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Chill With Ravel Maurice Ravel was one of the most important French composers of the early 20th century. Born in 1875 to a Swiss father and Basque mother,...

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Maurice Ravel was one of the most important French composers of the early 20th century. Born in 1875 to a Swiss father and Basque mother, he inherited from his watchmaker father a meticulous attention to detail and from his mother an affinity with Spain and all things Spanish.

Aside from being the composer of some of the best known classical music - Bolero, Pavane pour une enfante defunte and Tzigane, for example - he is generally considered the finest orchestrator in musical history. Ravel combined his exceptional skill in orchestration with an impressive technical command of melody and harmony, writing in an appealing musical style that was entirely his own despite contemporary comparisons with Debussy, a composer thirteen years his senior.

By the early years of the 20th century Ravel had begun to earn a reputation for himself as a composer, in spite of the hostility of certain critics. He was to fail five times to win the important Prix de Rome, the rejection of his final entry in 1905 causing a public scandal that led to the resignation of the director of the Conservatoire, who was succeeded by Faure.

During the war years Ravel served as a transport driver, his lack of weight excluding him from the more active form of military service he would have preferred. Illness and the death of his mother in 1916 both diminished his activity as a composer, but by 1920 he had completed the choreographic poem La Valseand had started work on the operatic collaboration with Colette that resulted in the delightful L'enfant et les sortil�ges.

The death of Debussy in 1918, followed six years later by the death of his teacher Faure, left Ravel as the leading French composer in the eyes of his contemporaries. Various commissions helped to establish an international reputation that brought him honour abroad and the offer of the Legion d'honneur at home, a distinction he rejected. His career was tragically shortened by the increasingly debilitating effects of what was later diagnosed as Pick's disease, and he died in 1937 after an unsuccessful brain operation.

Disc 1

Pavane pour une infante defunte

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Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Conducted by: Kenneth Jean
Recording date: June 1990
Produced by: Sauer, Martin

Pavane pour une infante defunte - 6:17

Ma mere l'oye

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Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Conducted by: Kenneth Jean
Recording date: September 1988
Produced by: Sauer, Martin

Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty - 1:37
Hop o' my Thumb - 3:17
The Conversations of Beauty and the Beast - 4:12

Miroirs: Une barque sur l'ocean

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Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano
Recording date: 18-19 November 1993
Produced by: Perrot, Jo�l

Miroirs: Une barque sur l'ocean - 6:04

Vocalise-etude en forme de habanera

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Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Nora Mercz, harp
Janos Balint, flute
Recording date: 14-18 December 1992
Produced by: Beck, L�szl�

Vocalise-etude en forme de habanera - 2:40

Jeux d'eau

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Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano
Recording date: 18-19 November 1993
Produced by: Perrot, Jo�l

Jeux d'eau - 4:58

Menuet sur le nom de Haydn

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Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano
Recording date: 18-19 November 1993
Produced by: Perrot, Jo�l

Menuet sur le nom de Haydn - 1:43

String Quartet: Tres lent

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Composed by: Maurice Ravel

String Quartet: Tres lent - 8:09

Sonatine: Mouvement de Menuet

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Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano
Recording date: 18-19 November 1993
Produced by: Perrot, Jo�l

Sonatine: Mouvement de Menuet - 2:49

Le tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

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Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano
Recording date: January 1994
Produced by: Perrot, Jo�l

Le tombeau de Couperin: Menuet - 4:18

Daphnis et Chloe: Sunrise

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Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Conducted by: Kenneth Jean
Recording date: June 1990
Produced by: Sauer, Martin

Daphnis et Chloe: Sunrise - 5:34

Pavane pour une infante defunte

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Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano
Recording date: 18-19 November 1993
Produced by: Perrot, Jo�l

Pavane pour une infante defunte - 5:51

Piano Concerto in G major: Adagio assai

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Performed by: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Conducted by: Antoni Wit
Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano
Recording date: 29 November - 2 December 1993
Produced by: Jankowska, Beata

Piano Concerto in G major: Adagio assai - 8:26

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Composer(s):
Ravel, Maurice

Conductor(s):
Jean, Kenneth; Wit, Antoni

Orchestra(s):
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Artist(s):
Balint, Janos; Mercz, Nora; Thiollier, Francois-Joel

Label: Naxos Classics
UPC: 730099678926
Item Number: 8556789
Release Date: Sep 21, 2004

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