Maurice Ravel

Mussorgskij komponierte Bilder einer Ausstellung zwischen dem 2. und 22. Juni 1874 in einem wahren Schaffensrausch. Der Titel bezieht sich auf eine Gedenkausstellung mit Zeichnungen, Aquarellen und ar...

Fantaisie Lyrique En Deux Parties (1924-25)

Ravel's longest work at almost an hour, the complete one-act ballet Daphnis et Chloe was described by the composer as a "symphonie choregraphique" (choreographic symphony). Ravel began the work, a rom...

Maurice Ravel's (1875-1937) Boléro, M. 81/ IMR 4, is a piece that grew out of an orchestration exercise based on a rhythm common in the title Spanish dance. Today, it's usually performed as an orchest...

Clytus Gottwald's demanding transcriptions for choir a cappella have been enthusiastically received by choirs and performed with great success worldwide. In his transcriptions, Gottwald transfers voca...

Text by Tristan Klingsor. English translation by Madame Swayne Saint Rene Taillandier.

Text by Paul Clémenceau.

In 'Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis' ('Three beautiful birds from paradise'), Maurice Ravel thematizes the First World War, which he had directly in mind when composing the work in the winter of 1914/1...

Don't go into the forest of Ormonde', warn the old people in Maurice Ravel's choral piece Ronde. The forest is teeming with satyrs, gnomes, evil witches and other terrifying forest creatures. Their en...

Mezzosoprano/Piano

Mezzosoprano/Piano