Par RAVEL MAURICE. It was unmistakably Liszt’s piano piece “Les jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este” that inspired Ravel to compose one of his most famous works in 1901: “Jeux d’eau”. Laid out in sonata form, its sound is governed by myriad motions of water and sustained by innovative, highly virtuosic piano textures against a freely migrating and richly coloured harmonic backdrop. Nicolas Southon has re…

For A Dead Princess in Full Score. Par RAVEL MAURICE. With the premiere in 1908 of Rapsodie Espagnole, Ravel's first entirely orchestral composition, the French composer achieved renown as a highly original and imaginative composer. In 1911, he recast the Mother Goose Suite, his extremely successful music for piano four-hands, as an orchestral work. Based on five fairy tales — among them 'Sleeping…

Par RAVEL MAURICE. Composed in 1924 for Violin and Luthéal, (A keyboard instrument which never gained much popularity), Tzigane demonstrated Ravel's ability to go beyond his natural Impressionist style, and write a piece which would be much better categorized as Late Romantic. First performed with the Luthéal substituted for a Piano in 1925, today the piece is accepted as either being performed wi…

Par RAVEL MAURICE. This new Urtext edition, by the leading Ravel scholar, Roger Nichols, is based on all available manuscript and printed sources, and the first recording (1932), made under Ravel’s supervision. It includes a historical preface, in which Roger Nichols considers the origins or the work and early public reaction, and a critical commentary./ Répertoire / 2 Pianos

Edition revue par Maurice Ravel Danse fut d'abord publiée sous le titre de 'Tarentelle Styrienne', dont Debussy avait cru emprunter la rythmique syncopée et ambigue (6/8 = 3/4). Elle fut orchestrée, comme la Sarabande, par Maurice Ravel, en 1901. / Piano

Edition de Jean-Philippe NavarreLa rapidité de l’évolution du langage musical à partir de 1880 a parfois plongé le monde artistique dans une grande perplexité. Vers 1909, le compositeur René Lenormand (1846-1932) entreprend d’élucider les conquêtes harmoniques de ses contemporains et de les inscrire dans une forme de généalogie. Publié d’abord en feuilleton dans Le Monde Musical en 1912, son Étude…

Par RAVEL MAURICE. Le Tombeau de Couperin a été composé par Ravel en 1918 pour honorer la mémoire de ses amis morts pendant la Grande Guerre. Il a été composé dans le style de Couperin, dans le sillage de la redécouverte du répertoire du XVIIIe siècle qui a débuté au début du XXe siècle. Les notes d'interprétation historiques en français et en anglais, rédigées par Edmond Lemaître, s'appuient sur …

Par RAVEL MAURICE. This volume includes 'Ma Mere L'oye' (Mother Goose), 'Valse Nobles Et Sentimentales' and Ravel's own piano transcription of his world-famous 'La Valse'. Intermediate and advanced pianists will welcome this superb compilation of piano classics, reproduced from authoritative French scores./ Répertoire / Piano

Par RAVEL MAURICE. This volume contains a pair of works originally written for piano by Ravel, and later orchestrated by him. Le Tombeau De Couperin is a four-piece suite written between 1914 and 1917, dedicated to close friends who died in World War I. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales pays homage to the work of Franz Schubert. These eight uninterrupted Waltzes abound in Schubertian characteristics.…

Par RAVEL MAURICE. Classique / Rép Classique / Répertoire / Piano

Description This volume contains a pair of works originally written for piano by Ravel, and later orchestrated by him. Le Tombeau De Couperin is a four-piece suite written between 1914 and 1917, dedicated to close friends who died in World War I. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales pays homage to the work of Franz Schubert. These eight uninterrupted Waltzes abound in Schubertian characteristics.…

De T. Klingsor. Par RAVEL MAURICE. Vers De T. Klingsor, Textes Francais Et Anglais, English/ Répertoire / Chant et Orchestre