On March 13, 2025, the innovative Platoon label released a new recording of Boléro from Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela and Music Director Gustavo Dudamel. Boléro is a one-movement orchestral piece composed by Maurice Ravel in 1928. It is one of the most enduringly popular works in the classical canon, recognized for its hypnotic repetition, gradual crescendo and Spanish-inspired rhythm.

The new recording was captured in London in early 2025, during the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra’s European Tour with Gustavo Dudamel.

Dudamel says 'Ravel’s Boléro is one of the most iconic works—not just in classical music, but in all of music. Its power lies in its simplicity: one rhythm, two melodies, that’s it.

The listener is carried through a crescendo of colors, on an ever-evolving journey of joy. Each time the melody returns, it takes on a new shade, shaped instinctively by the interpreter, building toward that climactic tutti—a moment I can only describe as nirvana.

This recording is especially meaningful, as it marks my beloved Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra's first time recording Ravel. Beginning with what is perhaps his best-known piece is certainly a challenge, but we bring our Sistema soul to Boléro—infusing it with our unique DNA of how we conceive sound, and how we approach music-making.'

On March 13, 2025, the innovative Platoon label released a new recording of Boléro from Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela and Music Director Gustavo Dudamel. Boléro is a one-movement orchestral piece composed by Maurice Ravel in 1928. It is one of the most enduringly popular works in the classical canon, recognized for its hypnotic repetition, gradual crescendo and Spanish-inspired rhythm.

The new recording was captured in London in early 2025, during the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra’s European Tour with Gustavo Dudamel.

Dudamel says 'Ravel’s Boléro is one of the most iconic works—not just in classical music, but in all of music. Its power lies in its simplicity: one rhythm, two melodies, that’s it.

The listener is carried through a crescendo of colors, on an ever-evolving journey of joy. Each time the melody returns, it takes on a new shade, shaped instinctively by the interpreter, building toward that climactic tutti—a moment I can only describe as nirvana.

This recording is especially meaningful, as it marks my beloved Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra's first time recording Ravel. Beginning with what is perhaps his best-known piece is certainly a challenge, but we bring our Sistema soul to Boléro—infusing it with our unique DNA of how we conceive sound, and how we approach music-making.'

On March 13, 2025, the innovative Platoon label released a new recording of Boléro from Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela and Music Director Gustavo Dudamel. Boléro is a one-movement orchestral piece composed by Maurice Ravel in 1928. It is one of the most enduringly popular works in the classical canon, recognized for its hypnotic repetition, gradual crescendo and Spanish-inspired rhythm.

The new recording was captured in London in early 2025, during the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra’s European Tour with Gustavo Dudamel.

Dudamel says 'Ravel’s Boléro is one of the most iconic works—not just in classical music, but in all of music. Its power lies in its simplicity: one rhythm, two melodies, that’s it.

The listener is carried through a crescendo of colors, on an ever-evolving journey of joy. Each time the melody returns, it takes on a new shade, shaped instinctively by the interpreter, building toward that climactic tutti—a moment I can only describe as nirvana.

This recording is especially meaningful, as it marks my beloved Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra's first time recording Ravel. Beginning with what is perhaps his best-known piece is certainly a challenge, but we bring our Sistema soul to Boléro—infusing it with our unique DNA of how we conceive sound, and how we approach music-making.'