NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo, Vladimir Ashkenazy – Ravel: Orchestral Works (2003/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:33:31 minutes | 1,79 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Exton
This CD presents acclaimed conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy with the NHK Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo performing Maurice Ravel’s most famous orchestral works. The violinist Mayu Kishima joins the orchestra to perform the Tzigane. Ravel created this piece to suggest a Hungarian rhapsody, with a slow tempo in the first movement and a fast-paced second movement, Initially written for violin and piano, Ravel left this later arrangement for orchestra. Also included is the Bolero, Ravel’s last work for orchestra.
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NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo & Paavo Jarvi – Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:34 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Music Labels Inc.
The Rite of Spring is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky with stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich. When first performed at the Th’e^atre des Champs-‘Elys’ees on 29 May 1913, the avant-garde nature of the music and choreography caused a sensation. Many have called the first-night reaction a “riot” or “near-riot”, though this wording did not come about until reviews of later performances in 1924, over a decade later. Although designed as a work for the stage, with specific passages accompanying characters and action, the music achieved equal if not greater recognition as a concert piece and is widely considered to be one of the most influential musical works of the 20th century.
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