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| 1452.1 | Ravel Conducting the "Bolero" | DEBNA::TRUSLOW | | Thu Dec 29 1988 14:36 | 7 |
| I can't tell you exactly how many minutes and seconds the one perfect
performance of the "Bolero" is, but a few weeks ago I read a review
of a new CD that Polygram has just released with Ravel himself
conducting it. The review (I think it was in "Stereophile") mentioned
that the tempo was one of the most striking features of the performance
-- the other (alas) being the abyssmal quality of the sound.
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| 1452.2 | | LESLIE::LESLIE | Andy ��� Leslie. VMS CSSE Europe | Thu Dec 29 1988 15:16 | 1 |
| Frankly, I'll sacrifice Ravels conducting for a good quality recording.
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| 1452.3 | | COOKIE::ROLLOW | The thing dreams are made of. | Thu Dec 29 1988 18:11 | 23 |
| I'm making this guess from very poor memory, but I think the
"typical" Bolero is around 14 minutes. A little bit either
side can still be good, but 12 minutes sounds much too fast
and 17 probably sounds like a dirge.
Of those that I have on CD the best that comes to mind is:
Mobile Fidelity MFCD 1-802 (C)
I haven't listened to the five I have recently enough to
really compare. The others are:
DG 400.061-2 (C)
Philips 410.047-2 (C)
Telarc CD-80052 (C)
Varese Sarabande VCD 47209 (C)
Another you might look for is the Columbia release that was
previously released on record as:
Columbia M-31847 (R)
I think it was one of the old Masterworks series.
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| 1452.4 | Telarc CD-80171, Best-of-the-month, Nov 88 CD Review | GLASS::HULL | Hallalujah!! The Resurrection (Plan A) has come! | Thu Dec 29 1988 18:59 | 26 |
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Probably the latest recording of Bolero is on the new Telarc CD-80171,
which received a 10/10 rating recently in CD Review magazine (Nov 88,
p.66).
The tracks and their times are the following Ravel pieces:
Alborado del gracioso 7:16
Rapsodie espagnole 15:09
Valses nobles et sentimentales
16:31
La Valse 12:06
Bolero 15:25 TT=66:42
The reviewer in the article said he didn't like Bolero and kept
skipping the track, but forgot to one day, and when he heard this
version he was a convert. The libretto says Bolero is written so that
the same melopy is repeated 13 times during the piece. So take a bit
over a minute per repetition, and you've got about 14-15 minutes.
BTW, the conductor is Jesus Lopez-Cobos with the Cincinnati Symphony
Orchestra.
Enjoy!
Al
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| 1452.5 | | HELIX::CLARK | | Fri Dec 30 1988 06:58 | 17 |
| Thanks to .4 for mentioning the conductor & orchestra.
The '88 Penguin Guide to CDs assigns 3 stars to the following CDs
that include Bolero (sorry, no time to list companion pieces):
- Dutoit & Montreal SO (London/Decca 410010-2)
- Dutoit & Montreal [diff. coupling, DDD] (LLondo/Deccan 414406-2)
- Karajan & BPO, '64 ADD (DG 423217-2)
- Karajan & BPO, DDD (DG Dig. 413 588-2)
- Previn & LSO (Angel/HMV CDC-47162)
The CD numbers come from the Dec-88 Schwann CD catalog. In fact, this
is a model of how I shop for classical CDs when I don't have a
particular performance in mind. (1) Read the Penguin writeups, noting
admitted prejudices (2) Cross check against a recent Schwann CD catalog
for US availability. So far, at least for the keyboard works I've
been seeking, it's served me extremely well.
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| 1452.6 | Ormandy & the Philly is my favorite | VEEJAY::ECTOR | Terrorize terrorists | Fri Dec 30 1988 11:30 | 16 |
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If the Dutoit & Montreal releases are anywhere near as good as their
"Holst's 'The Planets'," I'd buy it. However, for a sure thing,
an earlier noter mentioned the CBS Masterworks version, which, I
believe is by Eugene Ormandy & the Philadelphia Orch. This is the
one I grew up listening to, and it's fantastique !! If you find
this one - buy it !!
I'm going to check out the Telarc one as soon as it's available
locally. I was taken by the review in CD REVIEW of it, too. Now
I'm really curious.
The Cruiser
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| 1452.7 | Philadelphia Orchestra | DWOVAX::HUNT | Phila Eagles 1988 NFC East Champs | Fri Dec 30 1988 14:34 | 6 |
| I've always considered the version by The Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by the late Eugene Ormandy to be the "classic".
Just an opinion ...
Bob Hunt
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| 1452.8 | Chopin's Bolero | FOOZLE::GOSSELIN | Ken...AET1-2/8...240-6570 | Tue Jan 03 1989 13:42 | 17 |
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Just to cloud things up a little - "Bolero" is basically a Spanish
folk dance, featuring a swift dancer paired with a rhythmic dancer.
Ravel's Bolero is not the only Bolero available, athough it is by
far the most popular.
A fine Bolero by Chopin is featured on Artur Rubinstein's "The
Chopin Collection." The piece is scored for piano, and clocks in
at ~7:00 minutes. This recording dates from the early sixties, and
is VERY different from Ravel's repetitive version. I like it, but
you may not.
Ken
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