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There are three good reasons to hear this Ravel disc. The first is Percy Grainger's ingenuous arrangement of La vallée des cloches (Valley of the Bells) from the five-movement piano suite Miroirs scored here for large orchestra plus enormously expanded percussion section simulating the tintinnabulations of the title. The second is the otherwise unidentified C. Viacava's impressionistic arrangement of Jeux d'eau (Play of Water), the composer's first big piano work, scored here for lush and voluptuous orchestra simulating the bubbling and burbling of the title. The third is Eugene Goossens' enormously evocative arrangement of Le gibet (The Gallows), the central movement of his Gaspard de la nuit piano suite, scored here for weird and melancholy orchestra to simulate the swaying and swinging of the title.
However, in these three arrangements and in the four originals, Geoffrey Simon and the Philharmonia Orchestra sound utterly unlike Ravel. In the Rapsodie espagnole, the orchestra is heavy and phlegmatic while Simon is pedantic. In the five-movement suite from the Mother Goose ballet, the orchestra is dull and plodding while Simon is dry and dusty. Gwendolyn Mok is an adept if uninspired soloist in the Piano Concerto and Sally Burgess is a capable if unlovely mezzo-soprano in the Five Popular Greek Melodies while Simon and the Philharmonia are polite but uncongenial accompanists. Recorded in 1991, this super audio compact disc sounds less like a true surround sound and more like reverb had been added to the rear channels in the remastering.
© TiVo
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Valley of the Bells (Maurice Ravel)
Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sally Burgess, MainArtist - Geoffrey Simon, Conductor - Gwendolyn Mok, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
Jeux d'eau (Maurice Ravel)
Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sally Burgess, MainArtist - Geoffrey Simon, Conductor - Gwendolyn Mok, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
Rapsodie espagnole (Maurice Ravel)
Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sally Burgess, MainArtist - Geoffrey Simon, Conductor - Gwendolyn Mok, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sally Burgess, MainArtist - Geoffrey Simon, Conductor - Gwendolyn Mok, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sally Burgess, MainArtist - Geoffrey Simon, Conductor - Gwendolyn Mok, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sally Burgess, MainArtist - Geoffrey Simon, Conductor - Gwendolyn Mok, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
Le gibet (Maurice Ravel)
Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sally Burgess, MainArtist - Geoffrey Simon, Conductor - Gwendolyn Mok, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
Piano Concerto in G (Maurice Ravel)
Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sally Burgess, MainArtist - Geoffrey Simon, Conductor - Gwendolyn Mok, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sally Burgess, MainArtist - Geoffrey Simon, Conductor - Gwendolyn Mok, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sally Burgess, MainArtist - Geoffrey Simon, Conductor - Gwendolyn Mok, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
Five Popular Greek Melodies (Maurice Ravel)
Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sally Burgess, MainArtist - Geoffrey Simon, Conductor - Gwendolyn Mok, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sally Burgess, MainArtist - Geoffrey Simon, Conductor - Gwendolyn Mok, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sally Burgess, MainArtist - Geoffrey Simon, Conductor - Gwendolyn Mok, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sally Burgess, MainArtist - Geoffrey Simon, Conductor - Gwendolyn Mok, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sally Burgess, MainArtist - Geoffrey Simon, Conductor - Gwendolyn Mok, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
Mother Goose (Maurice Ravel)
Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sally Burgess, MainArtist - Geoffrey Simon, Conductor - Gwendolyn Mok, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sally Burgess, MainArtist - Geoffrey Simon, Conductor - Gwendolyn Mok, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sally Burgess, MainArtist - Geoffrey Simon, Conductor - Gwendolyn Mok, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sally Burgess, MainArtist - Geoffrey Simon, Conductor - Gwendolyn Mok, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Sally Burgess, MainArtist - Geoffrey Simon, Conductor - Gwendolyn Mok, MainArtist
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
Album review
There are three good reasons to hear this Ravel disc. The first is Percy Grainger's ingenuous arrangement of La vallée des cloches (Valley of the Bells) from the five-movement piano suite Miroirs scored here for large orchestra plus enormously expanded percussion section simulating the tintinnabulations of the title. The second is the otherwise unidentified C. Viacava's impressionistic arrangement of Jeux d'eau (Play of Water), the composer's first big piano work, scored here for lush and voluptuous orchestra simulating the bubbling and burbling of the title. The third is Eugene Goossens' enormously evocative arrangement of Le gibet (The Gallows), the central movement of his Gaspard de la nuit piano suite, scored here for weird and melancholy orchestra to simulate the swaying and swinging of the title.
However, in these three arrangements and in the four originals, Geoffrey Simon and the Philharmonia Orchestra sound utterly unlike Ravel. In the Rapsodie espagnole, the orchestra is heavy and phlegmatic while Simon is pedantic. In the five-movement suite from the Mother Goose ballet, the orchestra is dull and plodding while Simon is dry and dusty. Gwendolyn Mok is an adept if uninspired soloist in the Piano Concerto and Sally Burgess is a capable if unlovely mezzo-soprano in the Five Popular Greek Melodies while Simon and the Philharmonia are polite but uncongenial accompanists. Recorded in 1991, this super audio compact disc sounds less like a true surround sound and more like reverb had been added to the rear channels in the remastering.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:27
- Main artists: Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra Gwendolyn Mok Sally Burgess
- Composer: Maurice Ravel
- Label: Cala Records
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2009 Cala Records (P) 2009 Cala Records
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