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Gordan Nikolic, Netherlands PO, Carlo Rizzi - Ravel (2012)

Posted By: v3122

Date: 27 Jan 2022 08:43:05

Gordan Nikolic, Netherlands PO, Carlo Rizzi - Ravel (2012)

This audiophile release from German label Tacet includes a great deal of blurbage touting the sound, which is indeed very impressive. There are even orchestra seating charts for each individual work. Auditioned on a good conventional stereo it's both transparent and brilliant. It's too bad, then, that the performances are solid but unspectacular. The best is probably the opening La valse, where the engineering really adds to the music even if the darker, apocalyptic undertones of the work seem lost on conductor Carlo Rizzi in his brisk reading. Boléro, where he is by contrast on the slow side, is one of the unsexier recordings of the piece among the many on the market, and even if you don't buy that explicit or implicit meaning of Boléro, the Pavane pour une infante défunte also feels perfunctory and disconnected from the meaning of the work. There's nothing to complain of in violinist Gordan Nikolic's lively Tzigane, and there is certainly a lot of clean instrumental work on display throughout, instrumental work that is usually obscured in the gray zone between performance and recording. But this is not a release that allows you to have it all.

Gordan Nikolic, Netherlands PO, Carlo Rizzi - Ravel: La valse, Ma mère l'Oye, Tzigane, Boléro, Pavane (2012):

Tracklist:

Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
1. La Valse - Poème chorégraphique pour orchestra - 12:25
2. Ma mère - I. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant - 1:41
3. Ma mère - II. Petit Poucet - 3:46
4. Ma mère - III. Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes 4:00
5. Ma mère - IV. Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête - 4:56
6. Ma mère - V. Le jardin féerique - 3:50
7. Tzigane. Rapsodie de concert pour violon et orchestra - 9:28
8. Boléro. Ballet pour orchestra - 16:44
9. Pavane pour une infante défunte - 6:28

Gordan Nikolic, violin
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlo Rizzi, conductor

Label: TACET 0207-4
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Recording Date: March, 2012 - April, 2012
Recording Location: Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
Original Recording Format: PCM
Recording Type & Bit Rate: DSD64

Dynamic Range

foobar2000 1.4.6 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2022-01-21 17:22:27

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Analyzed: Ravel-La valse, Ma mere l'Oye, Tzigane, Bolero
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR16 -4.92 dB -25.60 dB 12:25 01-La Valse - Poème chorégraphique pour orchestra
DR10 -17.17 dB -28.29 dB 1:41 02-Ma mère - I. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
DR12 -15.51 dB -28.11 dB 3:46 03-Ma mère - II. Petit Poucet
DR14 -11.48 dB -27.70 dB 4:01 04-Ma mère - III. Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes
DR14 -11.33 dB -27.81 dB 4:57 05-Ma mère - IV. Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête
DR13 -11.66 dB -27.46 dB 3:51 06-Ma mère - V. Le jardin féerique
DR16 -7.95 dB -27.06 dB 9:29 07-Tzigane. Rapsodie de concert pour violon et orchestra
DR17 -4.34 dB -26.20 dB 16:45 08-Boléro. Ballet pour orchestra
DR13 -13.37 dB -27.85 dB 6:28 09-Pavane pour une infante défunte
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR14

Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 352800 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DSD64

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