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| Ravel: L'heure Espagnole, Etc / Previn, London So | |||||
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Release Date: 07/20/1999 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog #: 457590 Spars Code: DDD Composer: Maurice Ravel Performer: Kurt Ollmann, Kimberly Barber, Georges Gautier, David Wilson-Johnson, John Mark Ainsley Conductor: André Previn Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
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Perhaps the most striking aspect of Maurice Ravel's first opera, 'L'heure espagnole,' is the extent to which it already bears the composers unique stamp. Enamored by the music of Claude Debussy, the young Ravel attended all 14 performances of that composers 'Pelléas et Mélisande' in its first season in 1902. While not deaf to the compositional issues raised by Debussy's masterpiece (issues that Ravel later tackles in 'L'Enfant et les Sortilèges),' Ravel's concerns in this comic tale of a Spanish clockmaker and his philandering wife seem to lie elsewhere. 'L'heure espagnole' charts a distinctive course, attempting, as Ravel put it, "to breathe new life into Italian opera buffa: following only the principle...[for] the French language, like any other, has its own accents and inflections of pitch." Completed in 1908, on the heels of 'L'heure espagnole,' 'Rapsodie espagnole' (which rounds out this disk) anticipates Ravel's duly famous hypnotic orchestral dances, 'La Valse' and 'Boléro.' André Previn has assembled a vocally nimble cast for this appealing recording of Ravel's ensemble comedy. The London Symphony Orchestra renders the nuanced score with precision and charm. Similarly, their performance of Ravels 'Rapsodie espagnole' is vigorous and clean. |
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L'heure espagnole by Maurice Ravel | ||||
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Performer:
Kurt Ollmann (Baritone),
Kimberly Barber (Soprano),
Georges Gautier (Tenor),
David Wilson-Johnson (Bass), John Mark Ainsley (Tenor) Conductor: André Previn Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1907-1909; France |
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Date of Recording: 06/1997 Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London Length: 53 Minutes 4 Secs. Language: French |
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Rapsodie espagnole by Maurice Ravel | ||||
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Conductor:
André Previn
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1907-1908; France |
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Date of Recording: 06/1997 Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London Length: 16 Minutes 37 Secs. Language: French |
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