{"product_id":"ravel-honegger-dukas-ansermet-lorchestre-de-works-by-ravel-honegger-dukas","title":"Ravel, Honegger \u0026 Dukas \/ Ansermet, L'Orchestre De Works By Ravel, Honegger \u0026 Dukas","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong the innumerable recordings of Maurice Ravel’s Boléro, the present one made by \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eDECCA\u003c\/span\u003e with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under Ernest Ansermet is of particular note. The impressive mounting crescendo over an ostinato bass, leading through the work from the very first bar right up to the last note, goes hand in hand with ever increasing intensity and excitement and hardly permits the listener to draw a breath. As in the Boléro, Ravel’s La Valse, a choreographed poem for orchestra composed in 1920, is based on a single rhythmic idea, the Viennese waltz, which lends the work increasing impetus throughout the course of the music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough Arthur Honegger’s Pacific 231, composed in 1923 and dedicated to Ernest Ansermet, is more modern and has a more complex structure, here too a great arc of tension determines the progress of the music until shortly before the end. The orchestra accelerates in tempo and then decelerates – due to the motivic writing – towards the end thus evoking the sound of a locomotive: the Pacific 231 namely.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe great success of the first performance of Paul Dukas’s L’Apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) in 1897, a scherzo composed in 1895 and based on a ballad by Goethe, certainly comes as no surprise when one listens to this recording by the \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eOSR\u003c\/span\u003e under Ansermet. The composition is filled with a wealth of surprising moments which are presented here with exactitude and subtlety in even the tiniest detail.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003e180 gram LP w\/ Standard Sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eRecording: February 1963 at Victoria Hall, Geneva by Roy Wallace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e Decca SXL 6065 -Artist-Ravel, Honegger \u0026amp; Dukas \/ Ansermet, L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Classical\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 8\/28\/19\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: LP Black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternal ID: JIT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandling Note: **Please allow an additional 5 business days for this item's shipment.**\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Ravel, Honegger \u0026 Dukas \/ Ansermet, L'Orchestre De","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53426937299128,"sku":"FJD7AB-P05Y-CG","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9222\/8280\/files\/ravel-honegger-dukas-ansermet-lorchestre-de-works-by-ravel-honegger-dukas_Q6xEa.jpg?v=1777641208","url":"https:\/\/musicrecordshop.com\/products\/ravel-honegger-dukas-ansermet-lorchestre-de-works-by-ravel-honegger-dukas","provider":"Music Record Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}