| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Menuet antique. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Pavane pour une infante défunte. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Jeux d'eau. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Sonatina, piano. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Miroirs. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Gaspard de la nuit. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Ma mère l'oye (Piano duet) |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Menuet sur le nom de Haydn. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Valses nobles et sentimentales. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Preludes, piano (1913) |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. À la manière de .... Chabrier. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. À la manière de .... Borodine. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Tombeau de Couperin. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Miroirs. Barque sur l'océan. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Miroirs. Alborada del gracioso. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Tombeau de Couperin. Selections; arranged. |
| Included Work | Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Kartinki s vystavki; arranged (Ravel) |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Concertos, piano, 1 hand, orchestra, D major. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Concertos, piano, orchestra, G major. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Quartet, violins (2), viola, cello, F major. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Introduction et allegro, pedal harp, instrumental ensemble. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Trio, piano, violin, cello. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Sonatas, violin, cello. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Shéhérazade (Song cycle) |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Rapsodie espagnole. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Ma mère l'oye (Ballet) |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Daphnis et Chloé. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Valse. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Bolero, orchestra. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Heure espagnole. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Enfant et les sortilèges. |
| Included Work | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Don Quichotte à Dulcinée. |
| Series |
Unlocking the Masters series ; 27
Unlocking the masters series ; no. 27. ^A590063
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| Contents |
Understanding Ravel -- His life -- The piano music -- Ravel and the art of transcription -- The concertos -- The chamber music -- The orchestral works -- The operas -- The works for voice -- Listening to Ravel. |
| Contents |
CD track listing: Jeux d'eau / Vlado Perlemuter (5:32) -- Valses nobles et sentimentales / Vlado Perlemuter (14:07) -- Piano concerto in G major: Allegramente (first movement) / Martha Argerich, piano ; Gary Bertini, conductor ; Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra (8:20) -- String quartet in F major: Assez vif. Très rythmé (second movement) / Kodály Quartet (6:14) -- Trio in A minor: Modéré (first movement) / Arden Trio (8:59) -- Daphnis et Chloé, part 3: Lever du jour / Michael Gielen, conductor ; South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Europe Choir Academy (6:03) -- Daphnis et Chloé, part 3: Pantomine / Michael Gielen, conductor ; South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Europe Choir Academy (6:47) -- Daphnis et Chloé, part 3: Danse générale (Bacchanale) / Michael Gielen, conductor ; South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Europe Choir Academy (4:29) -- Asise, from Shéhérazade / Arleen Auger, soprano ; Ernest Bour, conductor ; South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra (10:16). |
| Abstract |
An enigma to those who knew him, the composer composed some of the most popular and beloved music in the repertory. In the book, the author surveys and explores this master's refined and utterly distinctive oeuvre. The composer is often mentioned in the same breath as his older contemporary Claude Debussy, but the works of the two composers display as many differences as similarities. Where Debussy rejected existing forms, the composer embraced the baroque suite and classical sonata form as vehicles for his ideas, in addition to his own concise inventions. At his best, which is where we usually find this focused stylist, passion flows just beneath some of the most exquisitely crafted surfaces in music, under which lurk ironies that raise as many questions as they answer. A perfect example is Bolero, the composer's most famous work; the author analyzes the music and looks at the outsized role it has assumed in our culture. The author walks the reader and listener through the composer's relatively small but crucial contributions to orchestral, vocal, chamber, and piano music. The composer's two operas, idiosyncratic and underappreciated, are examined in detail as well. The book includes a Naxos CD with examples from across the master's career. |
| Local note | JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY BOOK ACCOMPANIED BY SOUND RECORDING LOCATED AT CALL NUMBER : Music CD-29671. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-153). |
| LCCN | 2015030423 |
| ISBN | 9781574674774 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1574674773 |
| UPC |
888680040291 |
| Publisher number | HL00139970 : Amadeus Press. |
