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Debussy, Ravel, Dutilleux: String Quartets / Juilliard String Quartet

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Claude Debussy: Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 10; Maurice Ravel: Quartet for Strings in F major; Henri Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit, for string quartet
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Ensemble: Juilliard String Quartet

Thanks to his beautiful melodies for both the cello and the violin, Ravel managed to create a turning point in his career with this innovative...continue...
Recording information: Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton Univer (10/11/1989/05/13/1992)....continue...

Ravel: Orchestral Works / Haitink

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; Rapsodie espagnole; La valse; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Menuet antique; Le tombeau de...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

From very early on in Maurice Ravel's career it was clear that he was excited by the orchestra's capacity for passion, exoticism and excess, and...continue...
Recording information: Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam....continue...

Melodies Francaises / Gérard Souzay

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-07-27

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Chanson du pêcheur ("Ma belle amie est morte"), song for voice & piano or orchestra in F minor ("lam; Poème d'un jour, Op. 21; Les berceaux, Op. 23 no 1; Le secret, Op...
Performers: Baldwin, Dalton; Souzay, Gérard

A recital of French song by one of the great singers of the 20th century. Souzay possessed a warm, lyrical, supple, sensual and vibrant voice,...continue...