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Ravel: Cantates de Rome - Alyssa, Alcyone, Myrrha

Veronique Gens (Artist), Maurice Ravel (Composer), Michel Plasson (Conductor), Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Preludealyssa 3:08£0.89
Listen  2. Elfes Legers Elfes Errant Salyssa 5:44£0.89
Listen  3. La Bas Tout La Bas Alyssa 4:57£0.89
Listen  4. On Dirait Un Bruit Lointain D'Armures Alyssa 3:00£0.89
Listen  5. Le Barde Porte Glaive Alyssa 5:29£0.89
Listen  6. Puisqu'En Vain Pour Eux Je Supplie Alyssa 3:13£0.89
Listen  7. Prelude Alcyone 3:32£0.89
Listen  8. A L'Horizon Les Voiles Blanches Ont Alcyone 7:05£0.89
Listen  9. Description Symphonique Alcyone 3:26£0.89
Listen10. Ah Dieux Puissants Alcyone 1:44£0.89
Listen11. Mon Aime Mon Aime Alcyone 5:00£0.89
Listen12. Ma Fille Mon Enfant Qu'As Tu Alcyone 4:24£0.89
Listen13. Prelude Myrrha 2:14£0.89
Listen14. Me Voici Seul Enfin Myrrha 3:32£0.89
Listen15. Ainsi Qu'Un Signal Dans Le Ciel Passe Myrrha 5:38£0.89
Listen16. Que Tu Peux Retrouver De Nouveaux Soldat Smyrrha 4:03£0.89
Listen17. Tu Ne Passeras Pas O Roi Myrrha 3:33£0.89
Listen18. Arriere Donc Myrrha 4:06£0.89

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BBC Music Magazine

This is a disc for the Francophile who thinks that they have everything. Myrrha (1901), Alcyone (1902) and Alyssa (1903) are the three cantatas composed by Ravel in his doomed bid for the Paris Conservatoire's prestigious Prix de Rome for composers. Feeling that he was a financial burden on his family, Ravel entered the competition five times in all and was adjudged not talented enough even to proceed to the final round on both his first and the last attempts (1900 and 1905 respectively). By the time of the latter, Ravel was making a name for himself and the scandal that his rejection by the reactionary competition panel provoked led to the resignation of the director of the Conservatoire.

Written for the three occasions that Ravel did reach the final, these cantatas are a curious amalgam of styles. The opening of Alyssa, for instance, is reminiscent of Rimsky-Korsakov, but Gounod and Massenet rapidly come to the fore. Sometimes Ravel is flattering the conservative tastes of the panel, elsewhere his own instincts come to the fore, and on occasions the young composer is being deliberately provocative. Performances are superb, the sublime Veronique Gens being the pick of the soloists. A fascinating disc.

Performance *****
Sound *****

© BBC Music Magazine 2001

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