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 Ravel - Orchestral Music / Mata, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Release Date: 10/23/2001 
Label:  Rca 24/96 Sound Dimension Catalog #: 68015   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Maurice Ravel
Conductor:  Eduardo Mata
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 7 Mins. 

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Notes & Reviews   Works on This Recording  
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Eduardo Mata's RCA disc distinguishes itself even among the many fine Ravel recordings currently available. A natural Ravelian, Mata conducts these marvelous scores with affecting passion and unerring stylistic fidelity. What's more, he gets the Dallas Symphony to play with a special sensitivity to the music's peculiarly French nuance, in this case slightly accented by an American brashness that you can hear most prominently in La Valse's shimmering delirium, or in the punchy brass declamations at the conclusion of Boléro. Mata is particularly attuned to the subtly complex rhythms and pointed accents of Alborada del gracioso and Rapsodie espagnole, but he's no less at home in Ravel's non-"Spanish" music, skillfully balancing the delicate timbres of Le Tombeau de Couperin.


RCA's early 1980s digital recordings sound vibrant in these 24-bit/96k remasterings (though there's still a trace of high frequency brittleness in the tuttis), but they still cannot match the analog warmth and fullness of Ozawa's marvelous Boston performances on DG Eloquence. Nonetheless, for sheer musical enjoyment, this Ravel collection can go toe-to-toe with much of the competition, especially at mid-price.

--Victor Carr Jr., ClassicsToday.com
 Works on This Recording Back to Top 
1.  Boléro by Maurice Ravel
Conductor:  Eduardo Mata
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1928; France 
2.  La valse by Maurice Ravel
Conductor:  Eduardo Mata
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1920; France 
3.  Rapsodie espagnole by Maurice Ravel
Conductor:  Eduardo Mata
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1907-1908; France 
4.  Le tombeau de Couperin by Maurice Ravel
Conductor:  Eduardo Mata
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1914-1917; France 
Notes: Orchestrated: Ravel (1919) 
5.  Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso by Maurice Ravel
Conductor:  Eduardo Mata
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1904-1905; France 
Notes: Orchestrated: Ravel 
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