Ravel Unraveled #2509

Hour 1

RAVEL (trans. Idenstam):  Daybreak/Lever du Jour (i.), fr Daphnis et Chloé –Gunnar Idenstam (1912 Stahlhuth-2002 Jann/St. Martin’s Church, Dudelange, Luxembourg) Bis 2049

RAVEL (arr. Kortmann):  Pavane pour une infante défunte –Barbara Kortmann, flute; Heinz-Peter Kortmann (2009 Scholz/St. Vinzenz Church, Menden, Germany) Motette 20351

RAVEL (trans. Hey):  Passacaille (iii.), fr Trio –Michael T.C. Hey (1930 Kilgen-1997 Perragallo/St. Patrick Cathedral, New York, NY) JAV 199 

RAVEL:  Don Quichotte a Dulcinea –Håken Hagegård, baritone; Gunnar Idenstam (1949 Marcussen/Oskars Church, Stockholm, Sweden) Proprius 9040

RAVEL:  La Valse –Gunnar Idenstam (1912 Stahlhuth-2002 Jann/St. Martin’s Church, Dudelange, Luxembourg) Bis 2049

Filler - RAVEL:  Pavane pour un enfante defunte (see above)

Hour 2

RAVEL (trans. Ferroud):  Pavane of Sleeping Beauty, fr Mother Goose Suite –Odile Pierre (1857 Cavaillé-Coll/Cathedral of St. John, Perpignan, France) Edition Ladé 023

RAVEL:  Valses nobles et sentimentales (No. 3) –Gunnar Idenstam (1912 Stahlhuth-2002 Jann/St. Martin’s Church, Dudelange, Luxembourg) Bis 2049

RAVEL (trans. V. Roth): Trois Chansons (Nicolette; Trois beaux oiseaux de Paradis; Ronde) –Vincent Roth, viola; Daniel Roth (1877 Cavaille-Coll/Church of St. Bernard, Mainz-Bretzenheim, Germany) IFO 7002

RAVEL (trans. Kennedy):  Ondine, fr Gaspard de la nuit –Ryan Kennedy (Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY) PD Archive (r. 6/24/17).  Watch Ryan play this movement as well as the suite’s conclusion, Scarbo, in a pair of astonishing Youtube videos! 

RAVEL:  Bolero (arr. Meyer) –Hannes Meyer (1955 Klais/Konstanz Münster, Switzerland) Stereoplay 697020

RAVEL (trans. Houlihan):  Vocalise-Etude in the Form of a Habanera –Christopher Houlihan (1863 Walcker+1947 Aeolian-Skinner/Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, MA) PD Archive (r. 6/30/21)

RAVEL (trans. Briggs):  Pantomime & Danse Générale (ii. & iii), fr Daphnis et Chloe –Paul Carr (1993 Walker/St. Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham, England) Regent 384

Filler – RAVEL:  Bolero (see above)

Check our archive for a complete performance of Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite, transcribed and played by David Briggs.

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