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Disc 1
Ravel, Maurice
Show Details An Introduction to ... RAVEL: Boléro and Ma Mère L'oye
1. Play with flash player Bolero - Introduction; cue to unadorned Bolero rhythm, Part 1 00:02:29
2. Play with flash player Bolero rhythm, Part 2: an extended variation of Part 1 00:00:07
3. Play with flash player ' Motto ' rhythm complete 00:00:21
4. Play with flash player But here we have snare drums and plucked violas and cellos 00:00:22
5. Play with flash player Section 1: Introduction of ' the theme ' by solo flute 00:00:37
6. Play with flash player Flute continues with Part 2 of theme 00:00:48
7. Play with flash player Section 2: Complete statement of theme by clarinet as flute joins ' motto ' group 00:01:30
8. Play with flash player Introduction of ' discordant ' harp into the unfolding picture 00:00:18
9. Play with flash player Section 3: Bassoon introduces closely related variant of theme 00:00:34
10. Play with flash player ... but then veers upwards, slowing rhythm and introducing new syncopation 00:00:59
11. Play with flash player Section 4: ' Petite ' E flat clainet takes over theme, including variants 00:01:21
12. Play with flash player Section 5: Oboe d'amore takes over theme but returns to its original form 00:01:34
13. Play with flash player Section 6: Theme now shared by two instruments: uted trumpet and flute 00:01:16
14. Play with flash player Section 7: Tenor saxophone takes Theme as trumpet replaces horn in ' motto ' 00:01:39
15. Play with flash player Section 8: Theme taken by soprano saxphone, ' espressivo ' 00:01:09
16. Play with flash player Section 9: Theme: celeste, piccolos and horn; Motto: flute and French horn 00:01:24
17. Play with flash player Section 10: Theme: Oboes, horns, clarinets; Motto: plucked violas and violins 00:02:06
18. Play with flash player Section 11: Theme taken by First Trombone, complete with jazzy slides 00:01:40
19. Play with flash player Section 12: Theme: flutes, oboes, clarinets, sax; Motto: bassoons, horns, trumpets 00:01:13
20. Play with flash player Section 13: Violins at last take the main tune, joining massed winds 00:01:14
21. Play with flash player Section 14: Violins divide into four groups, each ' double - stopping ' 00:01:04
22. Play with flash player Section 15: Trumpet, trombone 2 and tuba join the foreground 00:01:18
23. Play with flash player Section 16: First trombone and soprano saxophone ' rejoin ' theme 00:00:56
24. Play with flash player Section 17: Fortissimo; all strings ' double - stopping '; trumpets added 00:01:26
25. Play with flash player Section 18: Entire orchestra now employed, ' as loudly as possible ' 00:01:18
26. Play with flash player Section 19: Sudden, amazing change of key, lurching from C to E Major 00:01:20
27. Play with flash player Section 20: Key now lurches back to C, as jazzy trombones whiningly protest 00:00:36
28. Play with flash player Cue to complete performance 00:00:20
29. Play with flash player Bolero (complete) 00:16:16
Disc 2
Ravel, Maurice
Show Details An Introduction to ... RAVEL: Boléro and Ma Mère L'oye
1. Play with flash player Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant - Opening figure on flute; rising, falling, and then reeated 00:01:04
2. Play with flash player Same again, with emphasis on delicacy of scoring 00:00:30
3. Play with flash player answering variant, accompanied by plucked double basses 00:00:19
4. Play with flash player Reminder of opening figure 00:00:18
5. Play with flash player ... and now its rhythmical mirror image, or almost... 00:00:12
6. Play with flash player Answering Phrase 2: a near - inversion, over ' James Bond ' accompaniment 00:00:41
7. Play with flash player Pivotal Phrase 3, reversing direction but keeping rhythm of Phrase 2 00:00:46
8. Play with flash player Reprise of Phrases 1 and 2, but with new accompaniment 00:00:39
9. Play with flash player Further Reprise of Phrase 2, now on violin, accompanied by harp 00:00:40
10. Play with flash player Pavane (complete) 00:01:41
11. Play with flash player Petit Poucet (Tom Thumb) - Introduction; Opening, with multi - metre rising scales from muted violins 00:00:49
12. Play with flash player Change of metre continue as solo oboe introduces Theme One 00:00:24
13. Play with flash player Oboe yields to Cor Anglais for Theme Two, against lower (still muted) strings 00:00:44
14. Play with flash player Theme One returns, shared by clarinet and flute, muted horn added to accompaniment 00:00:25
15. Play with flash player 'Motto' rhythm dominates as intensity increases from lower strings to full orchestra 00:00:46
16. Play with flash player Fear subsides as Theme Two returns, again in Cor Anglais but now in a different key 00:00:32
17. Play with flash player Sensational sound effects evoke a wood at night, with screeches, cuckooing etc. 00:00:44
18. Play with flash player Texture thins; Theme one returns, delicately scored for strings and piccolo 00:00:19
19. Play with flash player The main part of movement ends, with waltz - like march(!), featuring flute 00:00:28
20. Play with flash player Petit Poucet (complete) 00:03:28
21. Play with flash player Laideronnette, Imperatrice des Pagodes - Introduction; opening bars, followed by Theme One 00:02:00
22. Play with flash player Oriental - orchestral equivalent of an imprial telephone bell 00:00:15
23. Play with flash player ... oboe ' answers ' with a very slightly varied version of Theme One 00:00:15
24. Play with flash player Expanded derivative of the ' telephone bell ' interrupts the theme again 00:01:00
25. Play with flash player Fragments of theme in flutes and cor anglais, with ' James Bond ' tag in violins 00:00:24
26. Play with flash player 'Gamelan ' music from flute and piccolo, accompanied by harp, xylophone and strings 00:00:32
27. Play with flash player arrival of Empress; upper strings yield to winds, celeste, harp and (very discreet) gong 00:00:47
28. Play with flash player Laideronnette, Imperatrice des Pagodes (complete) 00:03:57
29. Play with flash player Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bete - opening 00:00:51
30. Play with flash player Characteristic pattern of two short phrases answered by a long one 00:00:36
31. Play with flash player Clarinet, flutes and violas, with ' sighing' figure derived from downward string motif 00:00:21
32. Play with flash player Varied reprise of opening, entry of the ' Beast '; ' Watch it ! Watch it ! ' 00:00:32
33. Play with flash player Again the ' Beast ' growls; again the cautious warning ' Watch it ! ' from the winds 00:00:40
34. Play with flash player Derivative of Beauty's Theme from flute, combined with ' caution motif ' in strings 00:00:38
35. Play with flash player ' Beast's theme ' rises in pitch with each successive ' gowl ' (representing hope) 00:00:52
36. Play with flash player ' Beauty ', ' Beast ' and ' Caution ' motifs all combine simultaneously 00:01:12
37. Play with flash player ' Beast ' (contra - bassoon) climbs ever higher, handing over to bassoon proper 00:00:49
38. Play with flash player Harp's upward glide heralds the moment of transformation; love song, fear, release 00:02:09
39. Play with flash player Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bete (complete) 00:04:14
40. Play with flash player Le jardin feerique - Introduction; Opening bars are unfuuuuuuuuurled by the strings alone 00:00:40
41. Play with flash player The rhythmic basis, and its guises. First, a question: ' Where went my childhood' 00:01:23
42. Play with flash player The question intensified:' Oh where went ... my childhood' 00:00:15
43. Play with flash player The answer, with a falling inflection: ' Gone is your childhood.' 00:00:20
44. Play with flash player The plea: ' Bring back my childhood!' 00:00:14
45. Play with flash player The response: ' Seek in ... your mem'ry. There it ... will be.' 00:00:25
46. Play with flash player Ravel's use of tone colour to change the feeling of the music 00:00:49
47. Play with flash player Further illustration of the same point 00:00:27
48. Play with flash player Continued 00:01:44
49. Play with flash player The nobility of the strings 00:00:45
50. Play with flash player Bells evoked by French horns; the final, opulent, moving climax of the whole suite 00:01:11
51. Play with flash player Le jardin feerique (complete) 00:04:00
Total Playing Time: 01:37:01