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Product Details:
Audio CD Release Date:
November 15, 1994
Studio:
Decca
Composer:
Maurice Ravel
Number Of Discs:
2
Average Customer Rating:
based on 6 reviews
Track Listing:
Disc: 1
1.
I. Ondine
2.
II. Le Gibet
3.
III. Scarbo
4.
I. Modéré, très franc
5.
II. Assez lent, avec une expression intense
6.
III. Modéré
7.
IV. Assez animé
8.
V. Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime
9.
VI. Vif
10.
VII. Moins vif
11.
VIII. Epilogue, lent
12.
I. Noctuelles
13.
II. Oiseaux tristes
14.
III. Une barque sur l'océan
15.
IV. Alborada del gracioso
16.
V. La Vallée des cloches
Disc: 2
1.
I. Modéré
2.
II. Mouvement de menuet
3.
III. Animé
4.
I. Prélude
5.
II. Fugue
6.
III. Forlane
7.
IV. Rigaudon
8.
V. Menuet
9.
VI. Toccata
10.
A la maniere de Borodine
11.
À la manière de Chabrier
12.
Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
13.
Petit Poucet
14.
Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes
15.
Entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête
16.
Le Jardin féerique
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Is this in mono...?Jan 02, 2009 This was a disappointment. And I'm not referring to the performance, of which I have not been able to form an opinion due to the poor sound quality. According to the booklet these are "ADRM = Analogue to Digital Remaster", and I have to say that the Decca remastering team has done a substandard job.
As pointed out by another reviewer, the volume is low so you have to crank it up, and when you do, you hear plenty of hiss.
The sound is rather muddled and dull. No sense of space.
But the biggest problem is that the stereo separation is extremely narrow. Indeed, at times it is non-existent, which gives the impression of listening to monaural recordings. Very strange since these analogue recordings very made in the 1970s.
Be carefulOct 31, 2008 I cannot rate this disc because I don't own it, but thought I would offer a warning based on hearing other works by this pianist.
If Mr. Roge's interpretaion of Ravel is anything like his take on Debussy piano music, be wary of spending money on this disc. Mr. Roge's playing of Debussy is superficially correct, but lacks the depth and subtlety this delicate music requires. My advice would be to look elsewhere first.
4 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Outstanding performanceNov 29, 2005 I have to concur with Del Dotto's opinion in the yr 2000, this is as close to definitive as possible.
But why stop at just 1 excellent recording, also consider Jean Efflam Bavouzet on the MDG label. As well another definitive recording (yes its possible to have more than just one definitive) is Alexandre Tharaud's recent recording on Harmondo Mundi.
Pascal Rouge, a true master in Ravel, a very rare talent in the recording industry.
1 of 18 found the following review helpful:
tour de forceApr 19, 2005 Pascal Roges recordings of Ravels great piano works serves as a honest mark of the music that never was, but perhaps might have been. Gently capturing the sheltered aura of pre-novelite Chopin, whilst endowing the music with the acousto-eco-hyperbolies of Keats, this recording is not to be missed. one can almost sense the tragic embrace that beheld Toffy and Dolly in that one moment, that one eternal moment. Ah. I shall never forget it. Ravels piano works are, in all senses, composures of 20th century modernity, suffused with the country-stylised effects of, say, Emmylou Harris, and the impecably marked greenhouse-jubilance connecting all the pieces in one final exotic anti-frenzy makes certain implications on ones ability to hate. I dont hate this cd, for example. the best pieces are Jeux d'eau, what a hit! and Le Tombeau de Couperin. Buy this cd and you will/wont be very very happy.
15 of 18 found the following review helpful:
Ravel Piano Works- Pascal RogeAug 30, 2002 Having searched for ages for a definitive recording of the Impressionistic Masterpiece "Gaspard de la Nuit", I found it in this CD. Roge plays the technical inferno of Ondine and Scarbo with flawless taste and passion. This recording would rival that of Martha Argerich's famous recording of Gaspard that has long been thought to be the best. The Tombeau and Sonatine are also very nicely done. Sometimes however, with the smaller lesser known pieces such as the Minuet, you get the sense that he is sightreading, not truely feeling the music. Nevertheless this is a must have.
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