Maurice Ravel - L'enfant et Les Sortileges (1997)

01. ‘I don’t want to learn my lesson’
02. ‘Has mother’s boy been good?’
03. ‘I don’t care!’
04. ‘Your humble servant, Bergère!’
05. ‘Ding, ding, ding, ding’
06. ‘How’s Your Mug?’
07. ‘What the hell, Mah-jong’
08. ‘Oh! My lovely China cup!’
09. ‘Away! I warm the good but burn the bad!’
10. ‘Farewell, Shepherdesses!’			play
11. ‘Ah! ’tis she! ’tis she!’
12. ‘You, the heart of the rose’
13. ‘Two taps run into a tank!’
14. ‘Oh! My head!’
15. Cat’s Duet
16. The Music of insects, frogs & toads, the laughter of screech-owls, a murmur of breeze & nightingales
17. ‘Ah! What happiness to find you again, Garden!’
18. ‘Where are you?’				play
19. Round Dance of the bats: ‘Give her back to me…tsk, tsk…’
20. Dance of the frogs
21. ‘Save yourself, silly! And the cage? The cage?’
22. ‘The cage, it was to see better how nimble you were’
23. ‘Ah! It’s the Child with the knife!’
24. ‘He has dressed the wound…’
25. ‘He is good, the Child, he is wise’

L'enfant - Françoise Ogéas
Maman - Jeannine Collard
La tasse chinoise - Jeannine Collard
La libellule - Jeannine Collard
La bergère - Jane Berbié
La chauve-souris - Colette Herzog
Le feu - Sylvaine Gilma
Le rossignol - Sylvaine Gilma
La princesse - Sylvaine Gilma
La chatte - Jane Berbié
L'écureuil - Jane Berbié
La chouette - Colette Herzog
Un pâtre - Jane Berbié
Une pastourelle - Colette Herzog
Le fauteuil - Heinz Rehfuss
Un arbre - Heinz Rehfuss
L'horloge comtoise - Camille Maurane
Le chat - Camille Maurane
La théière - Michel Sénéchal
La rainette - Michel Sénéchal
Le petit vieillard - Michel Sénéchal

Choeurs et Maitrise de la RTV Française
Orchestre National de la RTV Française
Lorin Maazel, 1960

The writing of L'Enfant et les sortileges kept Ravel busy for some years. It was finally completed in 1925. If L'Heure was an opera for adults, L'Enfant et sortilčges is completely different; it's a genuine children's opera, maybe best of its kind. The innocence of this opera is touching compared to the perversity of L'Heure.

The music is versatile. It is a Walt Disney fantasy by one man, Maurice Ravel, well before Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck were created. It has a great story, great music and great characters. The work is filled with imagination and magic. At the same time it is also a touching proof of the composer's true character.

It is no wonder that Lorin Maazel's recording of L'Enfant et les Sortileges won the Grand Prix International du Disque prize in 1961. It well deserves it. Every detail is taken into perfection. This is art for art. The same goes with the other works presented in this two disc set. This set is vital for the fans of Ravel's opera music, and a great way for beginners in classical music to get to know these works by the great French composer. Highly recommend. ---Joel Valkila

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