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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...

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

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...

Neeme Jarvi - Highlights from a remarkable 30-year recording career

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 72/B 147; Johan Halvorsen: La Mélancolie, for string orchestra (after Ole Bull's "Lament"); Entry March of ...
Performers: Berman, Boris; Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Kaptain, Laurence; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Madozzi, Melina; Mishura, Irina; Murphy, Suzanne
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

This year, we celebrate the thirty-year conducting career of Neeme Järvi with Chandos Records, as well as the conductor's own seventy-fifth birthday.

We mark the occasion

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Ravel: Boléro; Rapsodie Espagnole et al. / Ozawa, Boston SO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Une barque sur l'océan, for orchestra; Menuet antique; Rapsodie espagnole; La valse
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji
Ensemble: ; Boston Symphony Orchestra

With its relentless driving crescendo, consisting of the same hypnotic melody and counter-melody heard via a range of ingenious different instrumental combinations, Ravel's Bolero has...continue...

Debut - Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue; Schumann: Fantasy in C, Op. 17; Ravel: la Valse; Bartok: Sonata sz.80 / Joseph Rackers piano

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903; Robert Schumann: Fantasia in C major, Op. 17; Maurice Ravel: La valse; Béla Bartók: Sonata for Piano, Sz 80
Performers: Rackers, Joseph [Producer]

A graduate of Eastman, Joseph Rackers has performed throughout the United States, Europe and China. He is on the faculty of the University of South...continue...
Recording information: University of South Carolina School of Music Recital Ha (08/2010)....continue...

Martha Argerich and Friends Live from Lugano Festival 2011

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 8 in G major, Op. 30 no 3; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for piano, 4 hands in F major, K. 497; Franz Joseph Haydn: Trio for Piano, Violin and C...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Capuçon, Gautier; Capuçon, Renaud; Chen, Lida; Hall, Lucia; Leschenko, Polina; Levionnois, Yan [Cello]; Margulis, Alissa; Marton, Cristina; Schwarzberg, Dora; ...
Conductors: Kaspszyk, Jacek

EMI Classics is pleased to release the latest installment of highlights from the Martha Argerich Project at the Lugano Festival. This is the ninth annual...continue...
Recording information: 06/2011....continue...

Essential Ballroom Classics - Over 2 hours of captivation dance music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade; Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214; Morgenblätter, Op. 279; An der schönen blauen Donau (On the Beautiful Blue Danube), waltz; Frühlingsst...
Performers: Garello, Raul; Giaimo, Jose Alberto; Morris, Gareth; Nilsson, Stig; Pane, Julio
Conductors: Kurtz, Efrem; Karajan, Herbert von; Jansons, Mariss; Boskovsky, Willi; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Auge, J. Casas; Mari, Jean-Baptiste; Ozawa, Seiji; Plasson, Michel; Paavo, Järvi; Beecham, Thomas, Sir;...

Pierre Boulez Conducts Ravel & Debussy

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-05-08

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Images for Orchestra; Printemps, symphonic suite for chorus, piano & orchestra, L. 61; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Premiè...
Performers: Cohen, Franklin; Hagley, Alison [Soprano Vocals]; von Otter, Anne Sofie; Wellbaum, Lisa; Zimerman, Krystian
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre

"In Ma mere, he is among the master magicians: subtleties of nuance and timing now abound; here is playing of a wholly different order of...continue...

The Celebrated New York Concerts, Vol. 6 - works by Horowitz, Czerny, Debussy et al. / Mordecai Shehori, piano

1 CD / Cembal d'amour / 2012-05-03

Works: Carl Czerny: Variations on a Theme by Rode "La Ricordanza," for piano, Op. 33; Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words for piano no 14 in C minor, Op. 38/2; Song Without Words for piano no 21 in G mino...
Performers: Shehori, Mordecai

The CD contains extremely rare performances of Vladimir Horowitz's original compositions including a first ever live performance (1993) of his Etude-Caprice "Les Vagues" (The Waves),...continue...

Debussy & Ravel / La Mer, La Valse / Myung-Whun Chung

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-04-10

Works: Claude Debussy: La mer; Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l'oye; La valse
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun
Ensemble: ; Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra

Deutsche Grammophon presents internationally acclaimed conductor Myung-Whun Chung and his Seoul Phiharmonic Orchestra with a new album. The orchestra is a world class ensemble setting...continue...
Recording information: Seoul Arts Center (05/20/2010)....continue...

Darkness Visible / piano works by Ravel, Ades, Britten/Stevenson, Debussy / Inon Barnatan, piano

1 CD / Avie Records / 2012-04-10

Works: Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; La valse; Thomas Adès: Darknesse Visible; Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque; Ronald Stevenson: Peter Grimes Fantasy for piano
Performers: Barnatan, Inon

Brilliant Israeli pianist Inon Barnatan debuts on Avie with Darknesse Visible, an album of colorful and atmospheric masterpieces by French composers Ravel and Debussy, and...continue...
Recording information: Performing Arts Center at SUNY, Purchase, NY (02/08/2010-02/10/2010)....continue...

Music from the Machine Age: Bartok, Holst, Prokofiev, etc. / Goetzel

1 CD / Onyx Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20; Erwin Schulhoff: Ogelala; Béla Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73; Gustav Holst: The Perfect Fool, Op. 39; Maurice Ravel: La valse
Conductors: Goetzel, Sascha
Ensemble: ; Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra

After their acclaimed début recording for Onyx of Respighi, Schmitt and Hindemith, the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra and their charismatic Viennese music director Sascha Goetzel...continue...
Recording information: Borusan Oto, Istinye, Istanbul, Turkey (06/11/2011-06/15/2011)....continue...

Boléro: The Best of Ravel / Karajan, Orchestre de Paris, Berlin PO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Maurice Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; Rapsodie espagnole; Le tombeau de Couperin; La valse; Boléro
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Orchestre de Paris

Ravel: Music for Two Pianos / Micallef-Inanga Piano Duo

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet; Rapsodie espagnole; Sites auriculaires; Ma mère l'oye; Shéhérazade--Fairy Overture, for orch...
Performers: Inanga, Glen; Micallef, Jennifer
Conductors:
Ensemble: Micallef-Inanga Piano Duo

Three Pianists / Cheng-Chow Trio

1 CD / Arioso Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/1; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in D minor, WoO 1/2; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in F major, WoO 1/3; Hungarian D...
Performers: Cheng, Angela [Piano]; Chow, Alan; Chow, Alvin
Conductors:
Ensemble: Cheng-Chow Trio

Recording information: Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, Canada....continue...

Sensual Classics: Vision

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Robert Schumann: Genoveva, Op. 81; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major, Hob. 1; Paul Hindemith: Symphony "Mat...
Performers: Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]
Conductors: Patanè, Giuseppe; Konwitschny, Franz; Masur, Kurt; Jochum, Eugen; Kegel, Herbert; Herbig, Günther; Rögner, Heinz; Neumann, Václav; Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Dresdner Philharmonie; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig; Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin; Staatskapelle Dresden

Ravel Meets Gershwin / Rattle/Berlin PO, Dianne Reeves [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-08-30

Works: George Gershwin: Strike up the Band; A Damsel in Distress, film score; The Show is On; Girl Crazy; Funny Face; Rosalie; A Damsel in Distress; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Maurice Ravel: La val...
Performers: Hutchinson, Gregory; Martin, Peter; Reeves, Diane; Rogers, Reuben
Conductors: Rattle, Simon
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

A true celebration is to welcome the New Year with one of the best orchestras in the world. The Gala from Berlin 2003 presents the...continue...
Run Time: 91 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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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...

Martha Argerich: The Collection 4 - Complete Philips Recordings

6 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Suite for 2 Pianos no 2, Op. 17; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Camille Saint-Saëns: ...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bashkirova, Elena; Brunner, Eduard; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Goudswaard, Willy; Grafenauer, Irena [Flute]; Hortnagel, Georg Maximilian; Kovacevich, Stephen; Kremer, Gidon; La...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Kondrashin, Kirill; Zinman, David

One of the releases marking Argerich's 70th birthday is a further installment in the very successful Martha Argerich Collection (already available: Solo Recordings, Concerto Recordings,...continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures; Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2

1 CD / Royal Philharmonic Masterworks / 2011-05-10

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel; Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2; La valse
Conductors: Casadesus, Jean-Claude

Oxana Shevchenko: Winner of the 2010 Scottish International Piano Competition

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2011-04-12

Works: Maurice Ravel: Miroirs; La valse; Dmitry Shostakovich: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 34; Prelude & Fugue for piano no 12 in G sharp minor, Op. 87/12; Franz Liszt: Fantasia on 2 themes from Mozart's "Marr...
Performers: Shevchenko, Oxana [Piano]

In September 2010, a rapt audience in Glasgow’s City Halls witnessed the extraordinary emergence of a 23-year-old pianist from Kazakhstan. Oxana Shevchenko revealed an extraordinary...continue...
Recording information: Guinness Room, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Dram (09/22/2010-09/23/2010)....continue...

Ravel: Bolero; La Valse; Rhapsodie Espagnole; Menuet

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-04-05

Works: Maurice Ravel: La valse; Menuet antique; Ma mère l'oye; Boléro; Rapsodie espagnole
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre

Debussy: La Mer; Ravel: La Valse; Bolero / Masur

1 CD / Apex / 2011-03-29

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Rhapsodie for Saxophone and Orchestra; La mer; Maurice Ravel: La valse; Boléro
Performers: Baxtresser, Jeanne; Radnofsky, Kenneth
Conductors: Masur, Kurt

Recording information: Avery Fisher Hall, New York....continue...

Ravel: Complete Works for Piano Duet

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-03-22

Works: Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet; Rapsodie espagnole; Sites Auriculaires; Boléro; Ma mère l'oye; L'éventail de Jeanne; Sh&eacu...
Performers: Gardiner, David
Conductors:
Ensemble: Thorson & Thurber

Piano Duo Thorson and Thurber: Ingryd Thorson (piano) & Julian Thurber (piano)

Ravel was a pianist, and the piano was central to his art. The...continue...
Recording information: Varde Gymnasium, Denmark (06/1987)....continue...

Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music / Steven Osborne, piano

2 CD / Hyperion / 2011-03-08

Works: Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Sonatine for Piano; Miroirs; La valse; Le tombeau de Couperin; Menuet, for piano in C sharp minor; Menuet antique; Sérénade grotesque; Jeux d'eau; Pr&...
Performers: Osborne, Steven

New releases by Hyperion’s star pianist Steven Osborne have become eagerly-awaited recording events. This most delicate and subtle of musicians displays a pyrotechnical deployment of...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (07/12/2010-07/14/2010); Henry Wood Hall, London (09/12/2010-09/14/2010)....continue...

La Valse a mille temps

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2011-02-08

Works: Franz Schubert: Ländler (17) for piano (Deutsche Tänze), D. 366; Wolfgang Rihm: Mehrere kurze Walzer, for piano, 4 hands; Johannes Brahms: Waltzes (16) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 39; Richard St...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Duo Spinette-Michiels

"It doesn't go, it dances" - Prince de Ligne's quote about the way the Vienna Congress (1814 - 15) was going remains meaningful two centuries...continue...
Recording information: Brussels, Royal Conservatory, Concert Hall (06/23/2010-06/26/2010)....continue...

Ravel: Music for Two Pianos / Coombs & Scott

1 CD / Regis Records / 2011-02-04

Works: Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet; Sites auriculaires; Shéhérazade--Fairy Overture, for orchestra (or 2 pianos); F...
Performers: Coombs, Stephen; Matsuzawa, Yuki; Scott, Christopher

“This Ravel recital is quite outstanding in every way.” - Penguin Guide Rosette...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of Cranleigh School, Surrey (07/21/1990-07/22/1990)....continue...

Musqiue Francaise / Michel Plasson [37 CD]

37 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-22

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catactéristique for orchestra, H.95 (Op. 9); Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Harold in Italy ...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Amyel, Arlette; Armengaud, Jean-Pierre; Barto, Tzimon; Bismuth, David; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Chesis, Linda; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Collardot, Timothee; Cottens, Jacques; Dewar...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

For 30 years Michel Plasson has recorded French music exclusively for EMI Classics. This exclusive box is truly unique as it covers all the masterpieces...continue...

Ravel: Miroirs, La Valse and Other Works for Piano Solo

1 CD / Dux (Poland) / 2010-10-26

Works: Maurice Ravel: Prélude for Piano in A minor; Miroirs; Valses nobles et sentimentales; La valse; Pavane pour une infante défunte
Performers: Kenner, Kevin

Recording information: Studio Floating Earth Ltd., Perivale, Middlesex, UK (02/2003)....continue...

The Martha Argerich Collection, Vol. 3: Chamber Ensembles

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-10-12

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Trio for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 50; Béla Bartók: Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percu...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Economou, Nicolas; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Guggeis, Edgar; Kremer, Gidon; Maisky, Mischa; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Sadlo, Peter

The final box of Argerich's DG recordings, which brings together on 6 CDs all of the chamber ensemble recordings from 1983 to 2009. The set...continue...

50 Years: Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-09-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"; Sonata for Piano no 14 in...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Brendel, Alfred; Casa, Lisa della; Domingo, Placido; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Hetzel, Gerhart; Jurinac, Sena; Lorengar, Pilar; Moll, Kurt; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Norman, Jessye...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Fricsay, Ferenc; Abbado, Claudio; Rizzi, Carlo; Böhm, Karl; Mehta, Zubin; Bernstein, Leonard; Muti, Riccardo; Levine, James; Solti, Sir Georg; Boulez, Pierre

The Grosses Festpielhaus in Salzburg has been the scene of countless memorable music events- operas, concerts and recitals- for 50 years. Here is a unique...continue...
Recording information: Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg....continue...

Ravel: Bolero; Daphnis & Chloe; Mother Goose / Louis Frémaux

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2010-07-13

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2; La valse; Ma mère l'oye; Boléro
Conductors: Frémaux, Louis

"As can be seen, this is very generous measure with the complete Ma m re l'oye plus the Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2... with...continue...
Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall, London (1989)....continue...

Portrait: Maurice Ravel

10 CD / Membran Import / 2010-07-06

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Ma mère l'oye; Rapsodie espagnole; La valse; Le tombeau de Couperin; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Daphnis et Chloé; Concerto for Piano in G major; Conce...
Performers: Bobillier, Gisele; Bonneau, Jacqueline; Casadesus, Robert; Cuenod, Hugues; Danco, Suzanne; Delecluse, Ulysse; Gieseking, Walter; Heifetz, Jascha; Laskine, Lily; Long, Marguerite; Lovano, Lucien; Mich...
Conductors: Ravel, Maurice; Inghelbrecht, Désiré-Emile; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Markevitch, Igor; Cluytens, André; Gracis, Ettore; Ormandy, Eugene; Ansermet, Ernest; Lindenberg, Edouard

Ernest Ansermet: The Early Days (1916-1955)

8 CD / Cascavelle / 2010-06-08

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra; Capriccio, for piano & orchestra; Symphony of Psalms; Pétrouchka; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; The Snow M...
Performers: Blancard, Jacqueline; Christensen, Ernest; Danco, Suzanne; Davies, Fanny; Heward, Leslie; Micheau, Janine; Stravinsky, Igor
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest

Antonii Baryshevskyi: Piano Recital

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-05-25

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in E major, K 135/L 224; Sonata for Harpsichord in D minor, K 1/L 366; Maurice Ravel: La valse; Claude Debussy: Images for Piano, Set 2; Daniel Matios: Ori&...
Performers: Baryshevskyi, Antonii [Piano]

The Ukrainian-born pianist Antonii Baryshevskyi is a multi-award winner, including First Prize at the Fourth Enescu International Piano Competition in Bucharest in 1999, the Fourth...continue...
Recording information: Professional Conservatory of Music, Jaén, Spain (10/24/2009)....continue...

Ballets Russes, Vol. 6: Stravinsky, Strauss, Ravel

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2010-04-27

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Fireworks, Op. 4; Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Maurice Ravel: La valse
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher; Cambreling, Sylvain

In 1917 Diaghilev's Ballet had a great success with a tableau by Goldoni: The Good Humored Ladies, with music by Domenico Scarlatti arranged by the...continue...

Transformation: Stravinsky, Scarlatti, Brahms

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-04-13

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Movements (3) from Pétrouchka; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for keyboard in E major, K. 380 (L. 23) "Cortège"; Sonata for Harpsichord in F minor, K 466/L 118; Johannes Br...
Performers: Wang, Yuja

The young pianist Yuja Wang has already made quite a name for herself in a very limited period of time. Her debut recording on Deutsche...continue...
Recording information: Hamburg-Harburg, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle (01/2010)....continue...

Wedding Cake: French Music for Two Pianos & Piano

1 CD / Onyx Classics / 2010-03-09

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Wedding Cake for Piano and String Orchestra in A flat major, Op. 76; Gabriel Fauré: Dolly, Op. 56; Maurice Ravel: La valse; Claude Debussy: Petite suite for Piano 4 han...
Performers: Roge, Ami [Piano]; Roge, Pascal

Wedding Cake is a delightful disc of French music for two pianos and piano four hands from Onyx artist Pascal Roge and his wife Ami...continue...
Recording information: Salle de musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland (07/2009)....continue...

Debussy, Ravel: The Ballets

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-26

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Boléro; La valse; Ma mère l'oye; Claude Debussy: Jeux; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Performers: Marion, Alain [Flute]
Conductors: Martinon, Jean

BBC Music Magazine
No hazy, lazy impressionism but rather a lithe, dancing sensuality informs Martinon's classic performances. Includes a muscular Jeux and passionate Faune.
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, La Valse / Nezet-Seguin, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2; Valses nobles et sentimentales; La valse; Ma mère l'oye; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Conductors: Nézet-Séguin, Yannick

This album of orchestral works by Ravel marks Yannick Nezet-Seguin's debut recording with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. To the French-Canadian conductor, Maurice Ravel is the...continue...
Recording information: 06/13/2007-06/15/2007....continue...

Salzburg / Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-12-08

Works: Johannes Brahms: Variations for 2 Pianos on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56b "St Anthony"; Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45; Franz Schubert: Rondo for Piano 4 hands in A major, D 951 "Grand Rond...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Freire, Nelson [Piano]

"This gorgeously engineered release reveals Argerich and Freire on staggering pianistic, musical, and ensemble form, from the impeccable chord balances in the Haydn Variations theme...continue...
Recording information: Salzburg, Groáes Festspielhaus (08/03/2009)....continue...

Toscanini conducts Strauss, Ravel and Barber / NBC Symphony Orchestra, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2009-11-10

Works: Kurt Atterberg: Symphony no 6 in C, Op 31, "Dollar Symphony"; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Spoken Word: Announcement; Oscar Lorenzo Fernândez: Reisado do pastoreio; Richard Strauss: Don Ju...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo

Toscanini's commitment to music by his contemporaries is demonstrated with these recordings, which are taken from broadcasts made in 1940 and 1943....continue...

Basics - Die Basis-Diskothek [Box Set]

25 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-11-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 4 in D major, BWV 1069; Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G ma...
Performers: Biggs, E. Power; Falewicz, Magdalena; Gabriel, Elfrun; Hallmann, Dietmar; Hiltawsky, Kurt; Hubenthal, Kurt; Hucke, Rainer; Jancik, Karl [Zither]; Kedra, Wladyslaw; Michallik, Oskar; Pistorius, Andrea...
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Blomstedt, Herbert; Konwitschny, Franz; Reuter, Rolf; Herbig, Günther; Neumann, Václav; Suitner, Otmar; Masur, Kurt; Kurz, Siegfried; Kegel, Herbert; Honeck, Manfred; Kempe, R...

This gorgeous new digibox contains 25 CDs - the entire collection of the successful BASICS series. In addition to high quality recordings, a complete catalog...continue...

Favorites: Liszt, Ravel, Chopin / Tatiana Balazs

1 CD / N'Vision Entertainment / 2009-09-08

Works: Maurice Ravel: La valse; Jeux d'eau; Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise-fantasy for piano no 7 in A flat major, Op. 61, CT. 156; Work(s); Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etudes (6) after Paganini, S 14...
Performers: Balazs, Tatiana [Piano]

Latvian born pianist Tatiana Balazs has been praised by critics for her solo and orchestra appearances in the US, Europe, and Japan. She has performed...continue...

Ultimate French Classics - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; La mer; Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Boléro; La valse; Ma mère l'oye; Pavane p...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Birch, John; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Khaner, Jeffrey; McNair, Sylvia
Conductors: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Monteux, Pierre; Marriner, Sir Neville; Haitink, Bernard; De Waart, Edo; Zinman, David
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Works for Two Pianos by Debussy & Ravel

1 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Claude Debussy: En blanc et noir; Jeux; Lindaraja; Maurice Ravel: Sites auriculaires; Rapsodie espagnole; La valse
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Ashkenazy, Vovka

Vladimir Ashkenazy, one of Decca's best selling artists, returns to the piano and is joined by his son on this disc of beautiful French "Impressionism"...continue...

Verbier Festival Highlights 2008 / Argerich, Bell, Bashmet, Maisky [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2009-07-28

Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor, Op. 57; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"; Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore; Argerich, Martha; Bashmet, Yuri; Bell, Joshua; Capucon, Gautier; Colombet, Pierre; Eischenbroich, Leonard; Frost, Martin; Gringolts, Ilya; Guerrier, David; Herzog, Mathieu; Kragge...
Conductors: ; Honeck, Manfred; Maisky, Mischa
Ensemble: Ebene Quartet; UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra

The Verbier Festival is one of the most prestigious classical music events, thanks to an outstanding programming in the gorgeous Swiss Alps framework. For the...continue...
Run Time: 100 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
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Ravel: Piano Works / Romain Descharmes

1 Super Audio CD / Audite / 2009-04-24

Works: Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales; Gaspard de la nuit; Sonatine for Piano; La valse
Performers: Descharmes, Romain

The young French pianist Romain Descharmes demonstrates in his selection of works including the transcription of La Valse for solo piano, the palette of this...continue...

Re!nvented - The First Ever Eco-Awareness Classical Recording / Soyeon Lee

1 CD / Koch International / 2009-04-21

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Chaconne, transcription for piano in D minor (after J. S. Bach, BWV 1004), KiV B24; Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, Book 1; Maurice Ravel: La valse; Huang Ruo: Divergence, for pia...
Performers: Lee, Soyeon

"Of course, no matter how interesting a package is, it won't mean anything if what's inside isn't worth its salt, and the good news is...continue...