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Valses nobles et sentimentales (version for orchestra) (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Conducted by: Kenneth Jean
Recording date: September 1988


1.   No. 1. Modere - 1:18
2.   No. 6. Assez vif - 0:57


Introduction et Allegro (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel Bela Kovacs
Conducted by: Constantine Orbelian
Andrea Vigh, harp
Laszlo Jakobi, cello
Ellen Sejersted Bodtker, harp
Gyorgy Konrad, viola
Skaila Kanga, harp
Jozsef Balogh, clarinet
Eszter Horgas,
Bela Banfalvi, violin
Zoltan Gyongyossy, flute
Eva Maros, harp
Fredrik Fors, clarinet
Per Flemstrom, flute
Sjur Bjaerke, double bass
Erica Goodman, harp
Oleg Sergeev, flute
Tatiana Oskolkova, harp
Sergei Bolshakov, clarinet
Zsuzsanna Nemeth-Fejervari, violin
Stanley McCartney, clarinet
Suzanne Shulman, flute
Isabelle Moretti, harp


3.   Sonatine: I. Modere - 3:56


Sonatine (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Louis Lortie, piano
Andrea Anderson, piano
Klara Kormendi, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano
William Corbett-Jones, piano
Martin Souter, piano
Lise De la Salle, piano
Recording date: 18-19 November 1993


4.   Introduction and Allegro - 10:18


Violin Sonata in G major (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel Fazil Say
Wayne Marshall, piano
Pascal Devoyon, piano
Dong-Suk Kang, violin
Laurent Korcia, violin
James Ehnes, violin
Wendy Chen, piano
Michael Wendeberg, piano
Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Matthew Trusler, violin
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin
Frederieke Saeijs, violin
Maurice Lammerts van Bueren, piano
Marta Aznavoorian, piano
Georges Pludermacher, piano
David Grimal, violin


5.   Menuet sur le nom de Haydn - 1:47


Rapsodie espagnole (more info)
Performed by: Budapest Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Maurice Ravel Sergey Koussevitzky
Conducted by: Kenneth Jean Gyorgy Lehel Ernest Bour
Recording date: September 1988


6.   Pavane pour une infante defunte - 6:28


Pavane pour une infante defunte (version for orchestra) (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Neville Marriner Maurice Ravel
Conducted by: James DePreist Bertrand de Billy Keith Clark Kenneth Jean Jansug Kakhidze
Alexander Tachman, horn


7.   Miroirs: IV. Alborada del gracioso - 6:01


Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Andrew Rangell, piano
Louis Lortie, piano
Andre Laplante, piano
Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano
Recording date: 18-19 November 1993


8.   Rapsodie espagnole: III. Habanera - 2:51


Miroirs (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Louis Lortie, piano
Terence Judd, piano
Marcelle Meyer,
Michael Lewin, piano
Jacques Fevrier,
Herbert Schuch, piano
Tzimon Barto, piano
Francine Kay, piano
Andre Laplante, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Jeff Mee, synthesizer
Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano
Valerie Tryon, piano
Lise De la Salle, piano


9.   Blues (Moderato) - 5:24


Chants populaires (text by R. Burns and Traditional) (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Gerard Theruel, baritone
Laurent Naouri, baritone
David Abramovitz, piano
Inva Mula, soprano
Valerie Millot, soprano
Claire Brua, mezzo-soprano
Helmut Deutsch,
Andre Laplante, piano
Stella Grigorian, mezzo-soprano
Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: March / April 1997, April 1998, May 2000


10.   Chants populaires: Chanson espagnole - 2:26


Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (more info)
Performed by: Paris Conservatoire Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Bilkent Symphony Orchestra Lyon National Orchestra
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Conducted by: Charles Munch Bertrand de Billy Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos Antoni Wit Emmanuel Krivine Jean Fournet
Alfred Cortot, piano
Huseyin Sermet, piano
Louis Lortie, piano
Pascal Roge,
Idil Biret, piano
Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano
Recording date: 15 February 1996


11.   Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in G major - 18:27


La valse (version for orchestra) (more info)
Performed by: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Conducted by: Sylvain Cambreling Kenneth Jean Neeme Jarvi Gary Bertini Jonathan Seers Jansug Kakhidze
Recording date: June 1990


12.   La Valse - 13:17

Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2 (more info)
Performed by: Seattle Symphony Orchestra Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Maurice Ravel Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Yakov Kreizberg Kenneth Jean Gary Bertini Gerard Schwarz Jansug Kakhidze
Recording date: 26 November 1938


1.   Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2 - 16:28


Jeux d'eau (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Huseyin Sermet, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Louis Lortie, piano
Andrea Anderson, piano
Tzimon Barto, piano
Francine Kay, piano
Andre Laplante, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Jeff Mee, synthesizer
Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano
Tomislav Baynov, piano
Recording date: 18-19 November 1993


2.   Jeux d'eau - 4:58


String Quartet in F major (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel


3.   String Quartet in F major: II. Assez vif - 6:32


Gaspard de la nuit (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Huseyin Sermet, piano
Andrew Rangell, piano
Walter Gieseking, piano
Louis Lortie, piano
Andrea Anderson, piano
Klara Kormendi, piano
Samson Francois,
Herbert Schuch, piano
Tzimon Barto, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Jeff Mee, synthesizer
Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano
Recording date: 10-13 November 1988


4.   Gaspard de la nuit: No. 1. Ondine - 5:57


Tzigane (version for orchestra) (more info)
Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Conducted by: Kazuhiro Koizumi Johannes Wildner Takuo Yuasa
Moshe Hammer, violin
Howard Zhang, violin
Marat Bisengaliev, violin
Recording date: 24 - 25 May 2001


5.   Tzigane - 9:32


Le tombeau de Couperin (version for piano) (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Emil Gilels, piano
Phyllis Sellick, piano
Louis Lortie, piano
Klara Kormendi, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano
Recording date: circa 1940


6.   Le tombeau de Couperin: V. Menuet - 4:17


Don Quichotte a Dulcinee (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Laurent Naouri, baritone
David Abramovitz, piano
Noel Lee, piano
Louis Quilico, baritone
Christina Petrowska-Quilico, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Austin Miskell, tenor
Michael Sussman, clarinet


7.   Don Quichotte a Dulcinee: No. 1. Chanson romanesque - 2:23


Ma mere l'oye (Mother Goose) (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Conducted by: James DePreist Kenneth Jean


8.   Ma mere l'oye: VI. Le jardin feerique - 3:51


Piano Concerto in G major (more info)
Performed by: Russian National Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra North German Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Bilkent Symphony Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Lyon National Orchestra Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Francesco Tristano Schlime Maurice Ravel
Conducted by: Michael Francis James DePreist Bertrand de Billy Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos Antoni Wit Gary Bertini Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Emmanuel Krivine Jean Fournet Marko Munih
Huseyin Sermet, piano
Monique Haas, piano
Ian Parker, piano
Louis Lortie, piano
Pascal Roge,
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Martha Argerich, piano
Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano
Mi Joo Lee, piano


9.   Piano Concerto in G major: II. Adagio assai - 8:25


Bolero (more info)
Performed by: Lamoureux Concert Association Orchestra Detroit Symphony Orchestra Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Hungarian State Orchestra Moscow Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra World Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Neville Marriner Maurice Ravel Sergey Koussevitzky
Conducted by: Adam Fischer Yakov Kreizberg Kenneth Jean Charles Gerhardt Adrian Leaper Yutaka Sado Neeme Jarvi Antonio de Almeida
Leon Berendse, flute
Recording date: October 1993


10.   Bolero - 13:36

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