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Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Georges Bizet, Maurice Ravel
Boult: Schubert Symphony No. 8; Ravel: Dahpnis et Chloe Suite No. 2
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (11) - Disc #1
1. Sym No.8 in b, D.759 'Unfinished': I. Allegro Moderato
2. Sym No.8 in b, D.759 'Unfinished': II. Andante Con Moto
3. Petite Ste 'Jeux D'Enfants': I. Marche. Allegretto Moderato: Trumpet And Drum
4. Petite Ste 'Jeux D'Enfants': II. Berceuse. Andantino: The Doll
5. Petite Ste 'Jeux D'Enfants': III. Impromptu. Allegro Vivo: The Top
6. Petite Ste 'Jeux D'Enfants': IV. Duo. Andantino: Little Husband, Little Wife
7. Petite Ste 'Jeux D'Enfants': V. Galop. Presto: The Ball
8. Daphnis Et Chloe: I. Lever Du Jour. Lent
9. Daphnis Et Chloe: II. Pantomime. Lent - Tres Lent - Vif - Tres Lent
10. Daphnis Et Chloe: III. Danse Generale. Lent - Anime
11. Sym No.7 in C, Op.105: Adagio - Vivacissimo - Adagio - Allegro Molto Moderato - Allegro Moderato... - RPO/Sir Adrian Boult

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All Artists: Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Georges Bizet, Maurice Ravel, Jean Sibelius, Adrian Boult, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Title: Boult: Schubert Symphony No. 8; Ravel: Dahpnis et Chloe Suite No. 2
Members Wishing: 0
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Label: BBC Legends
Release Date: 10/24/2000
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genre: Classical
Styles: Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 684911403923

Synopsis

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Here is a buried treasure, pure and simple. Given Adrian Boult's towering authority in the key classics, it seems extraordinary that his only commercial recording of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony dates all the way back to the days of shellac. Ravel's great ballet score Daphnis et Chloe was another cornerstone of the Boult repertory that never appeared on vinyl, so let joy be doubly unconfined for this exemplary BBC Legends reissue. Boult's wonderfully wise, utterly unforced performance of the Schubert is an absolute joy, while the Second Suite from Daphnis is invested with an intriguingly stately, yet ultimately overwhelming symphonic strength. Bizet's Jeux d'enfants (yet another delectable, tenderly moving display) was also on the program of that July 1964 Prom with the Philharmonia, whereas the compellingly taut and rugged account of Sibelius's Seventh Symphony was taped by the BBC at a March 1963 Royal Festival Hall concert with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The remastering of all this stereo material is first-rate, as is Rob Cowan's personable and perceptive booklet-note. To sum up, then, this is a disc no connoisseur of great conducting can afford to be without. --Andrew Achenbach

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Mr. Ian A. Macfarlane | Fife, Scotland | 01/08/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"All admirers of Boult wish there were more CDs of this kind of repertoire. He became typecast for British music - which he did supremely well, with the extra authority of a man who knew well Elgar, Holst, Vaughan Williams, Walton and others - but he was also the founder-conductor of the BBCSO, premiered Bartok, Schoenberg and 'Wozzeck' in Britain (and Copland in New York!) and was trained at Leipzig in the central European tradition. He was probably happiest of all conducting Brahms and Schubert. These are all live performances. Every one is captivating. 'Daphnis' was a Boult speciality (he conducted it for Ravel in London in the 20s) and I cannot imagine it done with greater beauty or atmosphere, or greater genuine excitement at the end. You also hear some thrilling detail which is not always evident in other performances. The thrilled reaction of the Proms audience is no surprise. The Schubert is fine (somewhat faint praise because I don't think it's the best Boult 'Unfinished ' I have heard, but it will still stand comparison with any) and the Bizet charming, especially in the beautifully phrased slow movements. Boult was a good Sibelian - there are two excellent CDs of tone poems and legends currently available - and this symphony suits him perfectly, because he laid great stress on architectural structure in symphonic music, which is one thing this extraordinary piece absolutely must have. Here it moves with great inevitability, but also, again, lovely phrasing in the beautifully characteristic wind and string figures which permeate the work. The three big brass calls arise from the orchestral sound like some huge, wise, awesome Nordic life-force. The Albert Hall recordings (Schubert, Bizet, Ravel) are good, the Festival Hall (Sibelius) excellent. These are great perfomances which can be revisited and revisited without any sense of diminishing returns. Don't hesitate!!"