Ravel: Bolero / La Valse / Rapsodie Espagnole ~ Munch

Ravel: Bolero / La Valse / Rapsodie Espagnole ~ Munch

Ravel: Bolero / La Valse / Rapsodie Espagnole ~ Munch
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Composer: Claude Debussy
Composer: Maurice Ravel
Conductor: Charles Münch
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD
CD Release Date: 2005-01-25
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
  1. Bolero
  2. La Valse
  3. Prelude A La Nuit
  4. Malaguena
  5. Habanera
  6. Feria
  7. Gigues
  8. Par Les Rues Et Par Les Chemins
  9. Les Parfums De La Nuit
  10. Le Matin D'un Jour De Fete
  11. Rondes De Printemps

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Free Music Review: Outstanding Performances
Hit: 5 Stars

Munch and the Boston Symphony combine the ultimate in orchestra playing with a power and muscularity sometimes missing in these works. This RCA issue is also one of the best transfers of LP to CD, with solid bass and even some bloom from the horn player's instruments.
It's amazing to realize one would have had to spend more for this recorded music when it first came out than we pay today.
The strongest part of this collection is not the Bolero, hopelessly over-hyped on the back cover as the greatest recoding of the music ever made, for indeed the performance fails to follow Ravel's careful markings of both time and accent, and comes off as drum noise with added instruments - completely lacking in any imagination. Rather instead turn to the La Valse, which catches some of the legendary hysteria Munch found in this music - the whole piece is conceived on an enormous scale - more something one might expect from the Stokowski of the early days back with Philadelphia. The playing throughout crackles with lightning strikes of energy - my favorite version!
The Rapsodie Espagnole is the third of three magnificent recordings given this music by RCA - the other two are with Reiner and Martinon leading Chicago. The Boston soloists simply stun - not only do they execute as well as better than their modern peers, but they bring to the music an extra degree of style and individual tone. Much leads the music nearly as well as Reiner, and that's the highest praise.
What most amazes - the extremely well rehearsed Debussy Images - this is some of the best leadership I can remember hearing from Munch. Few conductors, including Boulez, can keep up with this level of detailed intensity - you hold your breath in wonder in the opening selection, Gigues. Condcuting of a very high order!
We usually associate Munch with excitement and verve and certainly this music has that in bunches - but here we can hear a true superior conductor at work - Munch often does not receive full credit for his skills. Here they're on full display!
If you enjoy this issue the entire series of reissues of orchestra music by RCA is very good. Especially not to be missed is Reiner's performances of Bartok.
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