This is the single of Ravel II, the second volume of Ravel’s Complete Orchestral Recordings by OBC Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and Ludovic Morlot.

“Selten klangen Ravels hochartifizielle, „künstliche“ Paradiese so märchenhaft verzaubert und so feinstofflich orchestral aufgefächert wie hier”

RONDO MAGAZIN

“À chaque époque ses références, nul doute que celle s’inscrira dans le paysage discographique de notre temps”

CRESCENDO MAGAZINE

“Morlot lleva a la orquesta a espléndidos momentos. El primero de una serie prometedora”

REVISTA SCHERZO

“Morlot balances textures smartly throughout”

GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE

“Excepcional. Esta integral, sin duda, apunta muy alto”

REVISTA RIMTO

“Una interpretación transparente y precisa”

REVISTA MELÓMANO

Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and Ludovic Morlot, its chief conductor, continue their recording adventure exploring the entire body of Maurice Ravel’s (1875–1937) orchestral works – with some added treats and the complicity of mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron and baritone Alexandre Duhamel in the solos of three important song cycles. Scheherazade was written in the early 20th century based on poems by the poet pompously nicknamed Tristan Klingsor – pen name of the versatile Léon Leclère, and under the influence of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, especially in the syllabic treatment of the voice. It is made up of three evocative songs of sublime beauty, and endowed with a magically atmospheric, fine and richly sophisticated instrumentation. Nor could it be otherwise, knowing its composer, one of the greatest orchestrators of all time who is also well known for being an admirer of the brilliant and colourful work of Rimsky-Korsakov, composer of another famous work of the same name. The first song, the panoramic oriental fantasy “Asie”, is the longest and most contrastive of the cycle. This is followed by the enchantingly modal “La flûte enchantée”, filled with a delicate breath of melancholy, and finally “L'indifférent”, with an eminently more vertical orchestral part, with clean and regular chords, which is the piece in which Debussy’s influence is perhaps the clearest.

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