Track Listings (10) - Disc #1| All Artists: Maurice Ravel, Leonard Bernstein Title: Ravel: Boléro; Alborada del Gacioso; La Valse; Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 1 Label: Sony Release Date: 7/14/1998 Genre: Classical Styles: Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 074646056523 |
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What a potent combo: Maurice Ravel and Leonard Bernstein. Boléro slowly comes to a steady boil without any ingredients overflowing. By contrast, in Alborada del Gracioso and La Valse, Bernstein thoroughly revels in hi... more »     |
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Amazon.com What a potent combo: Maurice Ravel and Leonard Bernstein. Boléro slowly comes to a steady boil without any ingredients overflowing. By contrast, in Alborada del Gracioso and La Valse, Bernstein thoroughly revels in his French orchestra's watery brass and silvery string tuttis. Back in Manhattan, the Daphnis and Chloé suite and Rapsodie Espagnol are lusty without ever sounding vulgar. Some might find the miking a hair spotlit for their tastes, but Ravel's breathtaking orchestration can withstand such scrutiny. So can Bernstein and company. An ingratiating release. --Jed Distler Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsNot for easy listening. dickisg | Bowling Green, KY United States | 12/12/2002 (1 out of 5 stars) "If you don't have any interest in this recording academically, don't buy it. The resolution is very thin, and at times becomes over-saturated. At times in Dafnis, I have to strain my ear to hear what I'm KNOW is suppose to be there. This ablum, like many in this series (save Mahler 4, 7), is very disappointing, and I would have returned this album if I wasn't interested in Berstein's muscial approach.I will keep this cd in my library, but will definitely find another Ravel recording for easy listening." It's Not Nearly So Bad Michael B. Richman | Portland, Maine USA | 02/03/2003 (5 out of 5 stars) "This Bernstein Century CD of Ravel's most famous works for orchestra is really not as bad as the previous reviwer indicated in his two reviews. When it comes to Ravel, I would select Munch, Paray or Cluytens before Bernstein, but with that being said this is an excellent disc. I find Bernstein's accounts better than many of his then contemporaries, and that includes readily available performances by Reiner, Szell and Ormandy. The sound, like all of Bernstein's vintage stereo recordings with the New York Philharmonic for CBS/Columbia/Sony, is full and rich. Fans looking for the complete Daphnis Et Chloe will want to pass on this (get the Munch on RCA Living Stereo), but otherwise you should have no reservations in purchasing this title." Good stuff, except for Bolero. Peter Hilliard | Roslyn, PA United States | 10/21/2008 (3 out of 5 stars) "This is very good playing, except for the Bolero, which is sub-standard. There are places in Bolero where the ensemble is out of sync, and where the woodwinds are woefully out-of-tune. You'd think it'd be better, wouldn't you? It seems under-rehearsed and poorly recorded. So don't buy this disk for that. On the other hand, La Valse is as frightening as it should be, Daphnis et Chloe is thrilling, and Alboradora is workmanlike."
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