The War and its Aftermath
Donald Macleod explores the effect of the WWI on the music of Maurice Ravel, as the composer commemorates the fallen and goes on to develop a leaner style to match the new Jazz Age.
Donald Macleod explores the effect of the Great War on the music of Maurice Ravel, as the composer commemorates the fallen, and develops a leaner style to match the times. Ravel discovers the blues, and incorporates jazz idioms in his later works.
Le Tombeau de Couperin: Prelude
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet, Rigaudon
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
La Valse
Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich
Lionel Bringuier, conductor
Sonata for Violin and Cello (movts 1 & 2)
Marcia Crayford, violin
Christopher van Kampen, cello
Concerto for the left hand in D major
Steven Osborne, piano
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor.
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Maurice Ravel
Prelude (Le tombeau de Couperin)
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.- Erato.
- 08256.
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Maurice Ravel
Menuet; Rigaudon (Le tombeau de Couperin)
Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra.- Deutsche Grammophon.
- GCD 89883.
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Maurice Ravel
La Valse - choreographic poem for orchestra
Conductor: Lionel Bringuier. Performer: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich.- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 002463002.
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Maurice Ravel
Sonata for violin and cello (1st and 2nd movements)
Performer: Christopher van Kempen. Performer: Marcia Crayford.- Virgin Classics.
- VC5450162.
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Maurice Ravel
Concerto in D major for piano (left hand) and orchestra
Conductor: Ludovic Morlot. Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.- HYPERION.
- CDA68148.
Broadcast
- Thu 24 May 2018 12:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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