Ravel: Orchestral Works Vol. 2 - Valses Nobles et Sentimentales [Blu-ray]

Maurice Ravel's Valses nobles et sentimentales present a vivid mixture of atmospheric impressionism, intense expression and modernist wit, his fascination with the waltz further explored in La valse, a mysterious evocation of a vanished imperial epoch. Heard here in an orchestration by Marius Constant, Gaspard de la nuitis Ravel's response to the other-worldly poems of Aloysius Bertrand, and the dance suite Le tombeau de Couperinis a tribute to friends who fell in the war of 1914-18 as well as a great 18th century musical forbear. 'It is a delightful and assorted collection... presented in splendid performances by the Orchestre National de Lyon led by their music director, the venerable American conductor Leonard Slatkin'

Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit orchestrated by Marius Constant is rarely recorded, and despite their deserved popularity both the Valses nobles et sentimentales and Le tombeau de Couperin are far more widespread in their solo piano versions.

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Valses nobles et sentimentales (version for orchestra)
1. I. Modere 00:01:18
2. II. Assez lent 00:02:17
3. III. Modere 00:01:24
4. IV. Assez anime 00:01:19
5. V. Presque lent 00:01:07
6. VI. Assez vif 00:00:53
7. VII. Moins vif 00:03:00
8. Epilogue 00:04:08
Gaspard de la nuit (arr. M. Constant for orchestra)
9. I. Ondine 00:06:19
10. II. Le gibet 00:04:54
11. III. Scarbo 00:11:00
Le tombeau de Couperin (version for orchestra)
12. No. 1. Prelude 00:03:10
13. No. 2. Forlane 00:05:23
14. No. 3. Menuet 00:04:25
15. No. 4. Rigaudon 00:03:13
La valse (version for orchestra)
16. La valse (version for orchestra) 00:12:43