazel, and he's a sharp one. The recorded sound is unbelievably lush.If you want definitive, look to Munch's recordings with the Boston Symphony or Dutoit's with Montreal. When you're ready for Ravel overload, come here."