Ravel - Bolero

RedRose · 07-07-2015, 09:20 AM

What do you think of Ravel's Bolero?
Everyone I make him/her listen to it, they say it is boring and lifeless. To me it sounds like something which makes me high.

What do you think of it?

erifingers · 08-16-2015, 07:08 PM

Ravel's Bolero is a beautiful piece like all others from this marvelous composer, and...I think...the first piece that uses the saxophone in the orchestra. If Bolero makes you high, then try listening to Ravel´s Daphnis and Chloe.

Aloysius · 08-31-2015, 04:56 AM

I love Ravel, especially Gaspard de la Nuit and Jeux d'eaux (both piano pieces). Check out Martha Argerich playing Jeux d'eau - she really gets Ravel. Completely transcendent, tears a hole in space we can look through:

Londongirl22 · 05-14-2016, 05:38 AM

I absolutely adore Bolero, one of my fav pieces of music.

bob_32_116 · 05-14-2016, 08:38 AM

I love Bolero, and have done ever since i first heard it, which was as musical accompaniment to a show on TV - think it was Disney - that showed a series of time-lapse (sped up) videos of plants growing and flowers blooming.

To appreciate Bolero you should not think of it as a conventional piece, like a song with a structure. It has more in common with ambient music such as produced by Brian Eno or Klaus Schulze. The well-known part of Tubular Bells where the instruments enter one by one is a similar kind of piece - repetition, but with little changes introduced each time the main motif is repeated.

Londongirl22 · 05-14-2016, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by bob_32_116

I love Bolero, and have done ever since i first heard it, which was as musical accompaniment to a show on TV - think it was Disney - that showed a series of time-lapse (sped up) videos of plants growing and flowers blooming.

To appreciate Bolero you should not think of it as a conventional piece, like a song with a structure. It has more in common with ambient music such as produced by Brian Eno or Klaus Schulze. The well-known part of Tubular Bells where the instruments enter one by one is a similar kind of piece - repetition, but with little changes introduced each time the main motif is repeated.

Lorenzo L. · 12-31-2016, 06:23 PM

Try listening also "Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte", in its simplicity is a really beautiful piece, for me

Victor Frankenstein · 01-04-2017, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Lorenzo L.

Try listening also "Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte", in its simplicity is a really beautiful piece, for me

uhuh you are really a great connoisseur!

(I know I can talk in italian with you, but I think it'd be a bad-manner by me)

~~Adriano~~ · 01-31-2017, 05:39 AM

Ravel wrote this music that made him famous in a day,
for a dancer friend who wanted to renew his repertoire;
a little busy music he did not believe.
Council about this episode read "Ravel" by Jean Echenoz,
a literary gem that provides some moments of great pleasure.

boccherini413 · 05-11-2017, 01:11 AM

The whole structure of the piece is brilliant. It's long and grand, at least to me. It's a pain to play though. Requires patience and you really need to be prepared to give everything at the end to make it sound good.

07-07-2015, 09:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
RedRose Groupie Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 16	Ravel - Bolero What do you think of Ravel's Bolero? Everyone I make him/her listen to it, they say it is boring and lifeless. To me it sounds like something which makes me high. What do you think of it?

01-31-2017, 05:39 AM	#9 (permalink)
~~Adriano~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Italy Posts: 2	"Ravel" by Jean Echenoz Ravel wrote this music that made him famous in a day, for a dancer friend who wanted to renew his repertoire; a little busy music he did not believe. Council about this episode read "Ravel" by Jean Echenoz, a literary gem that provides some moments of great pleasure.

08-16-2015, 07:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
erifingers Groupie Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 1	Ravel's Bolero is a beautiful piece like all others from this marvelous composer, and...I think...the first piece that uses the saxophone in the orchestra. If Bolero makes you high, then try listening to Ravel´s Daphnis and Chloe.

08-31-2015, 04:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
Aloysius Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 351	I love Ravel, especially Gaspard de la Nuit and Jeux d'eaux (both piano pieces). Check out Martha Argerich playing Jeux d'eau - she really gets Ravel. Completely transcendent, tears a hole in space we can look through:

05-14-2016, 05:38 AM	#4 (permalink)
Londongirl22 Groupie Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 17	I absolutely adore Bolero, one of my fav pieces of music.

05-14-2016, 08:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
bob_32_116 Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: 32S 116E Posts: 324	I love Bolero, and have done ever since i first heard it, which was as musical accompaniment to a show on TV - think it was Disney - that showed a series of time-lapse (sped up) videos of plants growing and flowers blooming. To appreciate Bolero you should not think of it as a conventional piece, like a song with a structure. It has more in common with ambient music such as produced by Brian Eno or Klaus Schulze. The well-known part of Tubular Bells where the instruments enter one by one is a similar kind of piece - repetition, but with little changes introduced each time the main motif is repeated.

12-31-2016, 06:23 PM	#7 (permalink)
Lorenzo L. Groupie Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 13	Try listening also "Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte", in its simplicity is a really beautiful piece, for me

05-11-2017, 01:11 AM	#10 (permalink)
boccherini413 Groupie Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 3	The whole structure of the piece is brilliant. It's long and grand, at least to me. It's a pain to play though. Requires patience and you really need to be prepared to give everything at the end to make it sound good.