Maurice Ravel, Jeremy Siepmann
An Introduction To...Ravel's
1. Boléro
1 Introduction; Cue To Unadorned Bolero Rhythm, Part 1 2:29
2 Bolero Rhythm, Part 2: An Extended Variation Of Part 1 0:07
3 Motto Rhythm Complete 0:21
4 But Here We Have Snare Drums And Plucked Violas And Cellos 0:22
5 Section 1: Introduction Of 'The Theme' 0:37
6 Flute Continues With Part 2 Of Theme 0:48
7 Section 2: Complete Statement Of Theme By Clarinet As Flute Joins 'Motto' Group 1:30
8 Introduction Of 'discordant' Harp Into The Unfolding Picture 0:18
9 Section 3: Bassoon Introduces Closely Related Variant Of Theme 0:34
10 ...But Then Veers Upwards, Slowing Rhythm And Introducing New Syncopation 0:59
11 Section 4: 'Petite' E Flat Clarinet Takes Over Theme, Including Variants 1:21
12 Section 5: Oboe D'amore Takes Over Theme But Returns To Its Original Form 1:34
13 Section 6: Theme Now Shared By Two Instruments: Muted Trumpet And Flute 1:16
14 Section 7: Tenor Saxophone Takes Theme As Trumpet Replaces Horn In 'Motto' 1:39
15 Section 8: Theme Taken By Soprano Saxophone 'Espressivo' 1:09
16 Section 9: Theme: Celeste, Piccolos And Horn 1:24
17 Section 10: Theme: Oboes, Horns, Clarinets 2:06
18 Section 11: Theme Taken By First Trombone, Complete With Jazzy Slides 1:40
19 Section 12: Theme: Flutes, Oboes, Clarinets, Sax 1:13
20 Section 13: Violins At Last Take The Main Tune, Joining Massed Winds 1:14
21 Section 14: Violins Divide Into Four Groups, Each 'Double-Stopping' 1:04
22 Section 15: Trumpet, Trombone 2 And Tuba Join The Foreground 1:18
23 Section 16: First Trombone And Soprano Saxophone 'Rejoin' Theme 0:56
24 Section 17: Fortissimo 1:26
25 Section 18: Entire Orchestra Now Employed, 'As Loudly As Possible' 1:18
26 Section 19: Sudden, Amazing Change Of Key, Lurching From C To E Major 1:20
27 Section 20: Key Now Lurches Back To C, As Jazzy Trombones Whiningly Protest 0:36
28 Cue To Complete Performance 0:20
29 Boléro [Complete] 16:16
31. Ma Mère L'oye
32. Pavane de la Belle Au Bois Dormant
2-1 Opening Figure On Flute, Rising, Falling, And Then Repeated 1:04
2-2 Same Again, With Emphasis On Delicacy Of Scoring 0:30
2-3 Answering Variant, Accompanied By Plucked Double Basses 0:19
2-4 Reminder Of Opening Figure 0:18
2-5 ...And Now Its Rythmical Mirror Image, Or Almost... 0:12
2-6 Answering Phrase 2: A Near Inversion, Over 'James Bond' Accompaniment 0:41
2-7 Pivitol Phrase 3, Reversing Direction But Keeping Rhythm Of Phrase 2 0:46
2-8 Reprise Of Phrases 1 And 2, But With New Accompaniment 0:39
2-9 Further Reprise Of Phrase 2, Now On Violin, Accompanied By Harp 0:40
2-10 Pavane [complete] 1:41
43. Petit Poucet (Tom Thumb)
2-11 Introduction; Opening, With Multi-metre Rising Scales From Muted Violins 0:49
2-12 Changes Of Metre Continue As Solo Oboe Introduces Theme One 0:24
2-13 Oboe Yields To Cor Anglais For Theme Two, Against Lower (Still Muted) Strings 0:44
2-14 Theme One Returns, Shared By Clarinet And Flute, Muted Horn Added To Acccompaniment 0:25
2-15 'Motto' Rhythm Dominates As Intensity Increases From Lower Strings To Full Orchestra 0:46
2-16 Fear Subsides As Theme Two Returns, Again In Cor Anglais But Now In A Different Key 0:32
2-17 Sensational Sound Effects Evoke A Wood At Night, With Screechs, Cuckooing Etc. 0:44
2-18 Texture Thins; Theme One Returns, Delicately Scored For Strings And Piccolo 0:19
2-19 The Main Part Of Movement Ends, With Waltz-Like March (!), Featuring Flute 0:28
2-20 Petit Poucet [Complete] 3:28
54. Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes
2-21 Introduction; Opening (Introductory) Bars, Followed By Theme One 2:00
2-22 Oriental-Orchestral Equivalent Of An Imperial Telephone Bill 0:15
2-23 ...Oboe 'Answers' With A Slightly Varied Version Of Theme One 0:15
2-24 Expanded Derivative Of The 'Telephone Bill' Interupts The Theme Again 1:00
2-25 Fragments Of Themes In Flutes And Cor Anglais, With 'James Bond' Tag In Violins 0:24
2-26 'Gamelan' Music From Flute And Piccolo, Accompanied By Harp,Xylophone And Strings 0:32
2-27 Arrival Of Empress; Upper Strings Yield To Winds, Celeste, Harp And (Very Discreet) Gong 0:47
2-28 Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes [Complete] 3:57
63. Les Entretiens de la Belle Et de la Bête
2-29 Opening Waltz Theme From Clarinet, With Important Downward Scale Figure In Strings 0:51
2-30 Characteristic Pattern Of Two Short Phrases Answered By A Long One 0:36
2-31 Clarinets, Flutes And Violas, With 'Sighing' Figure Derived From Downward String Mofif 0:21
2-32 Varied Reprise Of Opening, Entry Of The 'Beast' (Contra-Bassoon); 'Watch It! Watch It!' 0:32
2-33 Again The 'Beast' Growls, Again The Cautious Warning 'Watch It!' From The Winds 0:40
2-34 Derivative Of Beauty's Theme From Flute, Combined With 'Caution Motif' In Strings 0:38
2-35 'Beast's Theme' Rises In Pitch With Each Successive 'Growl' (Representing Hope?) 0:52
2-36 'Beauty' 'Beast' And 'Caution' All Combine Simultaneously 1:12
2-37 'Beast' (Contra-Bassoon) Climbs Ever Higher, Handing Over To Bassoon Proper. 0:49
2-38 Harp's Upward Glide Heralds The Moment Of Transformation; Love Song, Fear, Release 2:09
2-39 Les Entretiens de la Belle Et de la Bête [Complete] 4:14
75. Le Jardin Féerique
2-40 Introduction; Opening Bars Are Unfurled By The Strings Alone 0:40
2-41 The Rhythmic Basis And Its Guises. First, A Question: 'Where Went My Childhood?'' 1:23
2-42 The Question Intensified: 'Oh, Where Went My...Childhood?' 0:15
2-43 The Answer With Falling Inflection: 'Gone Is Your Childhood.' 0:20
2-44 The Plea: 'Bring Back My Childhood!' 0:14
2-45 The Response: 'Seek In...Your Mem'ry. 'There It...Will Be.' 0:25
2-46 Ravel's Use Of Tone Colour To Change The Feeling Of The Music 0:49
2-47 Further Illsustratoion Of The Same Point 0:27
2-48 Continued 1:44
2-49 The Nobility Of The Strings 0:45
2-50 Bells Evoked By French Horns; The Final, Opulent, Moving Climax Of The Whole Suite 1:11
2-51 Le Jardin Féerique [Complete] 4:11
