Latest News: Classical, Ravel (composer)
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Recording of the Week,
Shadows of My Ancestors from Behzod Abduraimov 12th January 2024The Uzbek pianist presents a dazzlingly evocative album of virtuosic piano works by Prokofieff, Ravel, and his compatriot Dilorom Saidaminova.
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Interview,
Charles Owen & Katya Apekisheva on the art of the piano duo 27th December 2023The curators of the London Piano Festival reflect on what makes the perfect partner on the piano-bench, and discuss their new album of music by Poulenc, Milhaud and Debussy (released on Orchid Classics last month).
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Recording of the Week,
Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé from Sinfonia of London and John Wilson 3rd November 2023The conductor's new edition of the score incorporates hundreds of tiny amendments which Ravel made to the orchestral parts in rehearsal - and the resulting recording reveals a wealth of fine detail as well as a keen sense of the bigger picture.
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Recording of the Week,
L'Heure espagnole from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles 16th June 2023Period instruments lend a delicious piquancy and wit to Ravel's Franco-Spanish farce about a libidinous clock-maker's wife intent on making the most of her husband's absence, with a stylish cast led by French mezzo Isabelle Druet.
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Recording of the Week,
The Takács Quartet perform string quartets by Ravel, Dutilleux, and Stephen Hough 6th January 2023Stylish and refined performances of two pillars of the twentieth-century French quartet repertoire sit alongside a newly-composed gem by Stephen Hough.
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Recording of the Week,
Francesco Piemontesi performs works for piano and orchestra by Ravel, Messiaen, and Schoenberg 8th July 2022The Swiss pianist is joined by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and conductor Jonathan Nott for a dazzlingly characterful trio of performances.
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Recording of the Week,
Ravel Piano Concertos from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles 20th May 2022Les Siècles continue their successful series of Ravel recordings on period instruments under François-Xavier Roth, with Cédric Tiberghien at the piano and baritone Stéphane Degout.
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Interview,
John Wilson on Ravel 7th February 2022The British conductor talks to James about his latest album with Sinfonia of London devoted to the music of Maurice Ravel, which includes the original versions of both Ma Mère L’oye and Boléro.
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Recording of the Week,
John Wilson conducts orchestral works by Ravel 28th January 2022The latest album from Sinfonia of London and John Wilson presents a dazzling collection of orchestral works by Ravel, including La valse and Pavane pour une infante défunte alongside premiere recordings of the original versions of Ma Mère l'Oye and Boléro.
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Recording of the Week,
François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles perform Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition 17th April 2020The French conductor and ensemble return to the music of Ravel, with his orchestration of Mussorgsky's piano suite alongside a dazzling performance of La Valse.
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Interview,
Melvyn Tan on Miroirs 13th May 2019The Singapore-born British pianist discusses his new album of Ravel, Scarlatti, Weber and Liszt, released at the end of last month on Onyx.
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Recording of the Week,
String Quartets by Debussy and Ravel from the Jerusalem Quartet 18th May 2018The Jerusalem Quartet offer masterfully controlled and impressively dynamic accounts of the String Quartets by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.
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Recording of the Week,
Ravel from François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles 27th April 2018The conductor and his period-instrument orchestra conjure a world of enchantments in two scores inspired by fairy-tales: Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) and the early Shéhérazade overture.
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Recording of the Week,
Steven Osborne performs Piano Concertos by Ravel and Manuel de Falla 2nd June 2017James spends some nights in the gardens of Spain in the company of Steven Osborne and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
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Favourites,
Maurice Ravel James picks some recordings of the music of French composer, Maurice Ravel.
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Recording of the Week,
Sublime Ravel from Ibragimova and Tiberghien 22nd August 2011Following their outstanding series of Beethoven sonatas from the Wigmore Hall, the Russian violinist and French pianist offer utterly absorbing accounts of Ravel’s complete works for violin and piano, plus Guillaume Lekeu’s Violin Sonata, composed at around the same time as Ravel’s first essay in the genre.