Durand-Salabert-Eschig-Piano Library

This collection brings together thirty years of Ravel compositions. It holds famous works like the Sonatine, as well as lesser-known pieces such as the Menuet en Ut dièse mineur or the 1913 Prélude. T...

On November 22, 1928, Ida Rubinstein’s ballet to the music of Maurice Ravel’s Boléro premiered at the Opéra Garnier in Paris: it was a resounding success. An orchestral version of the Boléro was soon...

The suite Ma mère l’Oye was composed by Maurice Ravel for piano four hands in 1908–1910. For these "cinq pièces enfantines" [five children’s pieces], the composer drew inspiration from the tales of th...

Ständchen ist eines der berühmtesten Schubert-Lieder. Nach dieser Liebeserklärung in Form einer Serenade zu einem Text von Ludwig Rellstab entstanden zahlreiche Transkriptionen und Adaptationen. Eine...

Les Barricades mystérieuses by François Couperin (1668-1733) occupies a special place at the heart of the repertoire of French harpsichordists. The title is enigmatic, and it is a challenge. Couperin...

The suite Ma mère l’Oye was composed by Maurice Ravel for piano four hands in 1908–1910. For these "cinq pièces enfantines" [five children’s pieces], the composer drew inspiration from the tales of th...

It was Jules Écorcheville (1872–1915) who took the initiative in 1909 of organizing a unique commemoration of the centenary of the death of Joseph Haydn (1732–1809). The musicologist suggested to seve...

Xavier Montsalvatge (1912–2002) was a prolific composer who drew his inspiration from a variety of sources, some Catalan, some Latin, most notably: his fondness for the Groupe des Six, Stravinsky’s rh...