Ravel, Maurice

Sound Waves - Works by Debussy, Ravel, Liszt, Schubert, Romberg / Alexandra Silocea, piano

1 CD / Avie Records / 2013-06-11

Works: Martin Romberg: Eärendil, the Mariner, for piano; Claude Debussy: L'isle joyeuse; Images for Piano, Set 1; Images for Piano, Set 2; Maurice Ravel: Jeux d'eau; Franz Liszt: Années de p&egr...
Performers: Silocea, Alexandra [Piano]

Recording information: St. Dunstan's Church, Mayfield, England (09/19/2012-09/22/2910)....continue...

Strauss, Zemlinsky, Ravel, Respighi: Art Nouveau - Lieder & Melodies; Teodora Gheorghiu, soprano; Jonathan Aner, piano

1 CD / Aparte / 2013-05-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Mädchenblumen, songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 22 (TrV 153); Songs (3) for voice & piano (after Shakespeare's "Hamlet;" "Ophelia Lieder"), Op. 67/1-3 (TrV 238/1-; Alexander von...
Performers: Aner, Jonathan; Gheorghiu, Teodora

Soprano Teodora Gheorghiu presents a song recital focusing on composers that evoke the spirit of the Art Nouveau period. Joined by pianist Jonathan Aner, Gheorghiu...continue...
Recording information: Arc en Scènes (Salle de musique), La Chaux-de-Fonds, Sw (12/2012)....continue...

The Heifetz Piatigorsky Concerts [2012] (21 CDs)

21 CD / RCA Records / 2013-05-07

Works: Maurice Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor; Felix Mendelssohn: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in D minor, Op. 49; Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20; Trio for Piano and String...
Performers: Amoyal, Pierre; Baker, Israel; Belnick, Arnold; Hamilton, Malcolm; Harshman, Allan; Heifetz, Jascha; Lateiner, Jacob; Lesser, Laurence; Majewski, Virginia; Pasquale, Joseph de; Pennario, Leonard; Pia...
Conductors: Wallenstein, Alfred

The renowned artists, violinist Jascha Heifetz and cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, joined forces in 1949 at Chicago's Ravinia Festival. Twelve years later, and now good friends,...continue...

Violin Lullabies - music of Brahms, Ysaye, Rebikov, Beach, Gershwin, de Falla, Sibelius, Ravel et al. / Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hable, piano

1 CD / Cedille / 2013-04-30

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Eugène Ysaÿe: Rève d'enfant for violin & piano, Op 14; Vladimir Rebikov: Trois Morceaux, Op. 7; Amy Beach: Berceuse for violin & p...
Performers: Barton Pine, Rachel [Violin]; Hagle, Matthew

The world's first lullabies were simple songs sung or hummed by parents cradling their infants and rocking them to sleep. After the birth of violinist...continue...
Recording information: Fay And Daniel Levin Performance Studio, WFMT, Chicago,....continue...

Lionel Bringuier & Nelson Freire Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Chopin: Piano Concerto no 2; Berlioz, Roussel, Ravel, Gluck [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2013-04-30

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Christoph W. Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, piano transcription Giovanni Sgambati;...
Performers: Freire, Nelson
Conductors: Bringuier, Lionel
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

On this brilliant recording leading Chopin interpreter Nelson Freire delivers a deft, impeccable performance of Chopin's lyrical Second Piano Concerto. On the podium the young...continue...
Run Time: 95 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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Lionel Bringuier & Nelson Freire Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Chopin: Piano Concerto no 2; Berlioz, Roussel, Ravel, Gluck [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2013-04-30

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Christoph W. Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, piano transcription Giovanni Sgambati;...
Performers: Freire, Nelson
Conductors: Bringuier, Lionel
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

On this brilliant recording leading Chopin interpreter Nelson Freire delivers a deft, impeccable performance of Chopin's lyrical Second Piano Concerto. On the podium the young...continue...
Run Time: 95 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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Vladimir Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca / Ashkenazy, Perlman, Harrell, Fistoulari, Solti, Kondrashin et al. [Limited Edition]

50 CD / Decca / 2013-04-02

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Belkin, Boris; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Cash, Teresa [Soprano Vocal]; Civil, Alan; Cohen, Franklin; Cooke, Terry; Corkhill...
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Fistoulari, Anatole; Maazel, Lorin; Segal, Uri; Zinman, David; Kertész, István; Previn, Andre; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Solti, S...

Decca Classics releases Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca on April 2, 2013, a limited edition box-set comprised of 50 CDs to celebrate the labels remarkable...continue...

Latino Gold

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2013-03-12

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; Enrico IV; Jorge Ben: Más que nada; Consuelo Velázquez: Besame mucho; Antonio Carlos Jobim: Garota de Ipanema, song (a.k.a. "The Girl from Ipanema"); Armand...
Performers: Karadaglic, Milos [Guitar]; Prohaska, Anna; Sidorova, Ksenija [Accordion]
Conductors: Israel, Christoph

Desert Island Discs

3 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2013-03-05

Works: Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Paganini Variations; Giaco...
Performers: Alexander, Roberta [Soprano Vocals]; Baillie, Alexander; Bjorling, Jussi; Boriskin, Michael; Botha, Johan; Chen, Evelyn; Dawson, Lynne; Farrall, Joy; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Ormandy, Eugene; Slatkin, Leonard; Pritchard, John; Cleobury, Nicholas; Daniel, Paul; McGegan, Nicholas; Szell, George; Previn, Andre; Foster, Lawrence; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Carl; S...
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players

50 Best London Symphony Orchestra

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 8 in F, Op. 93; Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 4; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony ...
Performers: Beroff, Michel; de Peyer, Gervase; Isserlis, Steven; Loriod, Jeanne; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Sitkovetsky, Dmitry
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen; Previn, Andre; Boult, Adrian; Gardelli, Lamberto; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Khachaturian, Aram; Hickox, Richard; Davis, Colin; Barbirolli, John

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks from the catalogues of EMI Records, EMI Classics and Virgin Classics of recordings by the London Symphony Orchestra under...continue...

Works by Ravel, Scriabin and Schubert / Alexander Schimpf, piano

1 CD / Oehms / 2013-02-26

Works: Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin; Alexander Scriabin: Preludes (5) for piano, Op. 74; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in B flat major, D 960
Performers: Schimpf, Alexander [Piano]

Recording information: Studio 2, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich (03/12/2012-03/14/2012)....continue...

Works by Chopin and Ravel - Sonata in B minor; Scarbo; Ondine / Miao Huang, piano

1 CD / Genuin / 2013-02-26

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Piano no 3 in B minor, Op. 58; Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major, B 158/Op. 60; Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
Performers: Huang, Miao

The young Miao Huang, winner of the German Music Competition, shows on her GENUIN Primavera CD that her confidence is thoroughly justified. She masters the...continue...
Recording information: Siemens-Villa, Berlin, Germany (07/26/2012-07/28/2012)....continue...

Left to Play Solo

1 CD / Red/membran / 2013-02-19

Works: Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano left hand; Benjamin Britten: Diversions, for piano, left hand & orchestra, Op. 21; Dinu Lipatti: Sonatina for piano, left hand
Performers: Katchen, Julius; Lipatti, Dinu; Wittgenstein, Paul
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Britten, Benjamin

Recording information: 1937-??-??&1943-??-??&1954-....continue...

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring; Hindemith: Sonata for Piano Four Hands; Ravel: Rhapsodie Espagnole / Duo Miho and Masumi Hio

1 CD / Odradek / 2013-02-12

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for piano, 4 hands; Paul Hindemith: Sonata for piano, 4 hands; Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Conductors:
Ensemble: Duo Miho & Masumi Hio (Piano Duo)

The piano duo Miho & Masumi Hio take the radical sounds of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, performed in Stravinsky's own piano four hands scoring, allowing...continue...
Recording information: Studio Odradek (08/2011)....continue...

Beethoven: Romances 1&2; Godard: Conzonetta, Op. 35; Chausson: Poeme, Op. 25; Ravel Tzigane, et al. / David Oistrakh: violin

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-02-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50; Benjamin Godard: Concerto Romantique for violin & orchestra i...
Performers: Oistrakh, David
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill
Ensemble: ; The State Academic Symphony Orchestra

Without David Oistrakh, it is impossible to imagine the picture of 20th century music. A violinist, conductor, and professor, he left an indelible mark on...continue...

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Saint-Saens, Ravel / Benjamin Grosvenor, piano; James Judd

1 CD / Decca / 2013-02-05

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 22; Carnival of the animals; Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Prélude for Piano in A minor; George Gershwin: Rhap...
Performers: Grosvenor, Benjamin [Piano]
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

A second recording from the twenty year old Benjamin Grosvenor voted Gramophone's Young Artist Of the Year at the 2012 awards and who won prizes...continue...
Recording information: The Friary, Liverpool (04/16/2012-04/19/2012)....continue...

Ravel: Complete Works for Violin & Piano; Sonata for Violin & Cello / Lena Neudauer, violin; Julian Steckel, cello; Paul Rivinius, piano

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2013-01-29

Works: Maurice Ravel: Sonata Posthume for Violin and Piano; Pièce en forme de Habañera; Berceuse sur le nom de Fauré; Sonata for Violin and Cello; Kaddisch, song for voice & piano (M&ea...
Performers: Neudauer, Lena [Violin]; Rivinius, Paul; Steckel, Julian [Cello]

After her triumphant Schumann recording, rising violin star Lena Neudauer returns to tackle the incredibly demanding violin works of Maurice Ravel. Accompanied by Paul Rivinius...continue...
Recording information: Groáer Sendesaal des Saarländischen Rundfunks (05/01/2012-05/05/2012)....continue...

Lisa de la Salle: A Portrait - Music of Mozart, Rachmaninov, Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Prokofiev et al.

2 CD / Naïve / 2013-01-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in D major, KV 284; Sergey Rachmaninov: Études-tableaux, Op. 39; Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903; Frédéric Chopi...
Performers: Salle, Lise de la
Conductors: ; Luisi, Fabio; Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: ; Au Theatre des Bouffes du Nord

For Naïve's 10th anniversary of recording activity with Lise de la Salle, now 24 years-old, they offer a beautiful 6 discs set of outstanding performances...continue...

Ravel: La Valse; Ma mere l'Oye; Tzigane; Bolero; Pavane / Gordan Nikolic, violin; Netherland PO

1 CD / Tacet / 2013-01-29

Works: Maurice Ravel: La valse; Ma mère l'oye; Tzigane; Boléro; Pavane pour une infante défunte
Performers: Nikolic, Gordan
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: ; Netherland Philharmonic Orchestra

With Carlo Rizzi, Gordan Nikolic and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam, one of the most sought-after conductors, one of the best violinists and an absolutely...continue...
Recording information: Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam (03/2012-04/2012)....continue...

Dietrich Fischer Dieskau - The French Album: Fauré: La Bonne Chanson; Ravel: Chansons Madecasses; Poulenc: Le Bal Masque / Wolfgang Sawalisch, piano

1 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Gabriel Fauré: La bonne chanson, Op. 61; Maurice Ravel: Chansons madécasses, song cycle for soprano, flute, cello & piano; Francis Poulenc: Le bal masqué, for baritone (or mezzo-sopran...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was one of the most famous interpreters of lieder in the 20th century. This disc includes rarely recorded French repertoire such as...continue...
Recording information: Teldec Studios, Berlin (11/14/1975)....continue...

Mambos y Fanfarria! Music for large wind ensemble by Addona, Mussorgsky, Ravel, Mendelssohn / Banda Sinfonica Juvenil Simon Bolivar

1 CD / Genuin / 2013-01-29

Works: Giancarlo Castro d'Addona: Grand Fanfare for orchestra, Op. 7; Eugenio Toussaint: Potpourri Pérez Prado, for orchestra; Alberto Ginastera: La Estancia; Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Felix Mendel...
Performers: Mendoza, Victor; Rodriguez, Valdemar
Conductors: Clamor, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Banda Sinfonica Juvenil Simon Bolivar

This symphonic wind ensemble is a product of the "El Sistema" system, the Venezuelan music education project of José Antonio Abreu. This CD testifies to...continue...
Recording information: Sala Simón Bolívar, Centro de Acción Social por la Músi (03/26/2012-03/30/2012)....continue...

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin; Schumann: Fantasie, Op. 17; Mussorgsky: Bilder einer Ausstelkung / Alexis Weissenberg, piano. Salzburg Festival 1972

2 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29

Works: Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin; Robert Schumann: Fantasia in C major, Op. 17; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano in C sharp minor (doub...
Performers: Weissenberg, Alexis [Piano]

Weissenberg made his breakthrough in Salzburg during the Karajan era with his 1972 solo recital. His evening began with Tombeau de Couperin, played transparently and...continue...
Recording information: Mozarteum, Salzburg (08/07/1972)....continue...

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
Conductors:
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...

French Piano Music - Debussy: Estampes; Children's Corner; Ravel: Jeux d'eau; Gaspard de la Nuit / / Benjamin Moser, piano

1 CD / Oehms / 2013-01-29

Works: Claude Debussy: La plus que lente; Estampes (3) for Piano; Children's Corner; Maurice Ravel: Jeux d'eau; Gaspard de la nuit
Performers: Moser, Benjamin

In celebration of Claude Debussy's 150th birthday, pianist Benjamin Moser chose to perform Estampes and Children's Corner on this disc supplemented by Ravel's Jeux d'eau...continue...
Recording information: Studio 2, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich (01/19/2011-01/21/2011)....continue...

Essential 20th Century Classics - Over 2 hours of captivating modern classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; C...
Performers: Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Currie, Colin; Devos, Louis; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Hendricks, Bar...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Prêtre, Georges; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kaljuste, Tönu; Metzmacher, Ingo; B...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Essential 20th Century Classics is a 2-CD set featuring a collection of important works written between 1901 and 2000. This period is sometimes thought of...continue...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


Works:

Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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French Violin Sonatas: Franck, Ravel, Debussy / Yu-Chien Tseng, violin; Inga Dzekster, piano

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2013-01-08

Works: César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8; Claude Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor; Clair de lune; Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major
Performers: Dzektser, Inga [Piano]; Tseng, Yu-Chien

Fuga Libera is happy to announce the beginning of a collaboration with young Taiwanese violinist Yu-Chien Tseng, Fifth Prize winner of the Reine Elisabeth Violin...continue...
Recording information: flagey Studio 4, Brussels (08/23/2012-08/26/2012)....continue...

Danwen Jiang: Live In Concert. Debussy: Violin Sonata; Franck: Sonata in A; Ravel: Sonata in G / Danwen Jiang, violin; Walter Cosand, piano

1 CD / Soundset / 2013-01-08

Works: Claude Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor; César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8; Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major
Performers: Cosand, Walter; Jiang, Danwen

Chinese-American violinist Danwen Jiang gave her premiere recital at age nine before Deng Xiaoping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. She studied...continue...
Recording information: Katzin Concert Hall, Arizona State University (02/06/2004)....continue...

Works for the Left Hand, Vol. 1: Ravel, Scriabin, Chopin, Saint-Saëns, Bach / Maxime Zecchini, piano

1 CD / Ad Vitam / 2013-01-08

Works: Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano left hand; Alexander Scriabin: Pieces (2) for Piano left hand, Op. 9; Nocturne for piano in D flat major (for left hand alone), Op. 9/2; Leopold Godowsky: Studies on...
Performers: Zecchini, Maxime

On this first release in a planned 3-disc anthology of piano music for the left hand, Maxime Zecchini performs works by Ravel, Scriabin, Saint-Saëns and...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Magne, Paris, France....continue...

Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit; Piano Concerto in G; Valses Nobles et Sentimentales; Debussy: Children's Corner / Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2013-01-08

Works: Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Concerto for Piano in G major; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Claude Debussy: Children's Corner
Performers: Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti
Conductors: Gracis, Ettore

Praga presents the first release in a series of recordings by the legendary pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, specially remastered for SACD. Michelangeli is widely considered...continue...

Debussy & Ravel: Piano Music / Ilja Hurnik, piano

1 CD / Supraphon / 2013-01-07

Works: Claude Debussy: Arabesques (2) for Piano; Estampes (3) for Piano; Images (6), for piano, Sets I & II, L. 110 & L. 111; Children's Corner; Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Performers: Hurnik, Ilja

How many timbres shades and characters can a melodic instrument express? The repertoire for solo oboe is sparse, yet oboists can boast of a true...continue...
Recording information: Domovina Studio, Prague....continue...

Meditation / Ragin Wenk-Wolff, violin; Kaare Ornung, piano

1 CD / Centaur / 2012-12-12

Works: Jules Massenet: Méditation, for violin & orchestra (or other arrangement) (from opera "Thaïs"); Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani; Alter Refrain, for violin &...
Performers: Ornung, Kaare [Piano]; Wenk-Wolff, Ragin

When Ragin Esther Wnk-Wolff created the musical vignettes with the same music as represented on this CD, for NRK television in 1982, it was but...continue...
Recording information: Oslo (11/1982)....continue...

French Flavours / Dupre, Ravel, Briggs / Paul Carr, Organ of St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham

1 CD / Regent Records / 2012-12-11

Works: Naji Hakim: Overture Libanaise; Gerald Hendrie: Toccata and Fugue, for organ (from Le Tombeau de Marcel Dupré); Marcel Dupré: Esquisse for organ in E minor, Op. 41/2; Esquisse for organ in ...
Performers: Carr, Paul [composer]

This is the first solo recording of the magnificent Walker organ in St. Chad's Cathedral, played by Birmingham-based organist Paul Carr. The colorful program of...continue...
Recording information: St. Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham, England (08/17/2011-08/19/2011)....continue...

The Mood of Fifty Shades of Grey, arranged by Sheldon Cohen

1 CD / Quicksilver Records / 2012-12-04

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite; Claude Debussy: Clair de lune; Beau soir; La fille ...
Conductors: Cohen, Sheldon
Ensemble: Pacific Pops Orchestra

50 Shades of Classical [Box Set]

3 CD / Big Eye / 2012-11-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Sonata for Piano no 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein"; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Sonata for piano no 8 in ...
Performers: Ahlert, Bernd; Capova, Sylvia; Cernecka, Ida; Dechenne, Danielle; Goldmann, Dieter; Kraus, Eberhard; Ksendzov, Nora [Piano]; Lagendaal, Henrik; McKenzie, Silas [Piano]; Penn, Virginia [Violin]; Pivka...
Conductors: Langer, Walter; Raucheisen, Michael; Lang, Ferdinand; ; Chabala, Zdenek; Kovats, Zoltan
Ensemble: ; Caspar da Salo Quartett

Insomnia: A Nocturnal Voyage in Song / William Berger, baritone; Ian Burnside, piano

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Abendempfindung, K 523; Claude Debussy: Nuit d'étoiles ("Nuit d'étoiles, sous tes voiles"), song for voice & piano, L. 4; Maurice Ravel: Le grillon, for voice & pia...
Performers: Berger, William; Burnside, Iain [Piano]

Recording information: The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh (02/13/2012-02/14/2012)....continue...

French Masterworks for Harp - works by Ravel, Caplet, Debussy / Ursula Holliger, harp; Peter-Lukas Graf, flute; Hans Stalder, clarinet

1 CD / Claves / 2012-11-13

Works: Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet; André Caplet: Conte Fantastique for harp & string quartet, "Masque of the Red Death"; Divertissements, for h...
Performers: Collot, Serge; Graf, Peter-Lukas; Holliger, Ursula; Stalder, Hans-Rudolf
Conductors:
Ensemble: Die Kammermusiker Zurich

Originally released in 1987, this recording of French masterpieces for harp with ensemble features harpist Ursula Holliger. She has performed internationally as a soloist and...continue...
Recording information: Johannes Kirche Thun....continue...

Of the Hungarian and Jewish Soul / Duo Edan, Edua Zadory, Anatasiia Dombrovska

1 CD / Gramola / 2012-11-13

Works: George Perlman: Israeli Concertino, for violin & piano; Jenö Hubay: Scène de la Csárda no 5 for violin & piano ("Hullàmzò Balaton"), Op. 33; Six Pieces, Op. 121; Scène d...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Duo Edan

Recording information: 4Tune Studio, Vienna, Austria (04/02/2012-04/04/2012)....continue...

French Classics / Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Bizet, Ravel, et al. / Yondai Butt, London Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31; Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra...
Conductors: Butt, Yondani
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/02/2011-11/03/2011)....continue...

Ravel: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 - Alborada del gracioso; Pavane; Rapsodie espagnole, Bolero et al. / Jennifer Gilbert, violin [Blu-Ray Audio]

1 CD / Naxos Blu-Ray / 2012-11-13

Works: Maurice Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Rapsodie espagnole; Pièce en forme de Habañera; Shéhérazade--Fairy Overture, f...
Performers: Gilbert, Jennifer
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: ; Orchestre National de Lyon

Ravel orchestrated his piano pieces Alborada del gracioso and Pavane pour une infante défunte to great effect; the former gains in suggestive color, and the...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France (09/02/2011-09/03/2011)....continue...

Ravel: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 - Alborada del gracioso; Pavane; Rapsodie espagnole, Bolero et al. / Jennifer Gilbert, violin

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13

Works: Maurice Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Rapsodie espagnole; Pièce en forme de Habañera; Shéhérazade--Fairy Overture, f...
Performers: Gilbert, Jennifer
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: ; Orchestre National de Lyon

Ravel orchestrated his piano pieces Alborada del gracioso and Pavane pour une infante défunte to great effect; the former gains in suggestive colour, and the...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France (09/02/2011-09/03/2011)....continue...

Pas de Deux: French Music for Piano Duo / Milhaud, Ravel, Bizet, Poulenc / Mona and Rica Bard, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Audite / 2012-11-13

Works: Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche, Op. 165b; Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Georges Bizet: Jeux d'enfants, for piano 4 hands, Op. 22; Francis Poulenc: Sonata for 2 pianos, FP 156; Élégie ...
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Ensemble: Piano Duo Mona & Rica Bard

Having already garnered a number of accolades, sisters Mona and Rica Bard present a specially programmed pas de deux through eighty years of French piano...continue...
Recording information: Siemens-Villa, Berlin Lankwitz (11/25/2011-11/28/2011)....continue...

Works for percussion by Steve Reich; Lou Harrison; Eric Whitacre; Toru Takemistsu et al. / Smoke and Mirrors

1 CD / Yarlung / 2012-11-13

Works: Steve Reich: Nagoya Marimbas, for 2 marimbas; Music for Pieces of Wood, for 5 pairs of tuned claves; Lou Harrison: Canticle no 3, for flute (or ocarina), guitar & percussion; Eric Whitacre: Sleep; De...
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Ensemble: Smoke and Mirrors (Percussion Ensemble)

Smoke & Mirrors takes us on a journey of the breadth of contemporary classical music written for percussionists. The recording was captured using a single...continue...
Personnel: Len Horowitz (tapes).

Recording information: Zipper Hall, Los Angeles, CA (06/07/2011-06/10/2011)....continue...

20th Century Masterpieces, Vol. 2. Albéniz: Iberia; Ravel: La Valse; Griffes: Piano Sonata; Kapustin / Ralph Votapek, piano

1 CD / Blue Griffin / 2012-11-13

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, Book 1; Maurice Ravel: La valse; Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Piano Sonata, A. 85; Nikolai Kapustin: Jazz Concerto Etude no 6, Pastorale for piano, Op. 40/6; Impromptu...
Performers: Votapek, Ralph

Fifty Shades of Emotions / works by Bach, Marcello, Verdi, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, et al.

3 CD / Belmondo S.R.O. / 2012-11-13

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, Strings & Cembalo (L'autunno, Le Quattro Stagioni 'The Four Seasons'), Op. 8/3; Concerto for Violin, Strings & Cembalo in G minor (L'estate, Le Quattro Stagioni ...

French Violin Sonatas / Debussy, Poulenc, Ravel, Pierne / Jacques Israelievitch, violin; Kanae Matsumoto, piano

1 CD / Fleur de Son / 2012-11-13

Works: Gabriel Pierné: Sonata for violin & piano, Op. 36; Francis Poulenc: Sonata for violin & piano, FP 119; Claude Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor; Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin ...
Performers: Israelievitch, Jacques; Matsumoto, Kanae [Piano]

Written between 1900 and 1949, these four sonatas for violin and piano represent some of the best music written in France in the first half...continue...
Recording information: Lenna Hall, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New Yor (08/08/2010-08/10/2010)....continue...

Khachaturian: Orchestral Suites from Spartacus & Gayaneh; Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Temirkanov

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-04

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus Suite no 1; Spartacus Suite no 2; Gayaneh; Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2
Conductors: Temirkanov, Yuri
Ensemble: ; St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

The St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra are one of the classical world's most popular touringensembles, bringing an inimitable style and character to their performances under the...continue...
Recording information: Great Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg (12/2005/12/2010)....continue...

Pavane - arrangements of music by Ravel, Fauré, Debussy, Dubugnon / Maxim Rysanov, viola; Ashley Wass, piano

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-11-02

Works: Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Romance for cello & piano, Op. 69; Pavane,...
Performers: Rysanov, Maxim; Wass, Ashley

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
Violist Maxim Rysanov's program on this BIS Super Audio CD is made up of some very familiar...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Saxmundham, Suffolk, England (12/2011)....continue...

Liszt: Funérailles; Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit; Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre / Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-11-02

Works: Franz Liszt: Funerailles; Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139; Années de pèlerinage; Deuxième année, S. 161; Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Camille Saint-Sa...
Performers: Sudbin, Yevgeny

Following a series of highly acclaimed recordings dedicated to individual composers, Yevgeny Sudbin has combined works by Liszt, Ravel and Saint-Saëns into a recital with...continue...
Recording information: St. Georges, Bristol, England....continue...

Piano Duets - Music for 2 Pianos by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schubert, de Falla, Ravel Lutoslawski / Christina & Michelle Naughton

1 CD / Orfeo / 2012-11-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Allegro Brillant, for piano, 4 hands in A major, Op. 92; Johannes Brahms: Variations for 2 Pianos on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56b "St Anthony"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for 2 P...
Performers: Naughton, Christina [Piano]; Naughton, Michelle [Piano]

Since their début as a piano duo in 2008, twins Christina and Michelle Naughton have proved little short of sensational in concert halls worldwide. They...continue...
Recording information: Sendesaal Bremen (2012-01-12_2012-01-13&2012-)....continue...