Ravel: Bolero / Ma Mere L'Oye / Rapsodie Espagnole

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BOULEZ PIERRE / BERLIN P. O.

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Ravel in Berlin? Actually the combination works a treat when the music-making is as refined yet focussed as here. Boulez has long been a Ravel conductor of distinction, not afraid to indulge the music when it borders on the naive or child-like. The Mother Goose ballet, heard complete, exemplifies his approach: you'd expect the music to sound this good, but its tenderness and imagination banish any thought of Boulez as a cold-blooded technician. Rhapsodie Espagnole too finds a perfect balance between atmosphere and virtuosity; the opening heavy with anticipation, the closing "Féria" giving mere conducting technocrats a lesson in control. Of the two orchestrations from the piano cycle Miroirs, Alborada del Grazioso is well known and great fun; Un barque sur l'ocean is still little heard, but a gem of impressionist colour and dark undercurrents, which Boulez has long championed. Boléro is all you would expect--formidably contained, keeping the lid on the excitement until the closing bars go AWOL. A fitting climax to one of the best Ravel discs in the catalogue. --Richard Whitehouse

Number of Discs: 1

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