Koussevitzky Conducts: Debussy/Ravel/Fauré

On this CD:

1. Daphnis et Chloé, suite No. 2 for orchestra Suite No 02, Lever du jour (Daybreak)
Composed by Maurice Ravel
Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra

2. Daphnis et Chloé, suite No. 2 for orchestra Suite No 02, Pantomime
Composed by Maurice Ravel
Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra

3. Daphnis et Chloé, suite No. 2 for orchestra Suite No 02, Danse générale
Composed by Maurice Ravel
Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra

4. Ma mère l'oye, ballet for orchestra Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
Composed by Maurice Ravel
Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra

5. Ma mère l'oye, ballet for orchestra Petit Poucet
Composed by Maurice Ravel
Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra

6. Ma mère l'oye, ballet for orchestra Laideronette, Impératrice des Pagodes
Composed by Maurice Ravel
Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra

7. Ma mère l'oye, ballet for orchestra Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête
Composed by Maurice Ravel
Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra

8. Ma mère l'oye, ballet for orchestra Le Jardin féerique
Composed by Maurice Ravel
Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra

9. Gymnopedie for piano No.1, for piano Gymnopédie No. 1
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Claude Debussy / Boston Symphony Orchestra

10. Tarantelle styrienne, for piano (or orchestra), L. 69 ("Danse")
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Maurice Ravel / Boston Symphony Orchestra

11. Élégie for cello & piano or orchestra in C minor, Op. 24
Composed by Gabriel Faure
Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra with Jean Bedetti

12. La Mer (3), symphonic sketches for orchestra, L. 109 De l'aube à midi sur la mer
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra

13. La Mer (3), symphonic sketches for orchestra, L. 109 Jeux des vagues
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra

14. La Mer (3), symphonic sketches for orchestra, L. 109 Dialogue du vent et de la mer
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra

Koussevitzky Conducts: Debussy/Ravel/Fauré, Music, Jean Bedetti, Claude Debussy, Gabriel Faure, Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, 20th/21st Century Orchestral Music, Classical, Classical Crossover, Concerto, Individual Dance for Keyboard, Keyboard, Keyboard Work with Descriptive or Unclassified Title, Movie Themes, Music for Four Hands at One Keyboard, Orchestral, Orchestral Pop, Suite for Orchestra
Koussevitzky Conducts: Debussy/Ravel/Fauré
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Perfect Match of Repertoire, Orch, and Conductor
  • Do you like your Ravel measured or asleep?
 Koussevitzky Conducts: Debussy/Ravel/Fauré
Boston Symphony Pops
Manufacturer: Pearl
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000WO9
Release Date: 1994-03-22

Tracks:

  1. Daphnis et Chloe - Suite No. 2: Lever Du Jour
  2. Daphnis et Chloe - Suite No. 2: Pantomime
  3. Danse generale
  4. Ma Mere L'Oye: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
  5. Ma Mere L'Oye: Petit Poucet
  6. Ma Mere L'Oye: Laideronette, Imperatrice des Pagodes
  7. Ma Mere L'Oye: Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bete
  8. Ma Mere L'Oye: Le Jardin feerique
  9. Gymnopedie No. 1
  10. Danse (Tarantelle Styrienne)
  11. Elegie
  12. La Mer: De l'aube a midi sur la mer
  13. La Mer: Jeux des vagues
  14. La Mer: Dialogue du vent et de la mer

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Perfect Match of Repertoire, Orch, and Conductor.......1999-09-15

Koussevitzky's 78 rpm recordings of Debussy and Ravel were the first choice during their era of the thirties and forties. There is more passion and intensity, and more precision of approach to dynamic contours, than under his successor Charles Munch (an interesting, energetic, and inspiring conductor nonetheless, but one who could not extract the last degree of polish from the ensemble.) Mark Obert-Thorn's transfers from the 78s are done effectively and maximize one's pleasure in listening to these classic performances.

3 out of 5 stars Do you like your Ravel measured or asleep?.......1999-04-27

Koussevitzky's interpretation of Ravel drags compared to that of Claudio Abbado. Abbado conducted a BSO performance of the same works on Deutsche Grammophon many years ago, and I wish I could find THAT on CD--after all, Daphnis et Chloe is a ballet, not a dirge.

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