Ravel's Bolero ~ The Longest Crescendo in Music! 33⅓ rpm LP Recording SP-8652

Description: "Great music, I have always felt, must always come from the heart." You can't beat that for a thumping-good opening — especially since the man who said it also wrote two of the selections you'll find on this record: "Bolero" (keeps the life juices flowing) and "Pavane For A Dead Princess" (poignantly pulsating). What's more, both the above words and the music are proof-positive that, when it comes to great music, Maurice Ravel's heart was always in the right place! Boléro-wise, it all began with that celebrated lady dancer, Ida Rubinstein. In 1928, she asked Maurice to write her a little something Spanish-style and he accepted - con mucho gusto. According to some sources, inspiration for the Bolero came from a painting of dancers by Goya. Others, disgruntled critics all, claim that the work is devoid of inspiration and must be regarded merely as an orchestral tour de force. Just before the first performance Ravel himself warned that he had indulged in a special, limited experiment of seventeen minutes' duration: "orchestral tissue without music" consisting entirely of a long gradual crescendo. The result is eighteen virtually exact repetitions of a folk-like theme of Spanish-Arabic origin, using each

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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

Artist: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Joseph Maurice Ravel, Alexander Borodin

Record Label: Capitol Records

Case Type: Cardboard Sleeve

Custom Bundle: No

Fidelity Level: High-Fidelity

Inlay Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Record Grading: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Format: Record

Release Year: 1970

Language: N/A

Style: Symphony

Record Size: 12"

Features: Compilation, Original Cover, Original Inner Sleeve

Performer Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Number of Audio Channels: Stereo

Composer: Alexander Borodin, Joseph Maurice Ravel, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

Speed: 33 RPM

Release Title: Bolero

Color: Black

Material: Vinyl

Edition: First Edition

Type: LP

Sleeve Grading: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Era: Classical: Impressionist

Instrument: Symphonic Orchestra

Conductor: William Steinberg

Run Time: 44 min

Genre: Classical, Impressionist Period

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States