Composers: Details

French composer and pianist Maurice Ravel (born March 7, 1875 in Ciboure near Biarritz, France; died December 28, 1937 in Paris) is best known to the general public for his orchestral piece Boléro of 1928, which he himself described as 'a piece for orchestra without music', but nevertheless is reputed to be the most often played composition of classical music.

Ravel's virtuosic and colorful piano music gave inspiration to Reijo Kiilunen, the founder of Ondine Records, to name the company after the first movement of the piano cycle Gaspard de la nuit.

More information:
Éditions Salabert (PDF document)
Ville de Montfort-l'Amaury
Maurice-Ravel.net

Alborada del gracioso
Gaspard de la nuit
Gaspard de la nuit (Orchestral version by Marius Constant)
Jeux d'eau
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Menuet antique
Miroirs
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Shéhérazade
Sonata in G for Violin and Piano
Vocalise

Véronique Gens: Berlioz & Ravel

Véronique Gens, soprano
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
John Axelrod, conductor
ODE 1200-2

Released 05/2012

20th Century Piano
Ravel · Shostakovich · Mosolov · Ligeti · Tulve

Mihkel Poll, piano
ODE 1161-2

Released 11/2009

Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la nuit
Miroirs
Jeux d'eau

Tzimon Barto, piano
ODE 1095-2

Released 02/2007

Maurice Ravel
Orchestral Versions of:
Gaspard de la nuit (with recited text)
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Menuet antique
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Alborada del gracioso
Carole Bouquet, narrator
Tzimon Barto, piano
Orchestre de Paris
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
ODE 1051-2

Released 01/2005

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