Miroirs

Editorial Reviews
Harold C. Schonberg, author of The Great Pianists
"All of his [Hamilton's] playing has sensitivity and color. One of the best of the million or so around."

Donal J. Henahan, former chief music critic, The New York Times
"A Major Talent [headline]...an enthralling listening experience. We should hear this major piano talent again, and soon!"

Album Description
In one remarkable recording, pianist Robert Hamilton has gathered works by Ravel and Rachmaninov that not only show each composer at his best, but illustrates the heretofore unexamined relationship between them!

The enclosed booklet explores the subject, including the inspirational and personal similarities between these two ostensibly dissimilar geniuses. The notes also reveal many little-known facts and unravel some longstanding mysteries surrounding these exciting and superbly executed compositions.

Miroirs

Miroirs, Music, Sergey Rachmaninov, Maurice Ravel, Robert G. Hamilton, 20th/21st Century Music for Voice and Keyboard, 20th/21st Century Sonata/Sonatina for Keyboard, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Artists, Etude for Keyboard, Keyboard, Keyboard Work with Descriptive or Unclassified Title, Morceau for Keyboard, Prelude for Keyboard, Vocal

Average customer rating: Simply wonderful! quiet time reorganization of the mind Sumptuous You never have enough Ravel - just never. The Best of Ravel By Master Conductor And Orchestra

Ravel: Boléro Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Minuets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Pavanes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Dutoit, Laurence | ( D ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Piano Concerto in F - An American in Paris Debussy: La Mer Stravinsky: Rite Of Spring, Fireworks, Petrouchka / Ozawa, Tilson Thomas, Chicago Symphony Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade/Capriccio Espagnol Ravel: Piano Works ASIN: B00002MXMX Release Date: 1999-11-09

Tracks:

1. Bolero
2. Alborada del gracioso
3. Ma Mere I'Oye (Complete Ballet): Prelude
4. Ma Mere I'Oye (Complete Ballet): 1 Tableau: Andse du rouet et Scene
5. Ma Mere I'Oye (Complete Ballet): 2 Tableau: Pavane de la Belle du bois dormant
6. Ma Mere I'Oye (Complete Ballet): 3 Tableau: Les Entretiens de la Belle et de la Bete
7. Ma Mere I'Oye (Complete Ballet): 4 Tableau: Petit Poucet
8. Ma Mere I'Oye (Complete Ballet): 5 Tableau: Laideronette, Imperatrice des pagodes
9. Une Barque sur l'ocean
10. Rapsodie espagnole: Prelude a la nuit - Malaguena - Habanera - Feria

Tracks:

1. La Valse
2. Pavane pour une infante defunte
3. Le tombeau de Couperin: Prelude
4. Le tombeau de Couperin: Forlane
5. Le tombeau de Couperin: Menuet
6. Le tombeau de Couperin: Rigaudon
7. Valses nobles et sentimentales: Modere - Assez lent
8. Valses nobles et sentimentales: Modere - Assez anime
9. Valses nobles et sentimentales: Presque lent - Azzez vif
10. Valses nobles et sentimentales: Moins vif - Epilogue
11. Menuet antique
12. Fanfare pour 'L'Eventail de Jeanne
13. Daphnis et Chloe (Suite No. 2): Lever du jour
14. Daphnis et Chloe (Suite No. 2): Pantomime
15. Dapnis et Chloe (Suite No. 2): Danse generale

Customer Reviews:

Simply wonderful!.......2007-01-09

quiet time reorganization of the mind.......2007-01-05

Sumptuous.......2007-01-04

You never have enough Ravel - just never........2006-01-15

The Best of Ravel By Master Conductor And Orchestra.......2005-11-10

Average customer rating: Ravels Greatest hits

Ravel: Greatest Hits Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pavanes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music $6.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Debussy's Greatest Hits Sergei Rachmaninoff: Greatest Hits Saint-Saëns: Greatest Hits Grieg: Greatest Hits Rimsky-Korsakov: Greatest Hits ASIN: B000002A27 Release Date: 1994-08-09

Tracks:

1. Bolero
2. Pavane For A Dead Princess
3. Alborada Del Gracioso
4. Rapsodie espagnole: Feria
5. Le tombeau de Couperin: Rigaudon
6. La Valse
7. Piece In The Form Of A Habanera
8. Mother Goose Suite: The Fairy Garden
9. Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2: Daybreak
10. Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2: Pantomime
11. Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2: General Dance

Customer Reviews:

Ravels Greatest hits.......2007-07-20

Average customer rating: Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material! Beginner or Expert Very Informative and Enjoyable Frank's view Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra

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Tracks:

1. Overture To 'Tannhauser'
2. Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
3. We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
4. Hungarian Dance No.7
5. The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
6. Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
7. But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
8. The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
9. The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
10. Csardas Music
11. The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
12. The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
13. Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
14. The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
15. Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
16. Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
17. The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
18. Tzigane
19. Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
20. Caprice No.24
21. The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
22. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
23. Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
24. Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
25. Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
26. The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
27. The Violin Muted
28. Clair De Lune
29. The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
30. Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
31. The Pizzicato Violin
32. Pizzicato Polka
33. In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
34. Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
35. Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
36. The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
37. The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
38. Hungarian Dance No.4
39. Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
40. The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
41. Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
42. Bolero
43. Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
44. Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
45. Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
46. Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
47. Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
48. Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
49. And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
50. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
51. The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
52. Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
53. The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
54. Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
55. Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
56. The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
57. Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
58. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
59. Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
60. The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
61. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
62. Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
63. Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
64. Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
65. Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
66. To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
67. Elfenreigen

Tracks:

1. Introduction To The Viola
2. Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
3. Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
4. Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
5. Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
6. Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
7. The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
8. Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
9. The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
10. Cypresses (No.9)
11. The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
12. Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
13. The 'Period' Viola In Bach
14. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
15. The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
16. Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
17. Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
18. Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
19. Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
20. Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
21. In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
22. Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
23. But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
24. Elfentanz, Op.39
25. Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
26. The Protecting Veil (Opening)
27. A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
28. Flamenco
29. Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
30. Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
31. It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
32. Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
33. It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
34. Symphony No.9 (Finale)
35. Introduction To The Double-Bass
36. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
37. But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
38. Elegy No.1 In D Major
39. The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
40. Capriccio Di Bravura
41. Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
42. The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
43. Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds

Tracks:

1. The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
2. Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
3. The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
4. Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
5. The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
6. Sa'Dawi
7. Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
8. Chamber Music No.II
9. The Piccolo - Aptly Named
10. La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
11. From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
12. Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
13. A Variety Of Techniques
14. Chamber Music No.II
15. Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
16. The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
17. From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
18. Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
19. An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
20. Naelden, Naelden
21. The Bachian Oboe
22. Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
23. Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
24. Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
25. The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
26. The Swan Of Tuonela
27. The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
28. Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
29. Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
30. Bolero
31. The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
32. Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
33. As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
34. Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
35. The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
36. The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
37. The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
38. ...And Quite Low.
39. Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
40. The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
41. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
42. But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
43. Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
44. Introduction To The Saxophone
45. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
46. The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
47. L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
48. The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
49. Bolero
50. The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
51. Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
52. The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
53. Sax-O-Phun
54. The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
55. Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
56. The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
57. Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
58. Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
59. And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
60. Bolero
61. The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
62. Symphony No.3 (Opening)
63. The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
64. The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
65. Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
66. The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
67. The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
68. Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
69. The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
70. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
71. The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
72. Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
73. Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
74. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
75. The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
76. Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

Tracks:

1. The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
2. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
3. The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
4. Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
5. The Ceremonial Trumpet
6. Fanfare For The Common Man
7. Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
8. Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
9. The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
10. Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
11. The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
12. Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
13. The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
14. Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
15. The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
16. Billy The Kid
17. The Trumpet As Character Actor
18. Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
19. The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
20. Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
21. The Birth Of The Trombone
22. Aenmerckt Nu Hier
23. The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
24. Canzon 12 In Double Echo
25. The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
26. Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
27. The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
28. Hosannah
29. The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
30. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
31. The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
32. The Trombone As Caricaturist
33. Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
34. The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
35. The Horn And The Hunt
36. Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
37. The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
38. Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
39. The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
40. Walter Music (Minuet 1)
41. The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
42. Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
43. Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
44. The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
45. Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
46. The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
47. Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
48. The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
49. Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
50. The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
51. Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

1. Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
2. Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
3. At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
4. Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
5. Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
6. Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
7. The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
8. The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
9. Den Hoboecken Dans
10. Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
11. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
12. No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
13. Gymnopedie No.2
14. The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
15. Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
16. More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
17. Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
18. Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
19. Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
20. A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
21. Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
22. The Birth Of The Bongo
23. Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
24. From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
25. Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
26. From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
27. Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
28. Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
29. But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
30. Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
31. Taking Advantage Of Tunability
32. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
33. The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
34. Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
35. Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
36. The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
37. Ravel And The Xylophone
38. Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
39. Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
40. Introducing The Vibraphone
41. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
42. The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
43. Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
44. Folk Dances
45. The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
46. Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
47. Introducing The Tubular Bells
48. Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
49. A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
50. Carmen Suite (Introduction)
51. But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
52. Introducing The Celeste
53. The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
54. Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
55. Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
56. Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
57. A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
58. The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
59. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
60. The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
61. Petrushka (Russian Dance)
62. The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
63. Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

1. Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
2. Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
3. But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
4. Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
5. The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
6. An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
7. Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
8. Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
9. Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
10. Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
11. Mahler's Sleighbells
12. Symphony No.4 (Opening)
13. A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
14. Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
15. Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
16. Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
17. National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
18. And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
19. And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
20. The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
21. The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
22. The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
23. The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
24. The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
25. The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
26. The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
27. The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
28. There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
29. The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
30. Nocturnes
31. Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
32. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
33. The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
34. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
35. The Oboe As Duck
36. Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
37. The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
38. The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
39. The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
40. Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
41. Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
42. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
43. Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
44. The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
45. A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
46. Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
47. A Thunderstorm In A Million
48. Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
49. the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
50. The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
51. Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
52. The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

1. The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
2. Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
3. A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
4. Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
5. Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
6. String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
7. The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
8. String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
9. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
10. String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
11. The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
12. String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
13. The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
14. String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
15. The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
16. Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
17. Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
18. String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
19. The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
20. Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
21. Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
22. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
23. In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
24. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
25. In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
26. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
27. In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
28. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
29. Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
30. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
31. And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
32. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
33. The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
34. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
35. Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
36. Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
37. A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
38. Octet In F (Mvt 3)
39. The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
40. Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
41. Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
42. Canzon 28
43. Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
44. Symphony No.5 (Finale)
45. From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
46. Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
47. Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
48. The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
49. Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
50. When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
51. Images (Gigues)
52. A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
53. Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
54. The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
55. Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
56. Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
57. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
58. A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

Customer Reviews:

Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Frank's view.......2006-08-19

Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.

Average customer rating: Outstanding performance tour de force Ravel Piano Works- Pascal Roge Beautiful Works, Excellent Performance

Ravel: Piano Works Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Minuets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Pavanes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Rogi, Pascal | ( R ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music More Titles at Least 20% Off | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Rogi, Pascal | ( R ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Instrumental | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Debussy: Piano Works Satie: Piano Works After the Rain...The Soft Sounds of Erik Satie Liszt: Favourite Piano Works Ravel: The Piano Concertos; Valses nobles et sentimentales ASIN: B00000422W Release Date: 1994-11-15

Tracks:

1. Gaspard de la nuit: I Ondine
2. Gaspard de la nuit: II Le Gibet
3. Gaspard de la nuit: III Scarbo
4. Valses nobles et sentimentales: I Modere, tres franc
5. Valses nobles et sentimentales: II Assez lent, avec une expression intense
6. Valses nobles et sentimentales: III Modere
7. Valses nobles et sentimentales: IV Assez anime
8. Valses nobles et sentimentales: V Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime
9. Valses nobles et sentimentales: VI Vif
10. Valses nobles et sentimentales: VII Moins vif
11. Valses nobles et sentimentales: VIII Epilogue, lent
12. Jeux d'eau
13. Miroirs: I Noctuelles
14. Miroirs: II Oiseaux tristes
15. Miroirs: III Une barque sur l'ocean
16. Miroirs: IV Alborada del gracioso
17. Miroirs: V La Vallee des cloches

Tracks:

1. Sonatine: I Modere
2. Sonatine: II Mouvement de menuet
3. Sonatine: III Anime
4. Le tombeau de Couperin: I Prelude
5. Le tombeau de Couperin: II Fugue
6. Le tombeau de Couperin: III Forlane
7. Le tombeau de Couperin: IV Rigaudon
8. Le tombeau de Couperin: V Menuet
9. Le tombeau de Couperin: VI Toccata
10. Prelude
11. Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn
12. A la maniere de Borodine
13. Menuet antique
14. Pavane pour une infante defunte
15. A la maniere de Chabrier
16. Ma Mere L'Oye: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
17. Ma Mere L'Oye: Petit Poucet
18. Ma Mere L'Oye: Laideronnette, imperatrice des pagodes
19. Ma Mere L'Oye: Entretiens de la Belle et de la Bete
20. Ma Mere L'Oye: Le Jardin feerique

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding performance.......2005-11-29

tour de force.......2005-04-20

Ravel Piano Works- Pascal Roge.......2002-08-30

Beautiful Works, Excellent Performance.......2002-08-27

Average customer rating: An overlooked set

Louis Lortie Plays Ravel's Complete Works for Solo Piano Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Minuets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Pavanes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ravel: Music for Four Hands ASIN: B0000VM3Y0 Release Date: 2004-01-20

Tracks:

1. Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte
2. I Prelude
3. II Fugue
4. III Forlane
5. IV Rigaudon
6. V Menuet
7. VI Toccata
8. Serenade Grotesque
9. Jeux D'eau
10. I Adelaide. Modere - Tres Franc
11. II Assez Lent - Avec Une Expression Intense
12. III Modere
13. IV Assez Anime
14. V Presque Lent - Dans Un Sentiment Intime
15. VI Vif
16. VII Moins Vif
17. VIII Epilogue. Lent
18. La Valse

Tracks:

1. I Ondine. Lent
2. II Le Gibet. Tres Lent
3. III Scarbo. Modere
4. Majestueusement
5. Mouvement De Menuet
6. Allegro Giusto
7. Paraphrase Sur Un Air De Gounod - Allegretto
8. Assez Lent Et Tres Expressif
9. I Noctuelles. Tres Leger
10. II Oiseaux Tristes. Tres Lent
11. III Une Barque Sur L'ocean. D'un Rythme Souple
12. IV Alborada Del Gracioso. Assez Vif
13. V La Vallee Des Cloches. Tres Lent
14. I Modere
15. II Mouvement De Menuet
16. III Anime

Customer Reviews:

An overlooked set.......2006-05-04

Average customer rating: The sound of sprinkled diamonds More than a 'Bach Specialist' Riviting Ravel Riveting Ravel

Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music Maurice Ravel , and Angela Hewitt Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Bach: French Suites / Angela Hewitt Bach: The Six Partitas / Angela Hewitt Bach: The Toccatas Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier (book 1) Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 ASIN: B000063TSM Release Date: 2002-05-14

Tracks:

1. Menuet antique
2. Pavane pour une infante defunte
3. Sonatine: Modere
4. Sonatine: Mouvement de menuet
5. Sonatine: Anime
6. Valses nobles et sentimentales: Modere-tres franc
7. Valses nobles et sentimentales: Assez lent
8. Valses nobles et sentimentales: Modere
9. Valses nobles et sentimentales: Assez lent
10. Valses nobles et sentimentales: Presque lent
11. Valses nobles et sentimentales: Vif
12. Valses nobles et sentimentales: Moins vif
13. Valses nobles et sentimentales: Epilogue: Lent
14. Le Tombeau de Couperin: Prelude
15. Le Tombeau de Couperin: Fugue
16. Le Tombeau de Couperin: Forlane
17. Le Tombeau de Couperin: Rigaudon
18. Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet
19. Le Tombeau de Couperin: Toccata

Tracks:

1. Serenade grotesque
2. Jeux d'eau
3. Gaspard de la nuit: Ondine
4. Gaspard de la nuit: Le Gibet
5. Gaspard de la nuit: Scarbo
6. Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn
7. Prelude
8. A la maniere de Borodine
9. A la maniere de Chabrier
10. Miroirs: Noctuelles
11. Miroirs: Oiseaux tristes
12. Miroirs: Une barque sur l'ocean
13. Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso
14. Miroirs: La vallee des cloches

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Customer Reviews:

The sound of sprinkled diamonds.......2007-03-17

More than a 'Bach Specialist'.......2005-05-25

Riviting Ravel.......2003-02-27

Alan Hewitt (no relation, to the best of my knowledge)

Riveting Ravel.......2002-05-29

I enjoy Angela's chameleon-like ability to play Bach as Bach, Ravel as Ravel, Granados as Granados, etc...Her technique is marvellous but, unlike many other great pianists, her ego takes a back seat and lets the composers/compositions shine in their own right.

Average customer rating: Great Ravel! look at my other Ravel reviews

Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Minuets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Pavanes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Grieg: Complete Solo Piano Music Debussy, Ravel: Complete Works for Piano Duet and Two Pianos Fauré: Piano Music complete [Box Set] Debussy: Complete Chamber Music Complete Orchestral Works ASIN: B0002XV2Y8 Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

1. Serenade Grotesque
2. Menuet Antique
3. Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte
4. Jeux D'Eau
5. 1: Modere
6. 2: Mouvement De Menuet
7. 3: Anime
8. 1: Noctuelles: Tres Leger
9. 2: Oiseaux Tristes: Tres Lent
10. 3: Une Barque Sur L'Ocean: D'Un Rythme Souple
11. 4: Alborada Del Gracioso: Assez Vif
12. 5: La Vallee Des Cloches: Tres Lent

Tracks:

1. 1: Ondine: Lent
2. 2: Le Gibet: Tres Lent
3. 3: Scarbo: Modere
4. Menuet Sur Le Nom D'Haydn
5. 1: Modere/Tres Franc
6. 2: Assez Lent (Avec Une Expression Intense)
7. 3: Modere
8. 4: Assez Anime
9. 5: Presque Lent (Dans Un Sentiment Intime)
10. 6: Vif
11. 7: Moins Vif
12. 8: Epilogue: Lent
13. Prelude
14. Borodine: Valse/Allegro Giusto
15. Emmanuel Chabrier (Paraphrase Sur Un Air De Gounod, Faust, Acte 3): Allegretto
16. 1: Prelude: Vif
17. 2: Fugue: Allegro Moderato
18. 3: Forlane: Allegretto
19. 4: Riguadon: Assez Vif
20. 5: Menuet: Allegro Moderato
21. 6: Toccata: Vif

Customer Reviews:

Great Ravel!.......2007-07-13

look at my other Ravel reviews.......2007-07-08

Average customer rating: A classic recording Wonderful You can't go wrong! Sublime Ravel Wonderful Ravel!!

Vlado Perlemuter Plays Ravel Manufacturer: Vox (Classical) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Minuets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Pavanes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ravel According to Ravel The Art of Ivry Gitlis Ravel: Piano Works The Art of Ruggiero Ricci Beethoven: Piano Sonatas [Germany] ASIN: B000001KC3 Release Date: 1992-11-04

Tracks:

1. Gaspard de la nuit: Ondine
2. Gaspard de la nuit: Le Gibet
3. Gaspard de la nuit: Scarbo
4. Jeux d'eau
5. Menuet sur le nom de Haydn
6. Miroirs: Noctuelles
7. Miroirs: Oiseaux Tristes
8. Miroirs: Une Barque sur l'Ocean
9. Miroirs: Alborada del Gracioso
10. Miroirs: La Valldes cloches
11. Menuet Antique
12. Piano Concerto For The Left Hand

Tracks:

1. Piano Concerto In G: Allegramente
2. Piano Concerto In G: Adagio assai
3. Piano Concerto In G: Presto
4. Le tombeau de Couperin: Prde
5. Le tombeau de Couperin: Fugue
6. Le tombeau de Couperin: Forlane
7. Le tombeau de Couperin: Rigaudon
8. Le tombeau de Couperin: Menuet
9. Le tombeau de Couperin: Toccata
10. Pavane pour une Infante dnte
11. Sonatine: Mod
12. Sonatine: Menuet
13. Sonatine: Anim
14. Prde
15. Valses nobles et sentimentales

Customer Reviews:

A classic recording.......2007-07-13

Wonderful.......2007-04-01

You can't go wrong!.......2006-11-22

Sublime Ravel.......2001-04-13

Wonderful Ravel!!.......2001-03-16

I thought I only sort of liked Ravel's piano concerti until I listened to this set. (I also have de La Roccha (sp) w/ St. Louis--not more than competent all around, and another Vox recording that was miserably recorded). Wow. The beauty of the piano playing, the admirable conducting, the orchestral contributions...all make for a wonderful Ravel experience.

Ditto the performance of the piano pieces (well, I guess we'll have to omit the orchestra and conductor from the bravos here!).

A WONDERFUL set.

These are mono, but who cares. You shouldn't!!!

Average customer rating: Bolero Exercise in orchestration.

Ravel: Boléro Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music $7.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra | ( C ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Instrumental | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music ASIN: B000003CUZ Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Alborado Del Gracioso
2. I. Prelude A La Nuit
3. II. Malaguena
4. III. Habanera
5. IV. Feria
6. I. Modere
7. II. Assez Lent
8. III. Modere
9. IV. Assez Anime
10. V. Presque Lent
11. VI. Assez Vif
12. VII. Moins Vif
13. VIII. Epilogue
14. La Valse
15. Bolero

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Customer Reviews:

Bolero.......2007-03-20

Exercise in orchestration........2002-01-31

Average customer rating: great pianist!!!! Yesterday Francois would be celebrating his eighty-two anniversary

Debussy & Ravel: Piano Works - Samson Francois (6 CD's) Samson Francois , Claude Debussy , and Maurice Ravel Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Minuets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Pavanes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Lullabies & Berceuse | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Chopin: Piano Works, Vol. 3 Debussy, Ravel: Orchestral Works Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas / Daniel Barenboim Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets / Alban Berg Quartet Liszt: Works for Piano and Orchestra ASIN: B0002RUAEM Release Date: 2004-11-02

Tracks:

1. 1. Danseuses De Delphes
2. 2. Voiles
3. 3. Le Vent Dans La Plaine
4. 4. Les Sons Et Les Parfums Tournent Dans L'Air Du Soir
5. 5. Les Collines D'Anacapri
6. 6. Des Pas Sur La Neige
7. 7. Ce Qu'a Vu Le Vent D'Ouest
8. 8. La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin
9. 9. La Serenade Interrompue
10. 10. La Cathedrale Engloutie
11. 11. Danse De Puck
12. 12. Minstrels
13. 1. Brouillards
14. 2. Feuilles Mortes
15. 3. La Puerta Del Vino
16. 4. Les Fees Sont D'Exquises Danseuses
17. 5. Bruyeres
18. 6. General Lavine (Eccentric)
19. 7. La Terrasse Des Audiences Au Clair De Lune
20. 8. Ondine
21. 9. Hommage A S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C.
22. 10. Canope
23. 12. Feux D'Artifice

Tracks:

1. 1. Reflets Dans L'eau
2. 2. Hommage A Rameau
3. 3. Mouvement
4. 1. Cloches A Travers Les Feuilles
5. 2. Et La Lune Descend Sur Le Temple Qui Fut
6. 3. Poissons D'or
7. Reverie
8. 1. Andantino
9. 2. Allegretto Scherzando
10. La Plus Que Lente, Valse
11. 1. Pour Les Degres Chromatiques
12. 2. Pour Les Agrements
13. 4. Pour Les Sonorites Opposees
14. 5. Pour Les Arpeges Composes
15. 6. Pour Les Accords
16. Masques
17. L'Isle Joyeuse
18. Berceuse Heroique

Tracks:

1. 1. Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum
2. 2. Jimbo's Lullaby
3. 3. Serenade For The Doll
4. 4. The Snow Is Dancing
5. 5. The Little Shepherd
6. 6. Golliwogg's Cake-Walk
7. 1. Pagodes
8. 2. La Soiree Dans Grenade
9. 3. Jardins Sous La Pluie
10. 1. Prelude
11. 2. Menuet
12. 3. Clair De Lune
13. 4. Passepied
14. 1. Prelude
15. 2. Sarabande
16. 3. Toccata

Tracks:

1. 1. Allegramente
2. 2. Adagio Assai
3. 3. Presto
4. Lento/Allegro
5. 1. Pavane De La Belle Au Bois Dormant - Pierre Barbizet
6. 2. Petit Poucet - Pierre Barbizet
7. 3. Laideronnette, Imperatrice Des Pagodes - Pierre Barbizet
8. 4. Les Entretiens De La Belle Et De La Bete - Pierre Barbizet
9. 5. Le Jardin Feerique - Pierre Barbizet

Tracks:

1. Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte
2. 1. Modere, Tres Franc
3. 2. Assez Lent
4. 3. Modere
5. 4. Assez Anime
6. 5. Presque Lent
7. 6. Vif
8. 7. Moins Vif
9. 8. Epilogue: Lent
10. Prelude
11. Jeux D'Eau
12. Menuet Sur Le Nom D'Haydn
13. 1. Noctuelles
14. 2. Oiseaux Tristes
15. 3. Une barque Sur L'Ocean
16. 4. Alborada Del Gracioso
17. 5. La Vallee Des Cloches
18. Emmanuel Chabrier (Paraphrase Sur Un Air De Gounod)
19. Borodine

Tracks:

1. 1. Ondine
2. 2. Le Gibet
3. 3. Scarbo
4. 1. Modere
5. 2. Mouvement De Menuet
6. 3. Anime
7. 1. Prelude
8. 2. Fugue
9. 3. Forlane
10. 4. Riguadon
11. 5. Menuet
12. 6. Toccata
13. Menuet Antique

Customer Reviews:

great pianist!!!!.......2007-02-16

Yesterday Francois would be celebrating his eighty-two anniversary .......2006-05-19

Track Listings:

1. Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 16, 24 - 27 [Import]
2. Mozart: Sonatas, Vol.I
3. Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 36 ("Linz"), 33 & 27
4. Music for Oboe and Strings
5. New Music - Piano Compositions By Henry Cowell / Brown, Hays, Kubera, Cahill
6. Pape: Electroacoustic Chamber Works
7. Parry: I Was Glad, My, Soul There Is a Country, 20 English Lyrics, Jerusalem
8. Passionately UnStuffed
9. Peter Scott Lewis: Atlantic Crossing; Rhapsodic Images
10. Piston: Symphony 4 / Three New England Sketches

Track Listings

track listings

Track Listings

Easy Come Easy Go & Speedway [Import]

Liszt: The Orchestral Recordings

Love Like Yours & Mine

David X. Young's Jazz Loft: 1954-1965

Shot Down Satellites [Import]

Lovers Again

Living for Love [CD-single] [Import]

Piano Sons Opp35,58

Little Animals

In Orbit

Mic City Sons

Hoolignans y 9 Grandes Idolos del Rock & Roll

Las Clasicas [Original recording remastered]

Classical Guitar Masters: Musical Renaissance

Swing Your Big Head