Maurice Ravel: The Orchestral Works (4xVinyl Box Set)

Celebrating Maurice Ravel on his 150th anniversary, this 4-LP box set presents the composer's orchestral works in glorious sound. During the 1970s the Boston Symphony Orchestra was an ensemble of significant refinement, having enjoyed a reputation as America's primary 'French' orchestra since the days of Serge Koussevitzky and Charles Munch. Seiji Ozawa served as the BSO's music director from 1973 until 2002, and these Ravel recordings, taped at the very beginning of the maestro's tenure in Boston, count among the very finest achievements of their collaboration. The audiophile vinyl series The Original Source presents outstanding recordings from the 1970s in a whole new sound quality. For this, the renowned Emil Berliner Studios have remastered and edited the original four- and eight-track tapes in 100% analog quality (AAA) using technologies developed specifically to produce the series. The sonic differences to the original releases are considerable: greater clarity, more subtleties and improvements in frequency response, while at the same time less background noise, distortion and compression allow for an audiophile listening experience like never before. On 180g vinyl records and in a deluxe gatefold edition with original covers and lyrics, the copies of this series are released limited and numbered, accompanied by additional photos and facsimiles of the recording logs and band boxes.

Vinyl 1

1. Boléro, M81
2. Prélude À La Nuit
3. Malagueña
4. Habanera
5. Feria
6. La Valse, M72

Vinyl 2

1. Prélude
2. Danse Du Rouet Et Scène - Interlude
3. Pavane De La Belle Au Bois Dormant
4. Les Entretiens De La Belle Et De La Bête
5. Petit Poucet
6. Laideronnette, Impératrice Des Pagodes
7. Apothéose: Le Jardin Féerique
8. Menuet Antique, M7
9. Prélude
10. Forlane
11. Menuet
12. Rigaudon

Vinyl 3

1. Introduction - Lent - Très Modéré
2. Danse Religieuse - Modéré
3. Un Peu Plus Lent
4. Les Jeunes Filles Dansent - Vif, Part I
5. Les Jeunes Filles Dansent - Vif, Part II
6. Danse Générale
7. Vif - Plus Modéré - Très Modéré - Pesant
8. Danse Légère Et Gracieuse De Daphnis - Assez Lent - Animé - Vif
9. Lent - Moins Lent - Très Libre
10. Danse De Lyceion
11. Modérément Animé - Très Animé - Lent - Très Agité
12. Modéré - Plus Lent
13. Danse Lente Et Mystérieuse
14. Même Mouvement
15. Danse Guerrière
16. Un Peu Moins Animé
17. Danse Suppliante De Chloé
18. Assez Animé
19. Lent - Plus Animé
20. Lever Du Jour - Scène
21. Daphnis Et Chloé Miment L'aventure De Pan Et Syrinx
22. Très Lent
23. Lent - Animé - Lent - Animé
24. Danse Générale

Vinyl 4

1. I. Modéré - Très Franc
2. II. Assez Lent - Avec Une Expression Intense
3. III. Modéré
4. IV. Assez Animé
5. V. Presque Lent - Dans Un Sentiment Intime
6. VI. Assez Vif
7. VII. Moins Vif
8. VIII. Epilogue (Lent)
9. Une Barque Sur L'océan
10. Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte, M19
11. Alborada Del Gracioso, M43