Ravel / Siepmann - Introduction To Ravel: Bolero & Ma Mere L'oye - Music CD

Track Listing

1.1 Bolero: Introduction; Cue to Unadorned Bolero Rhythm, Part 1
1.2 Bolero: Bolero Rhythm, Part 2: An Extended Variation of Part 1
1.3 Bolero: 'Motto' Rhythm Complete (Instrumentation Will Change on Each New Hearing)
1.4 Bolero: But Here We Have Snare Drums and Plucked Violas and Cellos
1.5 Bolero: Section 1: Introduction of 'The Theme: (The Only One in the Piece) By Solo Flute
1.6 Bolero: Flute Continues with Part 2 of Theme
1.7 Bolero: Section 2: Complete Statement of Theme By Clarinet As Flute Joins 'Motto' Group
1.8 Bolero: Introduction of 'Discordant' Harp Into the Unfolding Picture
1.9 Bolero: Section 3: Bassoon Introduces Closely Related Variant of Theme
1.10 Bolero:... But Then Veers Upwards, Slowing Rhythm and Introducing New Syncopation
1.11 Bolero: Section 4: 'Petite' E Flat Clarinet Takes Over Theme, Including Variants
1.12 Bolero: Section 5: Oboe D'amore Takes Over Theme But Returns to It's Original Form
1.13 Bolero: Section 6: Theme Now Shared By Two Instruments: Muted Trumpet and Flute
1.14 Bolero: Section 7: Tenor Saxophone Takes Theme As Trumpet Replaces Horn in 'Motto'
1.15 Bolero: Section 8: Theme Taken By Soprano Saxophone, 'Espressivo'
1.16 Bolero: Section 9: Theme: Celeste, Piccolos and Horn; Motto: Flute and French Horn
1.17 Bolero: Section 10: Theme: Oboes, Horns, Clarinets; Motto: Plucked Violas and Violins
1.18 Bolero: Section 11: Theme Taken By First Trombone, Complete with Jazzy Slides
1.19 Bolero: Section 12: Theme: Flutes, Oboes, Clarinets, Sax; Motto: Bassoons, Horns, Trumpets
1.20 Bolero: Section 13: Violins at Last Take the Main Tune, Joining Massed Winds
1.21 Bolero: Section 14: Violins Divide Into Four Groups, Each 'Double-Stopping'
1.22 Bolero: Section 15: Trumpet, Trombone 2 and Tuba Join the Foreground
1.23 Bolero: Section 16: First Trombone and Soprano Saxophone 'Rejoin' Theme
1.24 Bolero: Section 17: Fortissimo; All Strings 'Double-Stopping'; Trumpets Added
1.25 Bolero: Section 18: Entire Orchestra Now Employed, 'As Loudly As Possible'
1.26 Bolero: Section 19: Sudden, Amazing Change of Key, Lurching from C to E Major
1.27 Bolero: Section 20: Key Now Lurches Back to C, As Jazzy Trombones Whiningly Protest
1.28 Bolero: Cue to Complete Performance
1.29 Bolero: Bolero (Complete)
2.1 Ma Mere L'oye: 1. Pavane de la Belle Au Bois Dormant: Opening Figure on Flute; Rising, Falling
2.2 Ma Mere L'oye: 1. Pavane de la Belle Au Bois Dormant: Same Again, with Emphasis on Delicacy of
2.3 Ma Mere L'oye: 1. Pavane de la Belle Au Bois Dormant: Answering Variant, Accompanied By Plucked
2.4 Ma Mere L'oye: 1. Pavane de la Belle Au Bois Dormant: Reminder of Opening Figure
2.5 Ma Mere L'oye: 1. Pavane de la Belle Au Bois Dormant... And Now It's Rhythmical Mirror Image, or...
2.6 Ma Mere L'oye: 1. Pavane de la Belle Au Bois Dormant: Answering Phrase 2: A Near-Inversion, Over
2.7 Ma Mere L'oye: 1. Pavane de la Belle Au Bois Dormant: Pivotal Phrase 3, Reversing Direction But
2.8 Ma Mere L'oye: 1. Pavane de la Belle Au Bois Dormant: Reprise of Phrases 1 and 2, But Now on
2.9 Ma Mere L'oye: 1. Pavane de la Belle Au Bois Dormant: Further Reprise of Phrase 2, Now on Violin.
2.10 Ma Mere L'oye: 1. Pavane (Complete)
2.11 Ma Mere L'oye: 2. Petit Poucet (Tom Thumb): Introduction; Opening, with Multi-Metre Rising Scales
2.12 Ma Mere L'oye: 2. Petit Poucet (Tom Thumb): Changes of Metre Continue As Solo Oboe Introduces
2.13 Ma Mere L'oye: 2. Petit Poucet (Tom Thumb): Oboe Yields to Cor Anglais for Theme Two, Against
2.14 Ma Mere L'oye: 2. Petit Poucet (Tom Thumb): Theme One Returns, Shared By Clarinet and Flute; Muted.
2.15 Ma Mere L'oye: 2. Petit Poucet (Tom Thumb): 'Motto' Rhythm Dominates As Intensity Increases from
2.16 Ma Mere L'oye: 2. Petit Poucet (Tom Thumb): Fear Subsides As Theme Two Returns, Again in Cor
2.17 Ma Mere L'oye: 2. Petit Poucet (Tom Thumb): Sensational Sound Effects Evoke a Wood at Night, with
2.18 Ma Mere L'oye: 2. Petit Poucet (Tom Thumb): Texture Thins; Theme One Returns, Delicately Scored
2.19 Ma Mere L'oye: 2. Petit Poucet (Tom Thumb): The Main Part of Movement Ends, with Waltz-Like March
2.20 Ma Mere L'oye: 2. Petit Poucet (Complete)
2.21 Ma Mere L'oye: 3. Laideronnette, Imperatrice Des Pagodes: Introduction; Opening (Introductory)
2.22 Ma Mere L'oye: 3. Laideronnette, Imperatrice Des Pagodes: Oriental-Orchestral Equivalent of An
2.23 Ma Mere L'oye: 3. Laideronnette, Imperatrice Des Pagodes:... Oboe 'Answers' with a Very Slightly
2.24 Ma Mere L'oye: 3. Laideronnette, Imperatrice Des Pagodes: Expanded Derivative of the 'Telephone
2.25 Ma Mere L'oye: 3. Laideronnette, Imperatrice Des Pagodes: Fragments of Theme in Flutes and Cor
2.26 Ma Mere L'oye: 3. Laideronnette, Imperatrice Des Pagodes: 'Gamelan' Music from Flute and Piccolo
2.27 Ma Mere L'oye: 3. Laideronnette, Imperatrice Des Pagodes: Arrival of Empress; Upper Strings Yield
2.28 Ma Mere L'oye: 3. Laideronnette, Imperatrice Des Pagodes (Complete)
2.29 Ma Mere L'oye: 4. Les Entretiens de la Belle Et de la Bete: Opening, Waltz Theme from Clarinet
2.30 Ma Mere L'oye: 4. Les Entretiens de la Belle Et de la Bete: Characteristic Pattern of Two Short
2.31 Ma Mere L'oye: 4. Les Entretiens de la Belle Et de la Bete: Clarinet, Flutes and Violas, with.
2.32 Ma Mere L'oye: 4. Les Entretiens de la Belle Et de la Bete: Varied Reprise of Opening, Entry of
2.33 Ma Mere L'oye: 4. Les Entretiens de la Belle Et de la Bete: Again the 'Beast' Growls; Again the
2.34 Ma Mere L'oye: 4. Les Entretiens de la Belle Et de la Bete: Derivative of Beauty's Theme from
2.35 Ma Mere L'oye: 4. Les Entretiens de la Belle Et de la Bete: 'Beast's Theme' Rises in Pitch with
2.36 Ma Mere L'oye: 4. Les Entretiens de la Belle Et de la Bete: 'Beauty', 'Beast' and 'Caution' Motifs
2.37 Ma Mere L'oye: 4. Les Entretiens de la Belle Et de la Bete: 'Beast' (Contra-Bassoon) Climbs Ever
2.38 Ma Mere L'oye: 4. Les Entretiens de la Belle Et de la Bete: Harp's Upward Glide Heralds the Moment
2.39 Ma Mere L'oye: 4. Les Entretiens de la Belle Et de la Bete (Complete)
2.40 Ma Mere L'oye: 5. Le Jardin Feerique: Introduction; Opening Bars Are Unfurled By the Strings Alone
2.41 Ma Mere L'oye: 5. Le Jardin Feerique: The Rhythmic Basis, and It's Guises. First, a Question
2.42 Ma Mere L'oye: 5. Le Jardin Feerique: The Question Intensified: 'Oh Where Went... My Childhood?'
2.43 Ma Mere L'oye: 5. Le Jardin Feerique: The Answer, with a Falling Inflection: 'Gone Is Your
2.44 Ma Mere L'oye: 5. Le Jardin Feerique: The Plea: 'Bring Back My Child-Hood!'
2.45 Ma Mere L'oye: 5. Le Jardin Feerique: The Response: 'Seek in... Your Mem'ry. There It... Will Be.'
2.46 Ma Mere L'oye: 5. Le Jardin Feerique: Ravel's Use of Tone Colour to Change the Feeling of the Music
2.47 Ma Mere L'oye: 5. Le Jardin Feerique: Further Illustration of the Same Point
2.48 Ma Mere L'oye: 5. Le Jardin Feerique: Continued
2.49 Ma Mere L'oye: 5. Le Jardin Feerique: The Nobility of the Strings
2.50 Ma Mere L'oye: 5. Le Jardin Feerique: Bells Evoked By French Horns; the Final, Opulent, Moving
2.51 Ma Mere L'oye: 5. Le Jardin Feerique (Complete)