New Album Releases: RAVEL - MA MERE L'OYE; BOLERO (John Wilson & Sinfonia of London)

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Artist:
John Wilson
Sinfonia of London

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
83:37

Record Label:
Chandos Records

Purchasing Links:
CD, Apple Music

Release Date
January 28, 2022



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Product Description: Following their second BBC Music Magazine Award (for Respighi’s Roman Trilogy) and universal praise for their first concert (at the BBC Proms in 2021), Sinfonia of London and John Wilson turn to the orchestral works of Ravel for this their 6th studio album. Not only an outstanding pianist and one of France’s greatest composers, Maurice Ravel is acclaimed as one of the greatest orchestrators of all time. His unique ability to conjure the widest possible range of colors and textures from the orchestral palette is amply demonstrated on this album. The program opens with La Valse, conceived as a snapshot of 1850’s Vienna. The continuous sequence of waltzes becomes increasingly insistent until the sound is almost utterly overwhelming. Other ballets also feature – Ma Mère L’Oye (Mother goose) and the infamous Boléro, both recorded here for the first time in their original versions. Ravel’s orchestrations of his own own piano works complete the program: Valses nobles et sentimentales, Pavane pour une infante défunte and Alborada del gracioso, which demonstrates both Ravel’s fascination with Spanish sounds and culture, and the sheer virtuosity of orchestral playing from the Sinfonia of London.

TRACK LIST:

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1 . La Valse, M 72 . Maurice Ravel Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (11:41)


Ma Mère l'Oye, M 62

2 . Prélude. Très lent - [Très modéré] - Premier Mouvement - Animez - Maurice Ravel Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (3:07)

3 . Premier Tableau. Danse du Rouet et Scène. Allegro - Un peu moins animé - Très lent - Maurice Ravel Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (3:25)

4 . Deuxième Tableau. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant. (Lent) - [Interlude] Allegro - (Lent) - Plus lent - Allegro - Mouvement de Valse modéré - Maurice Ravel Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (3:28)

5 . Troisième Tableau. Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête. Mouvement de Valse modéré - Animez peu à peu - Assez vif - Premier Mouvement - [Animez peu à peu] - [Vif] - Premier Mouvement - [Presque lent] - [interlude] Lent - [Allegro] - Maurice Ravel Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (4:41)

6 . Quatrième Tableau. Petit - Poucet. (Très modéré) - [Interlude]. Lent - Cadenza [harpe] très libre - Cadenza [célesta et harpe] ad libitum - Accélérez - Cadenza [grande flûte] très libre - Maurice Ravel Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (4:47)

7 . Cinquième Tableau. Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes. Mouvement de Marche - Danse - Pas de deux - Danse générale - [Interlude] Allegro - Très modéré - [Très lent] - Maurice Ravel Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (4:43)

8 . Apothéose. Le jardin féerique. (Lent et grave) Maurice Ravel Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (3:51)

9 . Alborada del gracioso, M 43c pour orchestre Maurice Ravel Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (7:08)

10 . Pavane pour une infante défunte, M 19a pour petit orchestre Maurice Ravel Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (6:16)


Valses nobles et sentimentales, M 61a pour orchestre

11 . I. Modère - Maurice Ravel Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (1:18)

12 . II. Assez lent - Un peu plus lent - Premier Mouvement - Un peu plus lent - Maurice Ravel Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (2:39)

13 . III. Modéré - Maurice Ravel Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (1:56)

14 . IV. Assez animé - Maurice Ravel Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (1:02)

15 . V. Presque lent - Maurice Ravel Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (1:19)

16 . VI. Assez vif - Maurice Ravel Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (0:48)

17 . VII. Moins vf - Un peu retenu - Tempo I - Augmentez - Au Mouvement - Augmentez - Au Mouvement Maurice Ravel Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (2:45)

18 . VIII. Épilogue. Lent - Plus lent - Un peu plus lent - Encore plus lent - Au Mouvement (Plus lent) - Même mouvement un peu las - Plus lent et en retenant jusqu'á la fin Maurice Ravel Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (4:01)

19 . Boléro, M 81 . Maurice Ravel Sinfonia of London / John Wilson 1(4:42)

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