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Ravel, Maurice

RAVEL, MAURICE (1875 - 1937)

French, of paternal Swiss and maternal Basque descent, Ravel combined skill in orchestration with meticulous technical command of harmonic resources. He wrote in an attractive musical idiom that was entirely his own, in spite of contemporary comparisons with Debussy, a... (more info)

Stage Works
Ravel wrote two operas, the first, described as a comÃ©die-musicale, L'heure espagnole (The Spanish Clock) and the second, with a libretto by Colette, the imaginative L'enfant et les sortilÃ¨ges (The Child and the Enchantments), in which the naughty child is punished when furniture and animals assume personalities of their own. Ravel wrote his ballet Daphnis et ChloÃ© in response to a commission from the Russian impresario Diaghilev. Ma mÃ¨re l'oye (Mother Goose), originally for piano duet, was orchestrated and used for a ballet, as were the Valses nobles et sentimentales and the choreographic poem La valse. Ravel's last ballet score was the famous BolÃ©ro, a work he himself described as an orchestrated crescendo.

Orchestral Music
In addition to the scores for ballet and arrangements of piano works for the same purpose, Ravel wrote an evocative Rapsodie espagnole (Spanish Rhapsody). Orchestrations of original piano compositions include a version of the very well known Pavane pour une infante dÃ©funte (Pavane for a Dead Infanta), the Menuet antique, 'Alborada del gracioso' from Miroirs and pieces from Le tombeau de Couperin. Ravel wrote two piano concertos, the first, completed in 1930, for the left hand only, commissioned by the pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who had lost his right arm in the war, and the second, completed in 1931, for two hands.

Vocal Music
Songs by Ravel include the remarkable ShÃ©hÃ©razade, settings of a text by Tristan Klingsor for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, and the Don Quichotte Ã DulcinÃ©e (Don Quixote to Dulcinea) songs, originally written for a film of Don Quixote in which the famous Russian bass Chaliapin was to star. Songs with piano include settings of the Jules Renard Histoires naturelles, with its instinctive sympathy with the birds and the cricket portrayed.

Chamber Music
Ravel's chamber music includes the evocative nostalgia of the Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet, a violin sonata with a jazz-style blues movement, a piano trio and a string quartet. Tzigane, written for the Hungarian violinist Jelly d'ArÃ¡nyi, is a remarkable excursion into extravagant gypsy style.

Piano Music
Ravel was himself a good pianist. His music for the piano includes compositions in his own nostalgic archaic style, such as the Pavane and the Menuet antique, as well as the more complex textures of pieces such as Jeux d'eau (Fountains), Miroirs, and Gaspard de la nuit, with its sinister connotations. The Sonatine is in Ravel's neo-classical style and Le tombeau de Couperin is in the form of a Baroque dance suite.

Discography
Image	Title	Price	Release Date	Label
	Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe (LPO: LPO-0059)	£9.99	Feb 27, 2012	London Philharmonic Orchestra
	Musical Tour Of South France (Naxos DVD Travelogue: 2110545)	£9.99	Jan 3, 2012	Naxos DVD Travelogue
	Debussy/ Ravel: France (Musical Tour Provence/ Prelude D'Un Faune/ Daphnis Et Chloe)	£9.99	Sep 26, 2011	Naxos DVD Travelogue
	Suites Francaises (Ravel: Le Tombeau De Couperin)	£15.99	Aug 30, 2011	Divox
	Ravel Meets Gershwin	£24.99	Aug 30, 2011	EuroArts DVD
	Ravel: Complete Music For Violin And Piano	£13.99	Aug 30, 2011	Hyperion
	Ravel: Orchestral Works	£9.99	May 31, 2011	Newton Classics
	Freddy Kempf Plays Rachmaninov/ Bach/ Busoni/ Ravel/ Stravinsky	£15.99	Mar 28, 2011	BIS
	Franck/ Debbussy/ Ravel: J Pike (Debussy: Sonata In G Minor/ Ravel: Sonata In G Major)	£15.99	Mar 28, 2011	Chandos
	Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music	£29.99	Feb 28, 2011	Hyperion
	Ravel/ Debussy: Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Munch (La Mer/ Iberia/ Lamer L'Oye Suite)	£19.99	Jan 31, 2011	ICA Classics
	Strauss/ Ravel: Jurowski (Metamorphosen/ Piano Concerto/ Bourgeois Gentilhomme)	£29.99	Nov 29, 2010	EuroArts DVD
	Rav/ Deb/ Mass: Bavouzet (Works By Ravel/ Debussy/ Massenet)	£16.99	Nov 1, 2010	Chandos
	Easy Listening: Piano Classics (Piano Classics By Debussy/ Ravel)	~~£12.99~~ £6.49	Feb 1, 2010	Naxos Classics
	Debussy/ Ravel: String Quartets (Debussy: Quartet In G Minor/ Ravel: Violin Sonata No.2/ Quartet In F Major)	£13.99	Jan 4, 2010	Hyperion
	Idil Biret Archive 1 (Ravel: Serenade Grotesque/ Stravinsky: Les Cinq Doigts)	~~£6.99~~ £2.99	Jan 4, 2010	Idil Biret
	Ravel/ Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos	£6.99	Sep 1, 2009	Idil Biret
	Ravel: Songs	£13.99	Jun 1, 2009	Hyperion
	Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Mar 30, 2009	Naxos Classics
	RAVEL: THE CHILD & THE SPELLS	~~£6.99~~ £3.49	Mar 2, 2009	Naxos Classics
	Colombara: Rencontres (Works By Faure/ Hahn/ Gounod/ Duparc/ Poulenc/ Ibert/ Ravel)	£15.99	Jun 30, 2008	Dynamic
	RAVEL: Favorite Flavours - Works for 2 Pianos	£9.99	Jan 28, 2008	Cpo
	RAVEL: Daphnis and Chloe	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Oct 30, 2006	Naxos Classics
	HAYDN: Symphony No. 94 / RAVEL: Ma mere L'oye Suite	£9.99	Sep 1, 2006	Profil
	RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major / DEBUSSY: Toccata / BARTOK: Sonatine / ROUSSEL: 3 Pieces for Piano	£9.99	Sep 1, 2006	Profil
	THE VERY BEST OF RAVEL	£12.99	Apr 3, 2006	Naxos Best Of...
	RAVEL: Introduction et allegro / DEBUSSY: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp / SAINT-SAENS: Fantaisie	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	DEBUSSY / RAVEL: String Quartets	£9.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	RAVEL: Works for 2 Pianos and Piano Duet	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	RAVEL: Works for Solo Piano (Complete)	£19.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	RAVEL: La valse / Bolero / MILHAUD: Suite provencale / DEBUSSY: La mer	£4.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	RAVEL: Piano Concertos / FAURE: Ballade	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	DEBUSSY: Violin Sonata / Cello Sonata / RAVEL: Piano Trio	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	POULENC / RAVEL / DEBUSSY / SAINT-SAENS / ROUSSEL / MILHAUD: Works for Clarinet and Piano	£4.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	CHILL WITH RAVEL	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jul 23, 2004	Naxos Classics
	RAVEL: Chansons	£12.99	Oct 1, 2003	Naxos Classics
	LALO: Symphonie Espagnole / RAVEL / SAINT-SAENS / SARASATE (Zhang)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Aug 1, 2003	Naxos Classics
	DELIUS: Piano Concerto / RAVEL: Jeux d'eau (Moiseiwitsch) (1925-1950)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Dec 1, 2002	Naxos Historical
	RAVEL: Piano Favourites	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Aug 1, 2002	Naxos Classics
	Ravel: The complete solo piano music	£29.99	Mar 22, 2002	Hyperion
	MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition / RAVEL: Bolero (Koussevitzky) (1930-1947)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2002	Naxos Historical
	Classics Explained: RAVEL - Bol	£12.99	May 1, 2001	Naxos Educational
	RAVEL: Bolero / Daphnis et Chloe / Ma Mere L'oye	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2001	Naxos Classics
	Rhapsody (Enescu, Dvorak, Liszt, Ravel)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2001	Naxos Classics
	RAVEL: Rapsodie Espagnole / La Valse / Daphnis et Chloe	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2001	Naxos Classics
	SAINT-SAENS / RAVEL: Piano Concertos (Cortot) (1931, 1939)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Nov 1, 2000	Naxos Historical
	SAINT-SAENS: Carnival of the Animals / RAVEL: Mother Goose / DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	FAURE / RAVEL: String Quartets	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	DEBUSSY: String Quartet No. 1 / RAVEL: String Quartet in F / Introduction and Allegro	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	RAVEL: Piano Works, Vol. 1	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	LALO: Symphonie Espagnole / RAVEL / SAINT-SAENS / SARASATE (Bisengaliev)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	RAVEL: Piano Works, Vol. 2	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	RAVEL (THE BEST OF)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Best Of...
	RAVEL: Piano Concertos / FALLA: Nights in Gardens of Spain	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics

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	Petits Fours Encores (Favourite Encores) (Chandos: CHAN 10708)	£15.99	Jan 31, 2012	Chandos
	Young Argerich Vol.2 (Concerto No. 1 In E Minor) (Dynamic: IDI 6626)	£9.99	Jan 3, 2012	Dynamic
	Orazbayeva/ Outside (Non Classical: NONCLSS013)	£15.99	Oct 31, 2011	Nonclassical
	Stokowski (Various/ 3 Cd Box Set)	£19.99	Sep 26, 2011	BBC Legends
	From The Streets (Solo Piano Works)	£12.99	Aug 30, 2011	Champs Hill
	Ensemble Pyramide (Quartet For Oboe/ Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunt)	£15.99	Aug 30, 2011	Divox
	Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/ Achucarro	£29.99	Aug 1, 2011	EuroArts DVD
	Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/ Achucarro	£24.99	Aug 1, 2011	EuroArts DVD
	Various: The Young Julian Bream	£9.99	Feb 28, 2011	Dynamic
	Various: Heifitz (Symphonie Espagnole/ Poeme/ Violin Concerto No. 2)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 4, 2011	Naxos Historical
	Various: French Piano Trios (Piano Trios In D Minor/ G/ Piano Trio)	£9.99	Sep 27, 2010	Hyperion
	Various: Grand Finales (Gala From Berlin: Grand Finales 1999)	£14.99	Jul 26, 2010	Arthaus Dvd
	Various: Lat American Night (Waldbuhne: Latin American Night 1998)	£14.99	Jul 26, 2010	Arthaus Dvd
	Baryshevskyi: Recital	~~£6.99~~ £3.49	Apr 26, 2010	Naxos Classics
	LPO 70th Anniversary Concert [DVD] [2007]	£22.99	Apr 26, 2010	EuroArts DVD
	Rhythm And Dance [DVD] (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)	£17.99	Apr 26, 2010	EuroArts DVD
	Gala From St. Petersburg [DVD] [2003] [2005] (Michael Beyer)	£24.99	Apr 26, 2010	EuroArts DVD
	Discover Baroque	£16.99	Apr 27, 2009	Naxos Audio Books
	GILELS: BEETHOVEN/ SCRIABIN	£12.99	Feb 2, 2009	BBC Legends
	Romantic Residues / Songs for tenor & harp	£13.99	Jul 28, 2008	Hyperion
	Paganini's Violin (Various Composers)	£15.99	Nov 1, 2007	Dynamic
	La Valse 1880-1920	£15.99	Nov 1, 2007	Dynamic
	Gran Viola Luigi Alberto (Gran Viola Luigi Alberto Bianchi Plays The 1595 Amati Viola)	£15.99	Nov 1, 2007	Dynamic
	WOMEN AT THE PIANO - AN ANTHOLOGY OF HISTORIC PERFORMANCES, Vol. 3 (1928-1954)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	May 28, 2007	Naxos Historical
	A TO Z OF PIANISTS	£19.99	Feb 26, 2007	Naxos Classics
	PETRI, Michala / HANNIBAL, Lars: Siesta	£15.99	Jan 29, 2007	Dacapo Classical
	Stephen Hough's Spanish Album	£13.99	Oct 30, 2006	Hyperion
	MOISEIWITSCH, Benno: Acoustic Recordings 1916-1925 (Moiseiwitsch, Vol. 10)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Oct 30, 2006	Naxos Historical
	MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - SOUTHERN FRANCE: A Musical Tour of Provence, Cote d'Azur and Camargue	£9.99	Oct 30, 2006	Naxos Dvd
	LEAVING HOME : ORCHESTRAL MUSIC IN THE 20TH CENTURY (NTSC)	£69.99	Feb 27, 2006	Arthaus Dvd
	JUDD, Terence: Homage II	£9.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	SAFRI DUO: Goldrush - Works for Percussion	£4.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	WILLIAMS FAIREY BAND: Spanish Impressions	£4.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	GRIMETHORPE COLLIERY BAND: French Bonbons	£4.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	SAINT-SAENS / POULENC: Clarinet Sonatas / DEBUSSY: Premiere Rapsodie / PIERNE: Canzonetta	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	LISZT: Annees de pelerinage (excerpts) / GINASTERA: Piano Sonata No. 1 / Barber: Piano Sonata	£9.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	JUDD, Terence: Homage I	£9.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	FRENCH BALLET MUSIC OF THE 1920S	£6.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	Art & Music: Renoir - Music of His Time	~~£6.99~~ £3.49	Jan 3, 2006	Naxos Educational
	Art & Music: Cezanne - Music of His Time	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Oct 31, 2005	Naxos Educational
	VIRTUOSO CELLO ENCORES	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Oct 31, 2005	Naxos Classics
	Discover Music of the Twentieth Century	£12.99	Oct 3, 2005	Naxos Educational
	Italian Baroque Trumpet Music	£6.99	Mar 29, 2005	Hyperion Helios
	Playful Pachyderm	£13.99	Oct 22, 2004	Hyperion
	MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - MADRID, LA MANCHA, TOLEDO (NTSC)	£9.99	Sep 1, 2004	Naxos Dvd
	BALLADES FOR SAXOPHONE AND ORCHESTRA	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jun 18, 2004	Naxos Classics
	Flute Concertos (Romantic)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Mar 1, 2004	Naxos Classics
	Welte-Mignon Piano Rolls, Vol. 1 (1905-1927)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jul 1, 2003	Naxos Historical
	JOINT CONCERT AT TEL AVIV (NTSC)	£24.99	May 23, 2003	Arthaus Dvd
	Teyte, Maggie: A Vocal Portrait (1932-1948)	£12.99	Apr 1, 2003	Naxos Historical
	Tourel, Jennie: A Vocal Portrait (1946-1952)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Mar 1, 2003	Naxos Historical
	Of ladies & love	£13.99	Jul 19, 2002	Hyperion
	Art & Music: Monet - Music of His Time	~~£6.99~~ £3.49	Apr 1, 2002	Naxos Educational
	Classical Heat	£12.99	Feb 1, 2002	Naxos Classics
	Classical Chill	£12.99	Feb 1, 2002	Naxos Classics
	ADLER, Larry: The Great Larry Adler (1934-1947)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Feb 1, 2002	Naxos Nostalgic
	BERLIN PHIHARMONIC: NEW YEAR'S GALA 1996 (NTSC)	£19.99	Nov 14, 2001	Arthaus Dvd
	French Music for Harp and Strings	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Aug 1, 2001	Naxos Classics
	Teyte, Maggie: French Songs and Arias (1940-1947)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jul 1, 2001	Naxos Historical
	French Violin Sonatas	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2001	Naxos Classics
	French Festival	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2001	Naxos Classics
	Romantic Piano Favourites, Vol. 5	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2001	Naxos Classics
	Berlin Gala: A Tribute to Carmen (NTSC)	£19.99	May 15, 2000	Arthaus Dvd
	Cinema Classics, Vol. 4	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Cinema Classics
	Flute and Harp (Balint, Mercz)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	BERCEUSE - MUSIC OF PEACE AND CALM	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	Orchestral Spectacular	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	Three French Piano Trios	£13.99	Jan 1, 2000	Hyperion
	Clarinet Evergreens (Budapest Clarinet Quintet)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	Cinema Classics Vol 9	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	Classics at the Movies: Comedy 1	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	French Piano Trios, Vol. 1	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	Cinema Classics 2	£12.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	Dance of the Blessed Spirits	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	The Lark Ascending: Violin Showpieces	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	VARIOUS : Cinema Classics 4	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Cinema Classics
	BOLERO AND OTHER SPANISH FAVOURITES	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	Cinema Classics, Vol. 9	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics

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