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In Reply to: RE: Am I a sicko? Sinopoli's last performance - recorded posted by Chris from Lafayette on September 26, 2020 at 11:41:43
Quick and powerful.
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. . . try to replicate Ravel's tempo. But there's always room for variety. I think the Mehta/LAPO recording is another of the faster ones IIRC. I kind of like the cover of the Sinopoli recording too, since I'm a fan of Raoul Dufy - although his nudes aren't my favorite category of his output.
I try to give you a dig about your "favorite" piece of music and you take me seriously.
Buzz kill.
Hint: it has something to do with Bo Derek. ;-)
Munch's EMI Bolero (Orchestre de Paris) reeplicates Ravel's tempo of 17 minutes. IIRC, the LP's program notes mentioned this. But for me, 5 minutes of Bolero is enough.
. . . full of brilliant orchestration, which, for me, keeps it interesting throughout its length. Also, like many other normal people of the male persuasion, I start having fantasies about Bo Derek when I hear it! ;-)
BTW, like Munch, Skowaczewski takes a little over 17 minutes (in his Minnesota recording) - probably a few others too. But then, there's Paray at 13:24 - compared to Paray, Mehta's a slowpoke at 13:51!
When I hear Bolero, I keep thinking, "Surely Ravel had friends who were organists!" because of some of his effects in this piece. The iteration of the C major tune starting at two measures after rehearsal mark 8 bring the distinctive sound of the organ Cornet into the orchestra. In the organ, it's made up of flute pipes, sounding unison, an octave higher, the twelfth, the fifteenth, and the seventeenth. It's one of the most-used solo combinations in organ music, especially in French music. All the pitches are there in Ravel, in their correct relationship. The next iteration, two after 9, gives us clarinets in octaves (an unusual sound, oboe, oboe d'amore, and cor anglais, making up a five-rank mixture (unison, octave, and fifth-sounding pipes). If Ravel had been an organist, he would have been a master at registration.
that is a wonderful analysis
have you [or anyone really] transcribed the piece to pipe organ?
is it 'fleet' enough to sound out the intervals?
[maybe fleet isn't the right word]
regards,
A friend who played bass in the Cleveland Orchestra for 44 years just **hates** Bolero. The bass part is not too interesting...
someone has to keep the percussionist in time
isn't ostinato boring for one player or section nearly by definition?
with regards,
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