Our Summer BAL No 80: Ravel Shéhérazade

[cloughie]

A shout out for Maria Ewing/Simon Rattle

Yes, another good one!
There are some excellent Rattle Ravel recordings!

[Barbirollians]

Very hard to top Crespin and Baker.

[Pulcinella]

You are right.
Completely forgotten about and not mentioned in the woefully inadequate index in the booklet that comes with that Warner set!

I'd also forgotten about
Jennie Tourel/Columbia SO/Bernstein
in a French Masterpieces compilation; it's not a prime contender, though.

Streamed the Ewing yesterday, and found her a bit squally in Asie.
Baker, Harper, and Otter on headphones (from my iPod) revealed the JB squared combination to be absolutely exquisite: they seem to be in complete accord. There was a nasty moment at the very end of a high note in the Otter, and the Harper was not quite as good as I'd remembered, either; must (re)listen to the Créspin soon.

[BBMmk2]

Or give Régine Crespin a whirl, S_A



Maître Jacques, is the Danco recording you have in mind also with Ansermet (though not the Suisse Romande orchestra, but the Paris Conservatoire)?

What a lovely recording that is. One I don’t have! The one I do have though is part of DG’s Conductors & Orchestra Series. This has Anne Sofie von Otter, Cleveland Orchestra, and Pierre Boulez.