Credits:

Kirill Karabits

Description:

At the age of 14, Ravel was first exposed to "Russian music" at the Paris Exposition of 1889. In 1907, Ravel came across the score of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Antar," and he proposed to transform the 12th century story, which had been completed as a "symphony" or "symphonic suite," into a new dramatic music, giving the Antar a single theme, like Berlioz's "Symphonie fantastique. Like the "idee fixe" of Berlioz's "Symphonie fantastique", he gave the Antar a single theme and made it into a grand narrative. The Ravel version, which sometimes draws from Ravel's No. 1 bis (track 1) in the style of Rimsky-Korsakov, and sometimes from another work, "Mlada," has never been published, but this world premiere recording includes a new text by Aman Malouf, written in 2014, and read by the composer. This world premiere recording is a "new work" with a new reading of the text by Aman Malouf, written in 2014. Slatkin and the Orchestra de Lyon present a unique work with a heavy Russian sound and a touch of the Orient, which is beautifully rendered by the orchestra. Naxos Japan

Tracklisting:

1.Symphony, "Antar" (ii), for orchestra No. 2, Op. 9
2.Asie
3.La flute enchantee
4.L'indifferent: Tes yeux sont doux comme ceux d'une fille