Description Composed for the famous ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev and the Ballet Russes, Maurice Ravel?s Daphnis and Chloe was drawn from an ancient Greek fable. At the time, Ravel announced his intention to 'compose a vast musical fresco, less scrupulous as to archaism than faithful to the Greece of my dreams.' The resulting 'choreographic symphony' features a captivating combination o…

Description Ravel originally conceived of his choreographic poem La Valse as a tribute to Johann Strauss. But this is a waltz far removed from the urbane gaiety of old Vienna. A masterpiece of lush and brilliant orchestration, it is a work of considerable emotional depth in which the initial series of elegant waltzes are transformed into what Ravel describes as a fantastic and fatal whirling …

Par RAVEL MAURICE. Maurice Ravel's Menuet En Ut Diese Mineur (Menuet Antique) for solo piano./ 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.…

Par DEBUSSY CLAUDE / RAVEL. Claude Debussy's 'Quartet in G Minor, Op 10' and Maurice Ravel's 'Quartet in F Major'. Authoritative editions./ Répertoire / Musique de Chambre

Par RAVEL MAURICE / OUBRADOUS. As a prestigious composer of the early 20th century, Maurice Ravel 's Pièce En Forme De Habanera, transcribed for Bassoon and Piano by Fernand Oubradous contains many features which continue to make the composer's music popular and loved to this day. Known for his masterful melodies and rich harmonies, Pièce En Forme De Habanera clearly exemplifies these qualities th…

Par RAVEL MAURICE. As a prestigious composer of the early 20th century, Maurice Ravel 's Pièce en Forme de Habanera contains many features which continue to make the composer's music popular and loved to this day. Known for his masterful melodies and rich harmonies, Pièce en Forme de Habanera clearly exemplifies these qualities through flourishing Saxophone lines and evocative, chordal and rhythmi…

Maurice Ravel semble avoir été particulièrement attiré par l'atmosphère musicale de Vienne. Entre le commencement d'une 'uvre, en 1906, qui devait s'intituler Wien et son achèvement sous le titre de La Valse, en 1920, il écrivit les Valses nobles et sentimentales pour piano en 1911. Ravel orchestra les Valses en 1912 qui, du même coup, se transformèrent en ballet au titre de Adélaïde ou le langage…

Par RAVEL MAURICE. As a prestigious composer of the early 20th century, Maurice Ravel 's Pièce En Forme De Habanera, transcribed for Flute and Guitar by Janet Ketchum and Peter Segal, contains many features which continue to make the composer's music popular and loved to this day. Known for his masterful melodies and rich harmonies, Pièce En Forme De Habanera clearly exemplifies these qualities th…

Par RAVEL MAURICE. Ravel brought to the art of the song that distinctive fusion of classicism and the modern spirit that characterized all his musical works. This superb collection includes many of his most admired and performed songs and song cycles. Reprinted from authoritative French editions and with new English translations of the original French texts. Edited by Arbie Orenstein./ Répertoire …

pour piano. Par RAVEL MAURICE. ?Musique française? est une collection conçue pour les étudiants, les professeurs et les interprètes professionnels. Les volumes, qui présentent une analyse des chefs-d??uvre de la musique française, offrent de précieux conseils d?interprétation et des commentaires de caractère historique et stylistique rédigés par de grands professeurs. Maurice Ravel (1875?1937) écr…

Par RAVEL MAURICE. Ravel ranks as one of the most original French composers of his time. Along with Debussy, he stands in the front rank of great modern composers for the piano and his piano music includes a number of masterpieces considered vital to the repertoire of any serious pianist. This volume includes 'Pavane pour une Infant Defunte', 'Sonatine', 'Jeux d'eau', 'Gaspard de la nuit' and 'Mir…

Description 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 work for piano four-hands as an orchestral work. Based on five fairy tales, among them 'Sleeping Beauty', 'Tom Thumb' and 'Beauty and t…