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Following their second BBC Music Magazine Award (for Respighi's "Roman Trilogy") and universal praise for their first concert (at the BBC Proms in 2021), Sinfonia of London and John Wilson turn to the orchestral works of Ravel for this their sixth studio album. Not only one of France's greatest composers, Maurice Ravel is acclaimed as one of the greatest orchestrators of all . His unique ability to conjure the widest possible range of colours and textures from the orchestral palette is amply demonstrated on this album.
The programme opens with La Valse, conceived as a snapshot of 1850s Vienna. The continuous sequence of waltzes becomes increasingly insistent until the sound is almost utterly overwhelming. Other ballets also feature – Ma Mère l'Oye and the notorious Boléro, both recorded here for the first in their complete original versions. Ravel's orchestrations of his own piano works complete the programme: Valses nobles et senntales, Pavane pour une infante défunte, and Alborada del gracioso, which demonstrates both Ravel's fascination with Spanish sounds and culture and the sheer virtuosity of orchestral playing of Sinfonia of London.
Tracklist
1. La Valse, M. 72 (11:41)
2. Ma Mère l'Oye, M. 62: I. Prelude (3:07)
3. Ma Mère l'Oye, M. 62: II. Prr Tableau (3:26)
4. Ma Mère l'Oye, M. 62: III. Deuxième Tableau (3:29)
5. Ma Mère l'Oye, M. 62: IV. Troisième Tableau (4:41)
6. Ma Mère l'Oye, M. 62: V. Quatrième Tableau (4:47)
7. Ma Mère l'Oye, M. 62: VI. Cinquième Tableau (4:44)
8. Ma Mère l'Oye, M. 62: VII. Apothéose (3:51)
9. Alborada del gracioso, M. 43c (7:09)
10. Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19a (6:16)
11. Vales nobles et senntales, M. 61a: I. Modéré (1:19)
12. Vales nobles et senntales, M. 61a: II. Assez lent (2:39)
13. Vales nobles et senntales, M. 61a: III. Modéré (1:56)
14. Vales nobles et senntales, M. 61a: IV. Assez animé (1:02)
15. Vales nobles et senntales, M. 61a: V. Presque lent (1:19)
16. Vales nobles et senntales, M. 61a: VI. Assez vif (0:48)
17. Vales nobles et senntales, M. 61a: VII. Moins vif - Un peu retenu (2:45)
18. Vales nobles et senntales, M. 61a: VIII. Épilogue (4:01)
19. Boléro, M. 81 (14:43)



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