This week begins our 20th season of Exploring Music! To celebrate, we are revisiting our very first program: the intriguing life and art of French composer Maurice Ravel. Ravel blended his Swiss-Basque heritage as well as early 20th -century jazz to create a unique compositional voice. He clashed with teachers at the Paris Conservatory yet maintained his instincts in the modernity of visual art, dance, and literature—all affected by World War I. Bill will feature the String Quartet in F Major, Rapsodie Espangole-Malagueña for two pianos, and the one-movement orchestral composition, Boléro.
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
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Playlist
Episode 1
Ravel, Maurice: String Quartet in F Major (excerpt)
Tokyo Quartet
Impressions
RCA 62552-2
1:31
Ravel, Maurice: Habañera from “Sites Auriculaires”
Robert Casadesus, piano
Complete Piano Music of Maurice Ravel
RCA 63316
2:33
Ravel, Maurice: Vocalise
Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano; Myung Whun Chung, piano
Ravel – The Complete Edition
London 452667-2
3:29
Ravel, Maurice: Jeux d’eau
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Ravel – Complete works for solo piano
London 433515-2
5:33
Ravel, Maurice: String Quartet in F Major – I
Tokyo Quartet
Impressions
RCA 62552-2
8:28
Ravel, Maurice: String Quartet in F Major – II
Tokyo Quartet
Impressions
RCA 62552-2
5:58
Ravel, Maurice: String Quartet in F Major – III
Tokyo Quartet
Impressions
RCA 62552-2
8:15
Ravel, Maurice: “Alborada del Gracioso” from Miroirs (excerpt)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Beautiful Starry Night: Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Ravel
London 448618-2
2:27
Ravel, Maurice: “Alborada del Gracioso” from Miroirs
Royal Philharmonic/Previn
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: French Music – Debussy, Ravel, Saint-Saëns …
EMI 65144-2
7:37
Episode 2
Ravel, Maurice: Pavane for a Dead Princess
New Philharmonia Orchestra/Maazel
Bolero, Pavane For A Dead Infanta, Alborada Del Gracioso, La Valse
RCA 65222
6:20
Chabrier, Emmanuel: España (excerpt)
Ulster Orchestra/Tortelier
Dukas: La Péri, etc.
Chan 8852
2:18
Ravel, Maurice: Rapsodie Espangole – Malagueña
Michel Béroff, piano; Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
Ravel: Suites auriculaires, Rapsodie espagnole & Frontispice
EMI 55347-2
2:03
Ravel, Maurice: Rapsodie Espagnole (excerpts)
Royal Phil. Orchestra/Previn
Daphnis Et Chloé – Rapsodie Espagnole
EMI 63887-2
11:30
Ravel, Maurice: Ondine from Gaspard de la Nuit
Martha Argerich, piano
Live From The Concertgebouw 1978/1979
EMI 57101-2
5:10
Ravel, Maurice: Scarbo from Gaspard de la Nuit (excerpt)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Ravel – Complete works for solo piano
London 433515
2:30
Ravel, Maurice: Mother Goose (excerpts)
BSO/Munch
The French Touch
RCA 68978-2
14:01
Ravel, Maurice: Mother Goose (excerpts)
BSO/Munch
The French Touch
RCA 68978-2
1:20
Episode 3
Wagner, Richard: Tristan, Prelude to Act I (excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti
Wagner Overtures
London 411951-2
1:30
Ravel, Maurice: Sonatine
Alicia De Larrocha
Ravel Piano Concertos
RCA 60985-2
11:20
Ravel, Maurice: Daphnis and Chloe (excerpts)
Royal Concertgebouw/Chailly
Daphnis Et Chloé / Khamma
London 443934-2
19:40
Ravel, Maurice: Tombeau de Couperin (excerpt)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Previn
Orchestral Works
EMI 47468-2
3:20
Ravel, Maurice: Piano Trio (excerpt)
Perlman, violin; Harrell, violoncello; Ashkenazy, piano
Ravel: Trio / Debussy: Violin & Cello Sonatas
London 444318-2
13:25
Episode 4
Ravel, Maurice: Tombeau de Couperin (excerpts)
Royal Philharmonic/Previn
Orchestral Works
EMI 47468-2
18:25
Ravel, Maurice: La Valse
Vienna Philharmonic/Maazel
Lorin Maazel Conducts Ravel
RCA 68600-2
13:10
Ravel, Maurice: Bolero
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Barenboim
Bolero / Rapsodie Espagnole / Pavane / Alborada Del Gracioso /
Daphnis Et Chloé (Suite No. 2)
Erato 45766-2
15:45
Episode 5
Ravel, Maurice: Tzigane
Vienna Philharmonic/Levine; Mutter, violin
Carmen-Fantasie
DG 437544-2
9:53
Ellington, Duke: “Black and Tan Fantasy” (excerpt)
Duke Ellington Orchestra
The Very Best Of Duke Ellington
RCA 63729
1:50
Ravel, Maurice: Piano Concerto in G Major (excerpt)
London Phil/Andrew Davis; Tzimon Barto, piano
Piano Concerto No. 3 / Concerto En Sol / Rhapsody In Blue
EMI 49495-2
8:15
Ravel, Maurice: Piano Concerto in G Major (excerpt)
London Phil/Andrew Davis; Tzimon Barto, piano
Piano Concerto No. 3 / Concerto En Sol / Rhapsody In Blue
EMI 49495-2
3:58
Ravel, Maurice: Violin Sonata (excerpt)
Oistrahk, violin; Frida Bauer, piano
Violinsonaten
Philips 420777-2
5:10
Ravel, Maurice: Suite II from Daphnis and Chloe
Royal Concertgebouw/Chailly
Daphnis Et Chloé / Khamma
London 443934-2
16:31
Ravel, Maurice: Violin Sonata (excerpt)
Oistrahk, violin; Frida Bauer, piano
Violinsonaten
Philips 420777-2
2:54