Boléro

Album by Maurice Ravel & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra & Jesús López Cobos

Boléro is a one-movement orchestral composition by French composer Maurice Ravel, composed in 1928. The work is built on a repeating snare-drum ostinato and a single theme that is passed between instruments while the orchestration gradually expands in texture and dynamics, reflecting Ravel's late-career focus on orchestral colour and rhythmic dance influences.
First released: 1st July 1988

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Alborado del gracioso
    7:23
  2. 2.
    Rapsodie espagnole: I. Prélude à la nuit
    4:25
  3. 3.
    Rapsodie espagnole: II. Malagueña
    2:03
  4. 4.
    Rapsodie espagnole: III. Habañéra
    2:27
  5. 5.
    Rapsodie espagnole: IV. Fería
    6:21
  6. 6.
    Valses nobles et sentimentales: I. Modéré
    1:22
  7. 7.
    Valses nobles et sentimentales: II. Assez lent
    2:37
  8. 8.
    Valses nobles et sentimentales: III. Modéré
    1:47
  9. 9.
    Valses nobles et sentimentales: IV. Assez animé
    1:17
  10. 10.
    Valses nobles et sentimentales: V. Presque lent
    1:18
  11. 11.
    Valses nobles et sentimentales: VI. Assez vif
    0:55
  12. 12.
    Valses nobles et sentimentales: VII. Moins vif
    3:15
  13. 13.
    Valses nobles et sentimentales: VIII. Epilogue
    4:05
  14. 14.
    La Valse
    12:10
  15. 15.
    Boléro
    15:32

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