Ravel / Slatkin,Leonard - Orchestral Works: Ravel Orchestrations 3 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Leroy Anderson etched out his own unique place in American music - a composer rigorously trained in the classical tradition whose records topped the pop charts, a meticulous arranger of music whose own melodies were crafted with inventive precision. Album Tracks 1. Harvard Sketches (Lowell House Bel S - Freshman in Harvard Square - Wi 2. Melody on 2 Notes 3. Mother's Whistler 4. The Penny-Whistle Song 5. The Phantom Regiment 6. Plink, Plank, Plunk! 7. Promenade 8. Sandpaper Ballet 9. Sarabande 10. Serenata 11. Old MacDonald Had a Farm 12. The Music Man 76 Trombones 13. Sleigh Ride 14. Suite of Carols 15. Of Thee I Sing Wintergreen for PR Sident 16. The Typewriter 17. A Trumpeter's Lullaby 18. The Syncopated Clock

Composed between 1929 and 1931, Ravel's two piano concertos reflect his enthusiasm for jazz, though one that was thoroughly absorbed into his own idiom. The Concerto in G major, originally conceived as a Basque rhapsody, is lightly scored but sports a vivacious percussion section, galvanizing motor rhythms and a slow movement of astonishing beauty. The Concerto for the Left Hand, commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein who had lost his right arm in the First World War, is a single movement tour de force, as is Tzigane, a gypsy violin showpiece of dazzling virtuosity. Album Tracks 1. Piano Concerto in G Major 2. I. Allegramente 00 08 25 3. II. Adagio Assai 00 09 26 4. III. Presto 00 04 07 5. Tzigane (Version for Violin and Orchestra) 00 10 41 6. Lento - 00 08 48 7. Allegro - 00 10 20

Album Tracks 1. Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte 2. Prélude 3. Danse Du Rouet Et Scène 4. Pavane de la Belle Au Bois Dormant 5. Les Entretiens de la Belle Et de la Bête 6. Petit Poucet 7. Laideronnette, Impératrice Des Pagodes 8. Apothéose. Le Jardin Féerique. Lent Et Grave - Carnaval Des Animaux - Ma Mère L'oye 9. Une Barque Sur L'océan 10. Shéhérazade. Ouverture de Féerie 11. Menuet Antique 12. Fanfare Pour 'L'eventail de Jeanne'