Maurice Ravel

Flute, oboe, clarinet in bb, horn, bassoon - score; set of parts

With this arrangement of the Bolero, Christian Beyer dares to do something that most arrangers would surely have thrown up their hands in horror at. The result is remarkable: a (stylistically and sens...

Maurice Ravel's melancholy popular 'Pavane for a Dead Princess' composed in 1899 was originally written for piano before he arranged it for orchestra in 1910. Though dedicated to a real princess, the...

Maurice Ravel broke new personal ground with his only piano trio, yet in a stroke of genius he created a work of the early 20th century that is outstanding in many respects and a key work of this genr...

With the Ravel 'Pavane', Bonsor's genius as a recorder arranger shines clear. (The American Recorder)Whenever a score or more players are gathered together, put this in the programme. (The Recorder)

Created during the First World War, Maurice Ravel's composition 'Le Tombeau de Couperin' casts a longing look at the past while at the same time being full to the brim with traces of modern music. Eac...

Maurice Ravel's melancholy popular 'Pavane for a Dead Princess' composed in 1899 was originally written for piano before he arranged it for orchestra in 1910. Though dedicated to a real princess, the...

In June 1905, Ravel told a friend shortly before setting off on a long holiday: 'I was terribly busy because of a piece for harp commissioned by the Érard company. I was able to finish it after a fash...

Maurice Ravel's melancholy popular 'Pavane for a Dead Princess' composed in 1899 was originally written for piano before he arranged it for orchestra in 1910. Though dedicated to a real princess, the...

Maurice Ravel's Mother Goose Suite compirses five charming miniatures, each evoking a fairy tale scene. From the simplicity of the opening 'Pavane of Sleeping Beauty' to the whirling dance of the 'Con...

Maurice Ravel's Mother Goose Suite compirses five charming miniatures, each evoking a fairy tale scene. From the simplicity of the opening 'Pavane of Sleeping Beauty' to the whirling dance of the 'Con...

Maurice Ravel's melancholy popular 'Pavane for a Dead Princess' composed in 1899 was originally written for piano before he arranged it for orchestra in 1910. Though dedicated to a real princess, the...

Maurice Ravel's melancholy popular 'Pavane for a Dead Princess' composed in 1899 was originally written for piano before he arranged it for orchestra in 1910. Though dedicated to a real princess, the...

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...

V-solo/Fl1/Fl2(Fl-picc)/2Ob/2Clar/2Fag/2Hn/Trp/Perc(Tri/Timbre/Be)/Cel/Hfe/2V/Va/Vc/KB

In the 1960s, long after Ravel’s death, the musical text of the then available Durand edition of Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major underwent various changes. Although it is unknown who authorised thes...

The soft light of the early morning, the song of the cicadas and the beguiling scent of thyme: "Matinée de Provence" describes a morning in Provence, from the first rays of sunshine to the oppressive...

With his composition "L'Aurore" (Dawn) in 1905, Maurice Ravel started his fifth and last attempt to win the coveted "Prix de Rome" of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His renewed elimination in t...