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Ravel Complete Orchestral Works

Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: April 15, 2016

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1 Ravel: Sheherazade: Overture  
2 Ravel: Tzigane, rapsodie de concert  
3 Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin - Prelude  
4 Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin - Forlane  
5 Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin - Menuet  
6 Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin - Rigaudon  
7 Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin - Bolero  
8 Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Maj., M. 83 - Allegramente  
9 Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Maj., M. 83 - Adagio assai  
10 Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Maj., M. 83 - Presto  
11 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 - Modere - tres franc  
12 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 - Assez lent  
13 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 - Modere  
14 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 - Assez anime  
15 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 - Presque lent  
16 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 - Assez vif  
17 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 - Moins vif  
18 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 - Epilogue  
19 Ravel: Ma mere l'oye, ballet, M. 62 - Prelude  
20 Ravel: Ma mere l'oye, ballet, M. 62 - Tableau I  
21 Ravel: Ma mere l'oye, ballet, M. 62 - Tableau II  
22 Ravel: Ma mere l'oye, ballet, M. 62 - Tableau III  
23 Ravel: Ma mere l'oye, ballet, M. 62 - Tableau IV  
24 Ravel: Ma mere l'oye, ballet, M. 62 - Tableau V  
25 Ravel: Ma mere l'oye, ballet, M. 62 - Apotheose  
26 Ravel: Fanfare From "L'eventail de Jeanne", M. 80  
27 Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte, M.19  
28 Ravel: Menuet antique, M. 7  
29 Ravel: Miroirs, M.43: Une barque sur l'ocean  
30 Ravel: Piano Concerto For The Left Hand In D, M. 82 - Lento  
31 Ravel: Ravel: Piano Concerto For The Left Hand In D, M. 82 - Allegro  
32 Ravel: Ravel: Piano Concerto For The Left Hand In D, M. 82 - Tempo I  
33 Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54 - Prelude a la nuit  
34 Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54 - Malaguena  
35 Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54 - Habanera  
36 Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54 - Feria  
37 Ravel: Miroirs, M.43 - Alborada del gracioso  
38 Ravel: Miroirs, M.43 - La Valse, M. 72  
39 Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Tableau I - Introduction et danse religieuse  
40 Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Tableau I - Danse generale  
41 Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Tableau I - Danse grotesque  
42 Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Tableau I - Danse legere et  
43 Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Tableau I - Danse de Lyceion  
44 Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Tableau I - Nocturne  
45 Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Tableau II - Introduction  
46 Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Tableau II - Danse guerriere  
47 Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Tableau II - Danse suppliante  
48 Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Tableau III - Lever du jour  
49 Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Tableau III - Pantomime  
50 Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Tableau III - Danse generale  
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On April 15, Deutsche Grammophon releases a four album set of Ravel's complete orchestral works and solo concertos, performed by the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich under the baton of Lionel Bringuier in their first collaboration on record. The new set represents something of a rarity in its completeness and in having largely been recorded live. The soloists are pianist Yuja Wang and violinist Ray Chen. The choice of composer was a carefully-considered artistic decision, according to the conductor: "For my first recordings with the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich I've opted for Ravel. We all know his Daphnis et Chloé, Boléro and La Valse. A complete cycle allows us to get to know some lesser-known works as well." This is Deutsche Grammophon's first collaboration with the renowned Zurich ensemble.

"I love Ravel's music." Lionel Bringuier has good reason to say this. After all, it was with Ravel's La Valse that he won the 2005 Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors and also carried off the audience prize. He had barely turned nineteen at the time. An international career beckoned. Since the start of the 2014/15 season he has been principal conductor and Music Director of the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich. "I grew up with Ravel. He is also closely associated with several decisive stages in my career: I was fifteen years old when I first conducted Boléro with the Orchestre Régional de Cannes, and at the Besançon Competition it was La Valse that was on the program. I chose Daphnis et Chloé for my farewell concert after six years as resident conductor with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The first time I heard the ‘Lever du jour' in Daphnis," he recalls, "it was a moment of absolute bliss for me. I had goosebumps – it was a feeling of ecstasy like nothing I'd ever known before." Bringuier has now chosen Ravel's orchestral works as a statement of intent for his first season with the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich. "It was fascinating to hear the sensitivity that this orchestra brings to Ravel. Among the qualities on which it can draw is great flexibility, which is why I was attracted to the idea of exploring the immensely rich palette of Ravel's music with its players."

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