“Alone in their kitchens, lounges or dining rooms, individual Orchestre national de France (ONF) musicians played as their mobile phones recorded their parts in Maurice Ravel’s thrilling orchestral score.

Then the magic: a technician jigsawed the bits together into a video mosaic to create a near flawless, combined performance of woodwinds, brass, percussion and strings.

… This unusual rendition of Bolero, one of the world’s best-known pieces of classical music, had been reworked by conductor Didier Benetti into a condensed four-minute version.

… The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra had done a similar recording with Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring — each bringing together some 20 musicians.”

Source: GEO.TV