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Disc 1:

1. Bolero
2. Sheherazade
3. Rapsodie espagnole: Prelude a la nuit
4. Rapsodie espagnole: Malaguena
5. Rapsodie espagnole: Habanera
6. Rapsodie espagnole: Feria
7. Menuet antique
8. La Valse - Poeme choregraphique

Disc 2:

1. Ma mere l'Oye Ballet: Prelude (Tres lent)
2. Ma mere l'Oye Ballet: Tableau 1 - Danse du Rouet et scene
3. Ma mere l'Oye Ballet: Tableau 2 - Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
4. Ma mere l'Oye Ballet: Interlude
5. Ma mere l'Oye Ballet: Tableau 3 - Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bete
6. Ma mere l'Oye Ballet: Interlude
7. Ma mere l'Oye Ballet: Tableau 4 - Petit Poucet
8. Ma mere l'Oye Ballet: Interlude
9. Ma mere l'Oye Ballet: Tableau 5 - Laideronnette, Imperatrice des Pagodes
10. Ma mere l'Oye Ballet: Interlude
11. Ma mere l'Oye Ballet: Tableau 6 - Le Jardin feerique
12. Le Tombeau de Couperin: Prelude
13. Le Tombeau de Couperin: Forlane
14. Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet
15. Le Tombeau de Couperin: Rigaudon
16. Pavane pour une infante defunte
17. Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs #4)
18. Une barque sur l'ocean (Miroirs #3)

Disc 3:

1. Daphnis et Chloe: Introduction
2. Daphnis et Chloe: Danse religieuse
3. Daphnis et Chloe: Scene
4. Daphnis et Chloe: Danse generale
5. Daphnis et Chloe: Scene
6. Daphnis et Chloe: Danse grotesque de Dorcon
7. Daphnis et Chloe: Danse legere et gracieuse de Daphnis
8. Daphnis et Chloe: Scene
9. Daphnis et Chloe: Nocturne
10. Daphnis et Chloe: Danse lente et mysterieuse des Nymphes
11. Daphnis et Chloe: Interlude
12. Daphnis et Chloe: Introduction to Part 2
13. Daphnis et Chloe: Danse guerriere
14. Daphnis et Chloe: Danse suppliante de Chloe
15. Daphnis et Chloe: Introduction to Part 3
16. Daphnis et Chloe: Lever du jour
17. Daphnis et Chloe: Pantomime
18. Daphnis et Chloe: Danse generale - Bacchanale
19. Valses nobles et sentimentales: I. Modere
20. Valses nobles et sentimentales: II. Assez lent
21. Valses nobles et sentimentales: III. Modere
22. Valses nobles et sentimentales: IV. Assez anime
23. Valses nobles et sentimentales: V. Presque lent
24. Valses nobles et sentimentales: VI. Assez vif
25. Valses nobles et sentimentales: VII. Moins vif
26. Valses nobles et sentimentales: VIII. Epilogue - Lent

Customer Rating: - Martinon's Ravel is the most French among the great performances
For decades advocates of Jean Martinon's Debussy and Ravel have lamented how little respect EMI seemed to have for his recordings, which were as often as not witheld. That omission was gradually remedied, and all of these Ravel items with the Orchestre de Paris from the Seventies have seen bargain issues already. However, here we have the whole lot in good remasterings for the cost of a single full-price CD.

Why pick Martinon in pllace of his chief copetitors, Boulez, Monteux, and Munch, great conductors all? The main reason is the sheer Frenchess of the playing -- brilliant, sharp, piquant -- since the other three conductors lead American and English orchestras. But just as important is Martinon's natural, knowing way with this music. He is less clinical than Boulez, less prone to hysteria than Munch, more alert and vivid than Monteux. One notable feature is that Martinon eschews any whiff of dated sophistication and boulevadier gloss.

It's a shame that Martinon fell into obscurity after his less than stellar tenure with the Chicago Sym., but that's no reason not to raise him as high as he deserves, principally in French music. Even if you own these familiar works several times over, Martinon is not to be missed, especially at this price.

The complete contents of the threee CDs are as follows:
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Boléro
Shéhérazade - Ouverture de féerie
Rapsodie Espagnole
Ma Mère l'Oye
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Daphnis et Chloé
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs No. 4)
Une barque sur l'océan
Menuet antique
La Valse