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Rattle's first recording of the ballet was superlative, but this second rendering, is, if anything, better, taking full advantage of the Berlin Phil's exceptional colours. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Mar 2009
Catalogue No: 2641972
Label: Warner Classics
Length: 72 minutes

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Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin
Sir Simon Rattle
Recorded: 2008-09-28
Recording Venue: 24-28 September 2008. Philharmonie, Berlin

Introduction

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"Votre serviteur humble, Bergère" (Bergère)

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"How's your mug" (L'Enfant)

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"Oui, c'est Elle, ta Princess enchantée" (L'Enfant, La Princesse)

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"Deux robinets coulent dans un résevoir" (Le Petit Viellard, L'Enfant, Chorus)

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"Ah! Quelle joie de te retrouver, Jardin!" (L'enfant, Arbre, Chorus)

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"Sauve-toi, sotte! Et la cage? La cage?" (L' Écureuil, La Rainette)

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"Ah! C'est l'Enfant au couteau!" (Chorus)

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Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye

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Prelude

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I. Danse de rouet et Scéne: Allegro - Un peu moins animé

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II. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant: Lent - Allegro - Mouvements de Valse modéré

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IV. Petit Poucet: Tres modéré - Lent

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V. Laideronnette, impératrice des Pagodes: Mouvement de Marche - Allegro - Trés modéré

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VI. Apothéose - Le jardin féerique (Lent et grave)

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Joining the Berliner Philharmoniker and Simon Rattle in the one-act opera L'enfant et les sortilèges is a stellar cast. The opera has strong associations for Sir Simon. Shortly after winning the John Player International Conducting Competition in May 1974, Rattle, then aged 19, conducted the work in concert in Liverpool, receiving the first of many critical successes in his career.

A Glyndebourne performance in 1987 sealed his reputation for the work, and this recording encapsulates his love and experience for the charmed sound-world of the Child's house and garden in Ravel's setting.

Reviews

April 2009

Rattle's first recording of the ballet was superlative, but this second rendering, is, if anything, better, taking full advantage of the Berlin Phil's exceptional colours.

20th March 2009

Rattle says it's been a particular joy to bring Ravel's music to the Berlin Philharmonic, and this disc is a joy for the listener too...Kozena sings a vocally excellent and dramatically convincing Boy, whilst Koch and le Roux perform the meowed cats' duet to its feline best. Ma Mere L’Oye equally shimmers and sparkles in all the right places...Quite wonderful.

May 2009

Every detail is pointed, with some astonishing ensemble accuracy and a lustrous sound

June 2009

Simon Rattle has long held the work in affection… The line-up of soloists in Berlin could hardly be starrier… As the child, Magdalena Kožená manages to seem suitably boyish and wilful… The fill-up items… Ma Mère l'Oye is lusciously played…

29th March 2009

The best of the French singers is Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, an immaculately declaimed Teapot/Arithmatic/Frog.

4th May 2009

The playing of the Berlin orchestra is of a stupendous refinement, capturing that Ravelian mixture of sophistication and innocence.

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