Paul Paray: Berlioz — Symphonie fantastique & Ravel — Boléro

Paul Paray conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in two central works of the French orchestral repertoire: Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 and Maurice Ravel’s Boléro. The programme documents Paray’s work in Detroit in historic recordings distinguished by rhythmic precision and clarity of orchestral texture.

Tracklist

Hector Berlioz — Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
01 — I. Visions et passions — 11:28
02 — II. Un bal: Valse — 05:34
03 — III. Scène au champ — 14:36
04 — IV. Marche au supplice — 04:28
05 — V. Songe d’une nuit du Sabbat — 08:55

Maurice Ravel — Boléro
06 — Boléro — 13:20

Credits

Conductor: Paul Paray
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Composers: Hector Berlioz; Maurice Ravel
Edition: Capsa Symphōnĭa
Code: CS661

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