Bolero Archive
Jascha Spivakovsky: Bach to Bloch, Vol. IV = Works for Solo Piano by BACH; BEETHOVEN; CHOPIN; SCHUMANN – Jascha Spivakovsky, piano – Pristine Audio
The fourth installment of the Spivakovky Edition revels in the Romantic ethos of composer and performer. Jascha Spivakovsky: Bach to Bloch, Vol. IV = BACH: Fantasia in c minor, BWV 906; BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110; CHOPIN: Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat Major, Op. 29; Etude in c minor, Op. […]
RAVEL by Cluytens = Orchestral Retrospective – Samson Francois, piano/ Paris Conservatory Orch./ Andre Cluytens – Urania Arts
RAVEL by Cluytens = Bolero; La Valse; Rapsodie espagnole; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Menuet antique; Pavane pour une Infante defunte; Le tombeau de Couperin; Ma mere l’oye – Suite; Alborada del gracioso; Une barque sur l’ocean; Piano Concerto for the Left Hand – Samson Francois, piano/ Paris Conservatory Orchestra/ Andre Cluytens – Urania Arts Stereo […]
RAVEL: La Valse; Ma mere l’Oye; Tzigane; Bolero; Pavane pour une infante defunte – Gordan Nikolic, violin/ Netherlands Phil. Orch. Amsterdam/ Carlo Rizzi – Tacet audio-only Blu-ray
Outstanding hi-res readings that hold up well under scrutiny.
Accidental Stereo: Reconstructed Recordings, 1929-1933 – most of the classical recordings where the original 78 matches up with a standby recording made at the same time from another mic – Pristine Audio
A “happy accident,” indeed, as we hear stereo effects from golden age readings of significant repertory, brilliantly restored.
DEBUSSY: La Mer; RAVEL: Lever du Jour; Valses Nobles et Sentimentales Nos. 2 & 3; La Valse; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Boléro – Gunnar Idenstam, arr. & performer on organ of Eglise St.-Martin de Dudelange, Luxembourg – BIS
First-time pipe organ transcriptions of these Debussy & Ravel works.
RAVEL: Bolero; Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2; Pavane our une infante défunte – London Sym. Orch./ André Previn – Parlophone/ Warner Classics/ Resonance Recordings/ Hi-Q xrcd24
Fantastic sonics of a great recording, playable on any CD player without special decoding.
RAVEL: La Valse; Boléro; Ma mere l’Oye; Tzigane; Pavane – Netherlands Philharmonic Orch./ Carlo Rizzi -Tacet
The SACD version of the inside-out vinyl release, plus three other Ravel works.
“Traveling Sonata” = Works of FAURE, RAVEL, BORNE, SATIE, DYENS Etc. – Viviana Guzmán, flute/ Jérémy Jouve, guitar – Reference Recordings
Some recycled classics plus several new-minted works with fresh new sounds make for an appealingly varied program.
“oreloB” = RAVEL: Bolero; La Valse – Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra/ Carlo Rizzi – Tacet 180-gr. audiophile vinyl (recorded inside out!) – Tacet
Audiophiles will have a lot of fun with this one, although those not into the hobby might not quite understand.
RAVEL: Orchestral Works Vol. 1 = Alborada del gracioso; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Rapsodie espagnole; Piéce en forme de habanera; Shéhérazade; Menuel antique; Boléro – Orch. Nat. de Lyon/ Leonard Slatkin – Naxos (audio-only Blu-ray)
Gorgeous three-channel fidelity in these Ravel orchestral works.
Rudolf Kempe conducts works of RAVEL, MOZART & PROKOFIEV – Archipel
An absolutely riveting document that offers some of the best Mozart playing you are likely to experience this year, along with outstanding renditions of Ravel and Prokofiev.
Music of RAVEL = Piano Concerto in G; Ma Mere l’Oye; Bolero – Julius Katchen/London Sym./ Istvan Kertesz/Orch. de la Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet (Ma Mere) /Stanley Black (Bolero) – HDTT
Sumptuous Ravel remasterings of London ¼-track originals that will happily grace an audiophile’s record library.
FRANZ SCHMIDT: Concertante Variations on a Theme of Beethoven for Piano, Left Hand and Orchestra; Piano Concerto in E-flat Major for Piano, Left Hand and Orchestra – Markus Becker, piano/ NDR Radiophilharmonie/ Eiji Oue – CPO
Pianist, cellist, composer, and pedagogue, Franz Schmidt studied with Anton Bruckner and Theodor Leschetizky, and worked with Gustav Mahler.
RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet); Boléro; Pavane – London Symphony Chorus & Symphony Orchestra/Valery Gergiev – LSO Live
Gergiev’s fantastic conducting job here brings out the color and dynamics while highlighting every small detail.
Stereotypes Audio
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Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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