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Ravel: La valse
BIS-2438 (BIS Records, SACD)
DSD
5.0 surround / stereo
FIRST RELEASE (4 March 2022)
Playing time: 68'43"
Tracks: 11
Booklet pages: 28
© 2021 BIS Records AB
Main country of recording: Sweden
Country of manufacture: European Union
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Ravel: La valse published on 11 April 2022
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Joakim Svenheden, leader
Andrej Power, leader
Sakari Oramo, conductor
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Le Tombeau de Couperin (1914—17/1919, 2013)
1 Préelude
2 Fugue
3 Forlane
4 Rigaudon
5 Menuet
6 Toccata
7 Alborada del gracioso (1904—05/1918)
8 Une barque sur l'océan
9 Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899/1910)
10 Menuet antique (1895/1929)
11 La Valse, poème chorégraphique (1919—20)
Recorded 12-15 February 2020 (tracks 7, 8 and 11) and 24-26 March 2021 (tracks 1-6, 9 and 10) at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden.