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On sale -40%Recorded live in April 2016 at the Prinzregententheater in Munich with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, this new rendering of Ravel’s L’Heure espagnole boasts, above all, an exemplary cast with only native French-speaking singers – four Frenchmen, Gaëlle Arquez as Concepción, Julien Behr as Gonzalve, Mathias Vidal as Torquemada, Alexandre Duhamel as Ramiro – and the Belgian Lionel Lhote singing Don Iñigo Gomez. In other words, and this is not such a frequent occurrence, the happy listener will be able to hear the work sung by a marvelously youthful cast with perfect experience and a totally impeccable French pronunciation, as well as an insiders’ understanding of the libretto’s gallic essence. This is a recording that ranks very high amongst the best recordings of Ravel’s masterpiece. © SM/Qobuz
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L'heure espagnole, M. 54 (Maurice Ravel)
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Mathias Vidal, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexandre Duhamel, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Mathias Vidal, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gaëlle Arquez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexandre Duhamel, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Gaëlle Arquez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Julien Behr, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexandre Duhamel, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Gaëlle Arquez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Julien Behr, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Gaëlle Arquez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Julien Behr, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexandre Duhamel, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Gaëlle Arquez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Julien Behr, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Gaëlle Arquez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lionel Lhote, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Gaëlle Arquez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lionel Lhote, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexandre Duhamel, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Lionel Lhote, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexandre Duhamel, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Gaëlle Arquez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexandre Duhamel, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Gaëlle Arquez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lionel Lhote, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Gaëlle Arquez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lionel Lhote, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexandre Duhamel, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Gaëlle Arquez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Julien Behr, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Julien Behr, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Gaëlle Arquez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexandre Duhamel, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Gaëlle Arquez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Julien Behr, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Gaëlle Arquez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexandre Duhamel, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Julien Behr, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lionel Lhote, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Mathias Vidal, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Julien Behr, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lionel Lhote, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist - Mathias Vidal, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gaëlle Arquez, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Julien Behr, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lionel Lhote, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexandre Duhamel, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Franc-Nohain,, Lyricist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer - Asher Fisch, Conductor, MainArtist
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 (P) BR-Klassik
Album review
Recorded live in April 2016 at the Prinzregententheater in Munich with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, this new rendering of Ravel’s L’Heure espagnole boasts, above all, an exemplary cast with only native French-speaking singers – four Frenchmen, Gaëlle Arquez as Concepción, Julien Behr as Gonzalve, Mathias Vidal as Torquemada, Alexandre Duhamel as Ramiro – and the Belgian Lionel Lhote singing Don Iñigo Gomez. In other words, and this is not such a frequent occurrence, the happy listener will be able to hear the work sung by a marvelously youthful cast with perfect experience and a totally impeccable French pronunciation, as well as an insiders’ understanding of the libretto’s gallic essence. This is a recording that ranks very high amongst the best recordings of Ravel’s masterpiece. © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 23 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:59
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Julien Behr, Mathias Vidal, Alexandre Duhamel, Lionel Lhote, Asher Fisch, Gaëlle Arquez and Munich Radio Orchestra
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BR-Klassik
- Area: France
- Genre: Classical Opera
- Period: Modern Style
2017 BR-Klassik 2017 BR-Klassik
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