Ravel’s opera L’heure espagnole combines an improbable plot with impeccable melodic charm and orchestral transparency. Raymond Bisha introduces this month’s new recording from Leonard Slatkin and the Orchestre National de Lyon, which is coupled with the last work Ravel composed, the song cycle Don Quichotte à Dulcinée.
View album details of Maurice Ravel’s L’Heure espagnole / Don Quichotte à Dulcinée at naxos.com
Catalogue No.: 8.660337
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