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Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole; Mother Goose Suite; Alborada del gracioso; Introduction and Allegro; Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2

Jean Martinon (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

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Audio CD (July 11 2000)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Sme
ASIN: B00004TCPS

Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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1. Rapsodie espagnole: Prelude a la nuit

2. Rapsodie espagnole: Malaguena

3. Rapsodie espagnole: Habanera

4. Rapsodie espagnole: Feria

5. Alborada Del Gracioso

6. Mother Goose: Pavane Of The Sleeping Beauty

7. Mother Goose: Hop-o-My Thumb

8. Mother Goose: Laideronnette, Empress Of The Pagodas

9. Mother Goose: Beauty And The Beast Converse

10. Mother Goose: The Fairy Garden

11. Introduction And Allegro For Harp, Flute, Clarinet, And Strings

12. Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No.2: Lever du jour

13. Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No.2: Pantomime

14. Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No.2: Danse generale

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful performances of Ravel April 30 2002

By R. J. Claster

Format:Audio CD

These are warm hearted performances, full of nuance and sensitivity of expression, and beautifully played. Furthermore, the recorded sound is both very full bodied and detailed. I disagree with the previous reviewer who asserts that these performances are not properly French sounding compared with Martinon's later EMI recordings with the Orchestra de Paris (as to which, for what it is worth, Martinon said that he preferred his EMI Debussy recordings with the Orchestral National de France). Although I have not heard those performances, I don't think that Ravel's orchestral works fall flat unless they are played with somewhat nasal sounding brass and winds (i.e. the French sound). Instead, Martinon provides idiomatic phrasing combined with a virtuosity and beauty of orchestral sound beyond the capabilities of French orchestras of the time. Definitely one of the finest collections of his orchestral music.

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4.0 out of 5 stars So, why do I like it? July 25 2000

By Mark McCue

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There's a lot wrong here: Martinon, before the wrong orchestra. So, why do I like it? Probably because Martinon didn't take the first thing that came to him and did some work to turning the orientation of these performances toward Paris. It makes a lot of difference. And it's wonderful listening.

But, unlike the previous reviewer, I think this is rather a well-done compromise and can't really fulfill the French performance paradigms that Martinon sought. The EMI recordings with the Orchestre de Paris show the conductor uncovering a lot of color, elan, and that ascerbic, Gallic nastiness that's essential to Ravel and totally, and I mean totally, lacking in this issue. However, it's the best that any French conductor has recorded in Chicago.

But that's the key word: recorded. I have a sneaking suspicion that the storied concerts by Paul Paray may have gone some way beyond this, and his recordings on Mercury with the Detroit Symphony carefully trained in the French style give you spades more in color, character, drama, and rive gauche than you'll ever get a whiff of here.

Buy this, but as supplemental listening to Martinon's Paris work, and file all of that just behind your Paray editions.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A classic Ravel recording by Martinon. Jun 12 2000

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Due to a bad relationship with a critic or two Jean Martinon had a stormy tenure as director of the Chicago Symphony. What was never in question was that Martinon's artistic and interperative standards were always of the highest order. He made few recordings with the Chicago Symphony but the one's he did have attained a classic status. RCA ,after too long a wait, are finally releasing then on cd. Martinon would later rerecord these works for EMI but these Chicago recordings are really finer. From the delicate beauty of "Ma mere l'oye" to the exuberance of "Rapsodie espagnole" Martinon is at his finest in defty bringing out Ravel's subtle and colorful scoring. Too say the least the Chicago Symphony is, as usual, in top form and the vintage 1960's RCA recording put many a modern digital one to shame. A true classic

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