Maurice Ravel - Orchestral Works (Charles Dutoit)

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Composer: Maurice Ravel

CD1:

• (01) Boléro
• (02) Alborada del gracioso
• (03-08) Ma mère l'oye, ballet
• (09) Une barque sur l'océan
• (10) Rapsodie espagnole

CD2:

• (01) La Valse
• (02) Pavane pour une infante défunte
• (03-06) Le tombeau de Couperin
• (07-10) Valses nobles et sentimentales
• (11) Menuet antique
• (12) Fanfare from "L'Eventail de Jeanne"
• (13-15) Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Charles Dutoit, conductor

Date: 1980-1983
Label: Decca
http://www.deccaclassics.com/us/cat/4602142

More info & reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/Ravel-Bolero/dp/B00002MXMX

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Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with impressionism along with Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer. Among his works to enter the repertoire are pieces for piano, chamber music, two piano concertos, ballet music, two operas, and eight song cycles. His best known works include Boléro (1928), Gaspard de la nuit (1908), Daphnis et Chloé (1912). Ravel was also an exceptionally skilled orchestrator.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Ravel

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Charles Dutoit, (born 7 October 1936) is a Swiss conductor, particularly noted for his interpretations of French and Russian 20th-century music. From 1977 to 2002, Dutoit was the Artistic Director of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (OSM). During his tenure, the recording profile and reputation of the OSM increased as he managed to make it one of the leading orchestras in the French-speaking world. He currently serves as Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (since 2009), and music director of the Verbier Festival Orchestra in Switzerland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dutoit

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