The Best of Ravel
There are few Ravel orchestral compilations - at any price - that could hold a candle to this one. And most of the Mehta material appears on CD for the first time. A wilder 'La Valse', a more erotic 'Daphnis et Chloe with its orgiastic finale you'd be hard-pressed to find! And what a magical finale there is to 'Ma mere l'Oye'. Monteux, legendary for his French music, conducts a gleaming 'Rapsodie Espagnole'.
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TRACK LISTING / ARTISTS
MAURICE RAVEL
Boléro
Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2
Ma mère l’Oye: Suite
La Valse
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Roger Wagner, director
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta
Boléro
Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2
Ma mère l’Oye: Suite
La Valse
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Roger Wagner, director
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta
Rapsodie Espagnole
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux