Ravel was a master of orchestration, as is borne out by his ever popular arrangement of Mussorgsky’s famous set of piano pieces, Pictures at an Exhibition. But as his Pavane pour une infante défunte ...

“Le Jardin Féerique,” usually translated as the enchanted or fairy garden, barely breathes into life as the apotheosis of the ...

Gergiev generates a frisson in everything he conducts, but it is only in French and Russian repertoire that his stylistic antennae seem secure. This Daphnis with the London Symphony Orchestra has ...

But Ravel originally wrote it for solo piano. And that's the rendition we'll hear in concert, performed by French pianist Jean-Claude Pennetier (zhah (n)-klohd pen-et-YAY), in recital at the ...

The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., has been presenting Sunday afternoon concerts for more than 50 years. Pianist Phillipe Entremont made a return visit recently. This was the site of his ...

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Nous nous embarquons sur l’océan avec Maurice Ravel et nous l’accompagnons pendant la grande tournée de concerts qu’il donne aux Etats-Unis en 1928. Il remporte un succès formidable! Tous les grands ...

Né il y a 150 ans, le 7 mars 1875, Maurice Ravel est considéré comme l'un des compositeurs les plus remarquables de son époque. Sa musique se distingue particulièrement par l'originalité de son ...

Composed about 1893, Sérénade grotesque was originally entitled just Sérénade in the autograph. Admitting the influence of Chabrier's Bourée fantasque , written two years earlier, Ravel would return ...

David Bowie - Life on Mars? Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat We've Only Just Begun The Parting Glass Take Me Home, Country Roads Ravel's beautiful Pavane For A Dead Princess touches many people. While it ...