Maurice Ravel

'Virtuoso piece in the style of a Hungarian rhapsody” - thus reads Ravel's entry on 'Tzigane” in the so-called 'Autobiographical Sketch”. Composed in 1924, there are three versions of this work: with...

Accompaniment: The Vardi Trio: Alan Shulman, violoncello; Edwin Hymovitz, piano - Written in 1914, Maurice Ravel's piano trio was premiered on 28 January 1915 in Paris, with distinguished pianist Alfr...

Written during the First World War, Maurice Ravel's composition 'Le Tombeau de Couperin' takes a wistful look at the past, while at the same time being brimming with hints of modernity. Each of the si...

Maurice Ravel's Pavane Pour Une Infant Defunte for piano. Transcribed from organ by A. Seutin.

There are very few people who aren't familiar with the Bolero by Maurice Ravel - it is a classic highlight, an unparalelled orchestral gem. Created as ballet music for the dancer Ida Rubinstein in 192...

The Bolero is, without doubt, the most famous of all works by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Countless concert performances and recordings as well as its use in films and on television have made this begu...

One-hour children's opera with onomatopoeic elements (animal noises). New Urtext edition based on the first prints and autograph sources. Soli: SSSS[S]MezMez[MezMezMez-A]AATTBar[Bar]B[B] - Choir: SSAA...

Le jardin féerique (Ma Mère l’Oye) composed by Maurice Ravel, as used in the film 'Call Me By Your Name'. Arranged for piano solo in digital sheet music format.

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) originally wrote Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose) in 1910 as a piano duet for the Godebski children, Mimi (6) and Jean (7). In 1911, Ravel orchestrated the work into a five-piece...

Maurice Ravel's (1875-1937) longest work at almost an hour, the complete one-act ballet Daphnis et Chloé was described by the composer as a "symphonie choregraphique" (choreographic symphony). Ravel b...

In 1907, Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) began to compose his one-act theatrical piece, L'HEURE ESPAGNOLE (The Spanish Hour), after his opera-loving father suffered a stroke. It has been suggested that this...

In 1907, Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) began to compose his one-act theatrical piece, L'HEURE ESPAGNOLE (The Spanish Hour), after his opera-loving father suffered a stroke. It has been suggested that this...

Daphnis et Chloé 'is certainly not only one of Ravel's best works, but also one of French music's most beautiful creations,' thus, Stravinsky's view of this ballet in his memoirs, published in 1935. C...

The ballet, a masterpiece of Impressionist orchestration, is now followed by Urtext editions of the well-known Daphnis Suites, both edited by Ravel expert Jean-François Monnard. Ravel extracted two su...

Text by Franc-Nohain Place and time: The plot takes place in Toledo, in the 18th century Characters: Concepción, Torquemada's wife (Soprano) - Gonzalve, bachelier (Tenor) - Torquemada, clockmaker (Tri...

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...