Artist: Yuja Wang, Ray Chen, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Lionel Bringuier
Title: Ravel: Complete Orchestral Works (2016)
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: Deutsche Grammaphon
Genre: Classical
Quality: 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 4:02:27
Total Size: 3.97 GB

Tracklist:

Disc: 1
1. Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie, M. 17
2. Tzigane, rapsodie de concert, M. 76 - Ray Chen, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Lionel Bringuier
3. 1. Prélude
4. 2. Forlane
5. 3. Menuet
6. 4. Rigaudon
7. Boléro, M.81

Disc: 2
1. 1. Allegramente - Yuja Wang, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Lionel Bringuier
2. 2. Adagio assai - Yuja Wang, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Lionel Bringuier
3. 3. Presto - Yuja Wang, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Lionel Bringuier
4. 1. Modéré - très franc
5. 2. Assez lent - avec une expression intense
6. 3. Modéré
7. 4. Assez animé
8. 5. Presque lent - dans un sentiment intime
9. 6. Assez vif
10. 7. Moins vif
11. 8. Epilogue (Lent)
12. 1. Prélude
13. 2. Tableau I: Danse du rouet et scène
14. 3. Tableau II: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
15. 4. Tableau III: Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête
16. 5. Tableau IV: Petit Poucet
17. 6. Tableau V: Laideronnette, impératrice des Pagodes & 7. Apothéose. Le Jardin féerique
18. 7. Apothéose. Le Jardin féerique

Disc: 3
1. Fanfare From "L'eventail de Jeanne", M. 80
2. Pavane pour une infante défunte, M.19
3. Menuet antique, M. 7
4. 3. Une barque sur l'océan
5. 1. Lento - Yuja Wang, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Lionel Bringuier
6. 2. Allegro - Yuja Wang, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Lionel Bringuier
7. 3. Tempo I - Yuja Wang, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Lionel Bringuier
8. 1. Prélude à la nuit
9. 2. Malagueña
10. 3. Habanera
11. 4. Feria
12. 4. Alborada del gracioso
13. La Valse, M. 72

Disc: 4
1. 1. Introduction et danse religieuse - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Lionel Bringuier, Zürcher Sing-Akademie
2. 2. Danse générale
3. 3. Danse grotesque de Dorcon
4. 4. Danse légére et gracieuse de Daphnis - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Lionel Bringuier, Zürcher Sing-Akademie
5. 5. Danse de Lycéion
6. 6. Nocturne. Danse lente et mystérieuse des Nymphes
7. 7. Introduction - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Lionel Bringuier, Zürcher Sing-Akademie
8. 8. Danse guerrière - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Lionel Bringuier, Zürcher Sing-Akademie
9. 9. Danse suppliante de Chloé - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Lionel Bringuier, Zürcher Sing-Akademie
10. 10. Lever du jour - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Lionel Bringuier, Zürcher Sing-Akademie
11. 11. Pantomime (Les amours de Pan et Syrinx)
12. 12. Danse générale (Bacchanale) - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Lionel Bringuier, Zürcher Sing-Akademie

A rarity in its completeness! Deutsche Grammophon upcoming Ravel box featuring his complete orchestral works and solo concertos performed by celebrated Tonhalle Orchester Zürich under the baton of young, stellar conductor Lionel Bringuier.

The Complete Orchestral works including: Tzigane, Piano Concerto in G major & Piano Concerto for the Left Hand D major. This is the first release by celebrated Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich together with young, stellar conductor Lionel Bringuier, who took on the leadership as principal conductor and music director in 2014/2015. All of Ravels orchestral works in one box including the popular piano concertos and famous Tzigane, performed by Yuja Wang and Ray Chen.

The Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, having roots that reach back to 1868, has a rich recording tradition proven by the fifty seminal recordings it made during the Zinman years. Among its awards for these releases have been a Midem Classical Award, an ECHO Classical Music Award and a Record Academy Award.

With Lionel Bringuier the orchestra turns its attention now to Ravel, a composer who marks a new departure in their recording activity for them.

Ravels music has always been part of Bringuiers life and has been closely associated with several decisive stages in his career.

He was only fifteen when he first conducted Boléro with the Orchestre Regional de Cannes.

He won the Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors and also carried off the audience prize at the age of 19, conducting Ravels La valse.

He chose Daphnis et Chloe for his farewell concert after six years as resident conductor with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

About the new Ravel project and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich he says: It was fascinating to hear the sensitivity that this orchestra brings to Ravel. Among the qualities on which it can draw is great flexibility, which is why I was attracted to the idea of exploring the immensely rich palette of Ravels music with them. Lionel Bringuier

This box grabs the magic of the live performance recorded at the famous Tonhalle Zürich which is classed as one of the best venues in the world in terms of its acoustics (except the piano concertos, Tzigane and Fanfare, which were recorded under studio conditions in the Tonhalle venue.)

Some of Ravels orchestral works are real hits (like La Valse, Bolero, Sheherazade, Pavane, etc.) and this is a new, fresh approach to this beautiful, impressionistic repertoire that will appeal to a very wide audience.