This album was mastered using the 2xHD proprietary system, which involves transferring the original master to analog, processing it through a tube pre-amplifier, and then recording it in DXD.
Performer Biography
Leonard Slatkin, the conductor on this album, was born in Los Angeles to conductor-violinist Felix Slatkin and cellist Eleanor Aller, who were founding members of the Hollywood String Quartet.
Composer Biography
Maurice Ravel, a French composer, spent his childhood and adolescence primarily in Paris after his parents moved there shortly after his birth in Ciboure, a small coastal village in the Basque region.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ravel and his friends adopted the name 'Apaches' to signify their unconventional attitude towards established artistic traditions.
Composer Biography
Ravel's repeated failure to win the prestigious Prix de Rome, even as an established composer, caused a scandal in 1905 that led to changes at the Conservatoire, where Gabriel Fauré later became director.
Performer Biography
Leonard Slatkin has received numerous honors, including seven GRAMMY® Awards, the 2003 National Medal of Arts, and France's Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.
Composition History
Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole was his first major orchestral work, demonstrating his originality and skill as an orchestrator.
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