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Komponist: RAVEL, Maurice ((1875-1937)) |
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(Anonymous contribution.)
French, of paternal Swiss and maternal Basque descent, Ravel combined skill in orchestration with meticulous technical command of harmonic resources, writing in an attractive musical idiom that was entirely his own, in spite of contemporary comparisons with Debussy, a composer his senior by some twenty years.
Ravel wrote two operas, the first, described as a comédie-musicale, L'heure espagnole (The Spanish Clock) and the second, with a libretto by Colette, the imaginative L'enfant et les sortilèges (The Child and the Enchantments), in which the naughty child is punished when furniture and animals assume personalities of their own.
Ravel wrote his ballet Daphnis et Chloé in response to a commission from the Russian impresario Dyagilev. The work, described as a symphonie choréographique is based on the Hellenistic pastoral novel of Longus. Ma mère l'oye (Mother Goose), originally for piano duet, was orchestrated and used for a ballet, as were the Valses nobles et sentimentales and the choreographic poem La valse. Ravel's last ballet score was the famous Boléro, a work he himself described as an orchestrated crescendo.
Songs by Ravel include the remarkable Shéhérazade, settings of a text by Tristan Klingsor for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, and the Don Quichotte à Dulcinée (Don Quixote to Dulcinea) songs, originally written for a film of Don Quixote in which the famous Russian bass Chaliapin was to star. Songs with piano include settings of the Jules Renard Histoires naturelles, with its instinctive sympathy with the birds and the cricket portrayed.
Ravel's chamber music includes the evocative nostalgia of the Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet, a violin sonata with a jazz-style blues movement, a piano trio and a string quartet. Tzigane, written for the Hungarian violinist Jelly d'Arányi, is a remarkable excursion into extravagant gypsy style.
Ravel was himself a good pianist. His music for the piano includes compositions in his own nostalgic archaic style, such as the Pavane and the Menuet antique, as well as the more complex textures of pieces such as Jeux d'eau (Fountains), Miroirs and Gaspard de la nuit, with its sinister connotations. The Sonatina is in Ravel's neo-classical style and Le tombeau de Couperin is in the form of a Baroque dance suite.
[in Dutch] Maurice Ravel studeerde compositie in Parijs o.a. bij G. Fauré, nam vijf keer deel aan de competitie voor Prix de Rome (1900-1905), zonder deze één keer te winnen, zelfs toen hij al bekend componist was. Ravel ontwikkelde zich als een classicistisch componist, die de traditionele vormen met souverein meesterschap wist te hanteren als kader voor zijn vernieuwingen. Hij had een grote aandacht voor het detail, ging uitermate minutieus te werk; hij onderzocht aan de piano iedere samenklank op zijn kwaliteiten. Kenmerkend zijn zijn vastomlijnde melodiepatronen en zijn voorliefde voor archa?he modaliteiten. Opmerkelijk is ook het veelvuldig voorkomen van dansvormen in zijn werk. Zoals in de Boléro toont Ravel zijn muzikale passie voor Spanje in de liederen voor een Don Quijote film. Uiteindelijk werden voor het filmproject de Don Quichotte-liederen van Jacques Ibert genomen. (conntribution by Robbert Muuse <robbertmuuse
hotmail.com>)
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ID: ACDBN093-2
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Type: CD
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Kolektion: InstrumentalSubkolektion: Piano
In Greek, the word signifies the reshaping (ana) of a form or image (Morfe). Since the Renaissance, artists have reshaped and experimented with perspectives on images. However, such reshaping can also occur in music, and this idea constitutes the concept of this album. The starting point of this album are compositions by Chopin (I) and Ravel (II), which are subsequently transformed into contemporary idiom and “perspective”, in the Chopiniata by Clément Doucet (I/1) or Anamorfosi by Salvatore Sciarrino (II/1). |
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ID: AQVR259-2
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Kolektion: Songs and RomancesSubkolektion: Voice, Piano and Orchestra
The Russian folk instruments orchestra, conductor - Victor Smirnov (1)
Bolshoi theatre orchestra. Conductors: Kirill Kondrashin (21), Vassily Nebolsin (22, 23)
Piano: Abram Makarov (2, 4, 7, 11, 13-17), Naum Walter (3, 5, 6, 12, 19, 20),Sergei Stuchevsky (8-10), Vera Vladimirova (18).
Flute: Alexander Korneev (13, 14)
Recorded in: 1946 (22, 23), 1947 (8-10), 1948 (21), 1949 (7, 13-15, 18), 1952 (4),
1953 (1, 2, 5, 6, 11, 12, 16, 17, 19, 20), 1954 (3) |
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ID: AQVR269-2
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Kolektion: Opera CollectionSubkolektion: Voice, Piano and Orchestra
Opera in 5 acts. Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
Roméo, son of Montaigu (tenor).................................Sergei Lemeshev
Juliette (soprano)........................................................Irina Maslennikova
Count Capulet (bass)..................................................Ivan Petrov
Pater Laurent (bass)...................................................Maxim Mikhailov
Escalus, The Duke (бас).............................................Ivan Skobtsov
Mercutio, Romeo's friend (baritone)............................Ivan Burlak
Stéphano, Romeo's page (soprano).............................Natalia Sokolova
Pâris, a young count (tenor)........................................ Ivan Nazarenko
Gertrude, Juliet's nurse (mezzo-soprano)......................Nina Ostroumova
Tybalt, Lady Capulet's nephew (tenor).........................Tikhon Tchernyakov
Benvolio, Montague's nephew, Romeo’s friend (tenor)..Fyodor Godovkin
Grégorio, Capulet's servant (baritone)............................Ivan Sipayev
Choir and orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Conducted by Vassily Nebolsin
Recorded in 1948
Extra tracks: Performs IRINA MASLENNIKOVA, soprano
16 - Alexey Zybtsev - piano, recorded in March 25, 1956
17 - Abram Makarov - piano, recorded in April 13, 1952 |
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ID: AQVR302-9
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Type: DVD
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Kolektion: Vocal and Opera CollectionSubkolektion: Voices and Orchestra
Super Jewel Box, PAL System
Composers: I.Brahms, G.Verdi, C.Gounod, S.Rachmaninoff, N.Rimsky-Korsakoff, N.Rubinstein, P.Tchaikovsky.
A unique pioneer video collection of the television recordings of P.Lisitsian. This collection can be considered a video-illustration to the audio-recordings collection of P.Lisitsian, which belongs to the same series (2 discs - "Romances, arias of P.Thaikovsky" and "Arias from operas, romances, songs")
1. Prologue (R.Leoncavallo «Pagliacci»)
2. Arioso of Mazeppa (P.Tchaikovsky «Mazeppa», 2nd act)
3. Cavantina of Valentine (C.Gounod «Faust», 1st act)
4. Zhermon's Aria (G.Verdi «La Traviata», 2nd act)
5. Duet of Aida and Amonasro (G.Verdi «Aida», 3d act)
6. Vindex Epithalama (A.Rubinstein «Nero», 1st act)
7. Nights of ravishment (P.Tchaikosky- A.Apukhtin)
8. Let winter have its way (P.Tchaikovsky - P.Callen (?), transl. A.Gorchakova)
9. Like over hot ashes (P.Tchaikovsky - F.Tyutchev)
10. A terrible moment (music and lyrics by P.Tchaikovsky)
11. We sat together (P.Tchaikovsky - D.Ratgauz)
12. No, only he who knew (P.Tchaikovsky- L.May (?) (from Heine))
13. Amid the dreary days (P.Tchaikovsky - D.Ratgauz)
14. In the silence of the secret night (S.Rachmaninoff - A.Fet)
15. I have visited her (S.Rachmaninoff - A.Kolcov)
16. She is as beautiful аs midday hour (S.Rachmaninoff - N.Minskiy)
17. Oh no, I beg, don’t go away! (S.Rachmaninoff - D.Merezhkovskiy)
18. A dream (S.Rachmaninoff - A.Plesheev (from Heine))
19. I’m in such a pain (S.Rachmaninoff - G.Galina)
20-35. Songs of love (J.Brahms - G.Daumer, valses for four voices and four hands in piano)
36. Drinking song (from the cycle «Three songs of Don Quixote») (M.Ravel - P.Morand)
37. I am alone again (S.Rachmaninoff - I.Bunin (from Shevchenko))
38. Here goes a three horse daring carriage (russian folk song)
39. My homeland (A.Dolukhanian - M.Lisyanskiy)
40. It is a sin to lie (B.Mayhew)
41. Not once, not twice... (polish folk song)
42. Ungrateful heart (S.Cardillo - R.Cordiferro)
43. Frantic nights (P.Tchaikovsky - A.Apukhtin)
44. Serenade of Don Juan (P.Tchaikovsky - A.Tolstoy)
45. Oh no, I beg, don't go away! (S.Rachmaninoff - D.Merezhkovskiy)
46. Arioso of Mizgir (N.Rimsky-Korsakoff «The Snow Maiden», 3rd act)
47. A swallow (armenian folk song)
48. Vindex Epithalama (A.Rubinstein «Nero», 1st act)
Recordings dating: 1952 (45-48), 1954 (43, 44), 1956 (42), 1960 (37, 40, 41), 1961 (39), 1966 (38), 1967 (36), 1974 (1-6), 1976 (7-13, 20-35), 1982 (14-19)
The sources of the materials in the Russian State Radio Fund:
1-6: «Sings Pavel Lisitsian» (film-concert, "Monitor" Television Society, 1974)
7-13: «Romances of P.Tchaikovsky. P.Lisitsian» (a concert program, Primary editorial office of musical programs, 1976)
14-19: "Romances by Rachmaninov. Lisitsian »(a concert program, Primary editorial office of musical programs, 1982)
20-35: «I.Brahms. Songs of love» (a concert program, "Monitor" Television Society, 1976)
36-48: separate concert pieces |
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ID: AQVR349-2
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Kolektion: Vocal RecitalSubkolektion: Vocal and Piano
Recorded in: 1937 (20), 1939 (14-18, 21-26), 1940 (1-6, 12, 13), 1941 (7-11), year unknown (19)
Piano: Nikolai Golovanov; cello: Leonid Fourer (1, 20); duet with Ivan Kozlovsky (19) |
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ID: ART113
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Type: CD
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Kolektion: Romantische Musik |
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ID: ATHCD17
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Kolektion: InstrumentalSubkolektion: Piano
Two major works both impressionistic and pictoral in their style, requiring a pianist with flawless technical ability and an an unerring sense of atmosphere, qualities which Andreas Boyde has demonstrated in all of his recordings. |
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