Name: Bolero / La Valse / Rapsodie Espagnole - Maurice Ravel
Brand: Maurice Ravel
SKU: 8719039000913
Price: 15.52 EUR
Availability: InStock

Description

BERNSTEIN/NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC

Artist

Born: March 7, 1875 (Ciboure, France).
Died: December 28, 1937 (Paris, France).

Joseph Maurice Ravel was a French composer, pianist and conductor.

He is often associated with impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In Ravel's piano compositions you can find harpsichord style ideas, references to the Baroque, impressionist procedures and reminiscences of romantic pianism. His music is characterized by a refined timbre and harmonic research; even if its layered and dissonant harmonic structures still remain in the tonal sphere, the traditional harmonic relationships are brought to an extreme tension (particularly in the last works). His orchestral compositions are detached from the Germanic symphonic tradition, in these works the rhythmic and timbral elements are highlighted as well as themes inspired by Spanish folklore can be found.
Ravel's entire production, from the youthful and brilliant "Quartet for strings" (1902-1903) to the "Piano Concerto for the left hand" of 1931, is a succession of precious works that are to be considered among the masterpieces of the music of twentieth century

In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer.

Tracks

A1 Bolero 14:22

A2 La Valse 12:38

Releases

Formats

Vinyl, Reel-To-Reel, Cassette

Labels

CBS, Columbia, Coronet , Ermitage, Philips, Columbia Masterworks, CBS Masterworks, Vinyl Passion Classical

Countries

Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe, UK & Europe

years

1958, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 2016

Members