Demi-glace warm. At this point, the espagnole is prepared, and when it is finished, the brown stock is added in equal portions to the espagnole. Demi-glace keeps very well, about six months refrigerated or almost indefinitely frozen. Due to the considerable effort involved in making the traditional demi-glace, chefs commonly substitute a simple "jus lié" of veal stock or to create a simulated version, which the American cookbook author Julia Child referred to as a "semi-demi-glace"(i.e. sans espagnole sauce). However, even today, many chefs who prepare French "haute cuisine" use a demi-glace prepared in their own kitchen. Concentrates and mixes, mostly
Rapsodie espagnole movements, and is the first point in the score at which Ravel, in Nichols's phrase allows "the "élan" that has so far been deliberately stifled" to break out. The boisterous carnival atmosphere has undertones of nostalgia, but exuberance triumphs and the work ends in a joyful burst of orchestral colour. Rapsodie espagnole Rapsodie espagnole is an orchestral rhapsody written by Maurice Ravel. Composed between 1907 and 1908, the "Rapsodie" is one of Ravel's first major works for orchestra. It was first performed in Paris in 1908 and quickly entered the international repertoire. The piece draws on the composer's Spanish heritage,