Word: raveled
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Charles Munch, who is capable of the most energetic gymnastics during the forte passages and the most sulxlued style of conducting during the piano parts to draw out the orchestra, used his ability to the utmost. The effect was such that Ravel's work sounded like a new and wonderful piece being performed for the first time...
Rabaud La Procession Nocturne" Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major Piston Second Suite for Orchestra Ravel "Daphnis et Chico," Suite...
...outstanding work of the evening as far as performance was concerned if not musical excellence was probably Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe Suite. Here both the orchestra and the conductor were in their element. A completely impressionistic work such as this requires deep understanding, and the orchestra, which has been seated differently to create a different tonal effect, certainly gave it that...
Tonight the orchestra will be hard in two French compositions, one German, and one American. The program includes Rahaud's La Procession Nocturne, a Symphonic Poem after Lenau: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony; Piston's Second Suite for Orchestra; and Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe, Ballet Suite Number...
Others attempted more precise analysis: "It's all right to play Ravel, but not with this band and not in a place where people want to dance. Artie is O.K. when he plays the Shaw stuff that everyone likes-like Stardust. But most of the time he's too kittenish, too much cat." Said another: "His orchestrations are awful, he's imitating too many other bands." Actually, Artie had been using a good many of his original ten-year-old dance orchestrations...