Frederica Von Stade, Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Maurice Ravel – Schéhérazade / Chansons Madécasses / Mélodies Populaires Grecques / Mélodies Hébraïques (E/VG+) – LP, US 1981

Schéhérazade / Chansons Madécasses / Mélodies Populaires Grecques / Mélodies Hébraïques is an LP by Maurice Ravel, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Frederica von Stade from 1981 released on the CBS Masterworks label.

About this album

This Ravel anthology stands out for its ideal balance of orchestral colour and vocal refinement. Frederica von Stade’s poised, expressive singing brings real character to Schéhérazade and the folk-inspired Mélodies populaires grecques, while Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra provide playing of supple detail and vivid atmosphere. The collection also sets Chansons madécasses and the Hébraïques alongside Ravel’s most distinctive late idiom, where rhythm, restraint and exotic suggestion are always tightly controlled. Recorded in the early 1980s, it reflects a polished modern account of music that remains central to Ravel’s orchestral and song output.

Genre: Classical, Classical