Biography of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
07.03.1875
Born in Ciboure, the family moves to Paris in the same year.
1882
First lessons in piano, composition and music theory
1886
Lessons in music theory.
1889
Studies with Faure and Chabrier at the Paris conservatory, but will never graduate
1914
Composition of the piano suite Le Tombeau de Couperin, which he orchestrated himself and which was also published in several editions for woodwind quintet later on. Each movement is dedicated to a different friend of Ravel who gave his live in war.
1920
Many concert tours through Europe
1928
Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford and composition of Bolero
Worked together with Strawinskij for the instrumentation of an opera of Mussorgskij.
28.12.1937
Dies in Paris
He was one of first composers to use the whole flute family in the orchestra (flute, piccolo and alto flute)
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Sheet music for flute:
Le Tombeau de Couperin (Bearbeitung)
(flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn)
Edition Wilhelm Hansen, KP00112
Rating: difficult
- Prelude
- Forlane
- Menuet
- Rigaudon
Parts and score, both in large format. Score handwritten.
Le Tombeau de Couperin
(flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn)
Durand S. A. Edition s Musicales, D. & F. 14 025 bis
Rating: mid-grade
- Prélude
- Fugue
- Menuet
- Rigaudon
These are the parts. The score is printed in a separate edition of the same label.
Le Tombeau de Couperin
(flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn)
Durand S. A. Edition s Musicales, D & F 14 025
Rating: mid-grade
- Prélude
- Fugue
- Menuet
- Rigaudon
This is the score.
Ma Mere L´Oye - Mother Goose Suite (C-Dur) (Bearbeitung)
(flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet in H flat, bassoon, horn in F)
Bärenreiter, BA 8605
Rating: mid-grade
- Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
- Petit Poucet
- Laideronette, Imperatrice des Pagodes
- Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bete
- Le jardin feerique
Parts and score. The third movement is included twice: in original and transposed key.
Piece en Forme de Habanera (g-moll)
(flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn)
Alphonse Leduc, B. L.682
Rating: mid-grade
CDs with/from Maurice Ravel
Bläserquintett der Staatskapelle Berlin
- La Toupie - Impromptu (01:10:00)
- La Poupée - Berceuse (02:15:00)
- Trompette et Tambour - Marche (02:19:00)
- Colin-Maillard - Nocturne (01:52:00)
- petit Mari, Petite Femme - Duo (02:50:00)
- Le Bal - Galop (02:02:00)
- Allegro ma non troppo (09:39:00)
- Lento (07:11:00)
- Molto vivace (03:30:00)
- Vivace ma non troppo (05:16:00)
- Prélude (03:01:00)
- Fugue (03:39:00)
- Menuet (05:07:00)
- Rigaudon (03:10:00)
Georges Bizet: Jeux d enfants op. 22:
Antonin Dvořák: Quintett F-Dur op. 96:
Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin:
Avalon Bläserquintett
Französische Bläserquintette (2000)
Werke von Taffanel, Ravel, Milhaud & Jolivet
- I Allegro con moto (10:08:00)
- II Andante (05:41:00)
- III Vivace (07:08:00)
- I Prelude (03:06:00)
- II Fugue (03:17:00)
- III Menuet (04:13:00)
- IV Rigaudon (02:55:00)
- I Cortege (00:00:01)
- II Aubade (00:00:01)
- III Jongleurs (01:09:00)
- IV La Maousinglade (02:31:00)
- V Joutes sur L'arc (00:48:00)
- VI Chasse a Valabre (01:28:00)
- VII Madrigal-Nocturne (02:16:00)
- I Cantilene (03:28:00)
- II Caprice (03:37:00)
- III Intermede (03:48:00)
- IV Marche burlesque (05:08:00)
Paul Taffanel: Quintette pour instruments a vent:
Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin:
Darius Milhaud: La Cheminee du Roi Rene op. 205:
André Jolivet: Serenade:
Ensemble Aventure
French Music for Harp, Flute & Bassoon (2002)
- Modere (04:23:00)
- Mouvement du menuet (02:44:00)
- Anime (04:22:00)
- Allegretto (04:30:00)
- Andante (03:22:00)
- Allegro (03:46:00)
- L'Etoile (03:47:00)
- Les Mages (03:19:00)
- La Vierge et l'Enfant (03:03:00)
- Entree et Danse des Bergers (02:37:00)
- Allegro (07:01:00)
- Adagio (06:47:00)
- Rondeau allegro (05:51:00)
Maurice Ravel: Sonatine:
Jean-Michel Damase: Trio (1946):
André Jolivet: Pastorale de Noel:
A. H. Vte du Boisbaudry: Sonata op. 1:
Les Vents Français
- Allegro (02:14:00)
- Andante (01:39:00)
- Assez lent - Allegro scherzando (02:45:00)
- Prélude (03:57:00)
- Fugue (03:57:00)
- Menuet (04:23:00)
- Rigaudon (03:08:00)
- Ouverture (02:04:00)
- Récitatif (02:53:00)
- Ostinato (03:03:00)
- Cortége (01:59:00)
- Aubade (01:55:00)
- Jongleurs (01:13:00)
- La Maousinglade (02:28:00)
- Joutes sur l'Arc (00:53:00)
- Chasse à Valabre (01:42:00)
- Madrigal-Nocturne (02:39:00)
- Allegro con moto (09:40:00)
- Andante (05:59:00)
- Vivace (07:56:00)
Jacques Ibert: Trois Pièces brèves:
Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin:
André Jolivet: Sonatine für Oboe und Fagott:
Darius Milhaud: La Cheminée du roi René op. 205:
Paul Taffanel: Wind Quintet:
Mihae Lee, Kurt Redel
Musique Francaise pour flute et piano (1993)
- Allegro malincolico (04:26:00)
- Cantilena (03:55:00)
- Presto giocoso (03:38:00)
- Albert Roussel: Andante et Scherzo op. 51 (04:41:00)
- Anime - Tendre (05:27:00)
- Maurice Ravel: Piece en forme de habanera (02:27:00)
- Pan (03:07:00)
- Tityre (01:06:00)
- Krishna (03:32:00)
- Mr. de la Pejaudie (01:48:00)
- Albert Roussel: Aria (02:31:00)
- Claude Debussy: Syrinx (02:40:00)
- Tendre (04:16:00)
- Souple (00:00:02)
- Clair (02:39:00)
Francis Poulenc: Sonate:
Jacques Ibert: Jeux:
Albert Roussel: Joueurs de flute, op. 27:
Darius Milhaud: Sonatine:
János Bálint, Nóra Mercz
- Georges Bizet: Intermezzo from the Opera "Carmen" (02:32:00)
- Jules Massenet: Meditation from the Opera "Thaïs" (04:30:00)
- Auguste Durand: Premiere Valse in E Flat Major, Op. 83 (05:32:00)
- Georges Bizet: Menuet in E Flat Major (04:20:00)
- Claude Debussy: Petite Suite No. 1 - En bateau (04:09:00)
- Maurice Ravel: Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera (02:40:00)
- Auguste Durand: Chaconne in A Flat Minor (04:00:00)
- Christoph Willibald Gluck: Ballet in D minor (Dance of the Blessed Spirits) from the Opera "Orfeo ed Euridice" (07:27:00)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante in C Major, KV 315 (06:18:00)
- Frederick Chopin: Variations in E Major on the Theme Non piu mesta from Rossini's Opera "La Cenerentola" (05:06:00)
- Edmund Schuëcker: Mazurka in E Flat Minor, op. 12 (05:10:00)
- Nikolai Rimskij-Korsakow: Hindu Song from the Opera "Sadko" (03:26:00)
- Peter I. Tschaikowsky: Valse sentimentale in F Minor (02:45:00)
- Johann Strauß: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214 (01:37:00)
Wurde im Studio aufgenommen, klingt aber nach einem Hallraum wie in der Kirche. Seltsamerweise kommt die Flöte dabei ganz aus der Ferne. Irritiert mich beim Hören. "Romantisch" im Titel ist wohl nicht musikhistorisch gemeint, sonst hätten Gluck und Mozart da nix verloren.
Natalia Gerakis, Ulrike Neubacher
- Claude Debussy: Syrinx (00:00:02)
- Claude Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de Lin (02:26:00)
- Gabriel Fauré: Morceau de concours (02:58:00)
- Georg Friedrich Händel: Allegro aus dem Harfenkonzert in B-dur (04:33:00)
- Christoph Willibald Gluck: Reigen seliger Geister (06:06:00)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variationen über das Lied "Ah! vous dirais-je Maman" (06:02:00)
- Vivace - Adagio/Allegro - Allegro (03:26:00)
- Andante (01:26:00)
- Allegro (01:47:00)
- Adagio (01:57:00)
- Menuett I & II (02:57:00)
- Gabriel Fauré: Sicilienne aus Pelleas & Melisande (03:55:00)
- Alfredo Rolando Ortiz: Ecuador für Harfe solo (04:30:00)
- Maurice Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habanera (03:09:00)
- Jacques Ibert: Entr'acte (00:00:03)
Georg Philipp Telemann: Fantasie Nr. 1:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonate in C-Dur, BWV 1033:
Quintessenz
Tour de France (2007)
- Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'apreès-midi d'un faune (09:52:00)
- En bateau (03:40:00)
- Cortège (03:08:00)
- Menuet (02:49:00)
- Ballet (03:15:00)
- La toupie (00:56:00)
- La poupée (02:26:00)
- Trompette et tambour (02:21:00)
- Le bal galop (01:51:00)
- Aquarium (02:29:00)
- L'Eléphant (01:23:00)
- Le cygne (02:35:00)
- Poules et coqs (00:48:00)
- Vlière (01:19:00)
- Maurice Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habanera (02:55:00)
- Maurice Ravel: Alborada del gracioso (07:23:00)
- Menuet (03:50:00)
- Clair de lune (05:06:00)
- Passepied (00:00:03)
- Francois Couperin: Le tic-toc-choc (00:00:02)
- Andante moderato (04:09:00)
- Allegro scherzando (02:28:00)
Claude Debussy: Petite Suite:
Georges Bizet: Jeux d'enfants:
Camille Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux:
Claude Debussy: Suite Bergamasque:
Louis Ganne: Andante et Scherzo:
James Galway, London Symphony Orchestra, Klauspeter Seibel, Moray Welsh
Wings of Song (2004)
- Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une Infante défunte (06:11:00)
- Erik Satie: Gymnopédie No. 3 (02:47:00)
- Franz Schubert: Ave Maria (04:27:00)
- N. N.: The Dawning of the Day (04:35:00)
- Joaquín Rodrigo: En Aranuez con tu amor (07:29:00)
- Johann Christian Bach: Siciliano (02:53:00)
- Camille Saint-Saëns: Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (06:16:00)
- Vincenzo Bellini: Casta diva (05:04:00)
- Gabriel Fauré: Pie Jesu (03:17:00)
- Jacques Offenbach: Barcarolle (02:43:00)
- Richard Wagner: Der Engel (02:47:00)
- Christoph Willibald Gluck: Che farò senza Euridice? (04:30:00)
- Antonin Dvořák: Lento (08:30:00)
- Johannes Brahms: Wiegenlied (02:20:00)
- Howard Shore: A Lord of the Rings Suite (06:45:00)
- John Denver: Annie"s Song (02:58:00)
Literature von/über Maurice Ravel
- Richter, Thomas: Warum man im Auto nicht Wagner hören sollteMusik und GehirnStuttgart: Reclam,2012. - ISBN: 978-3-15-020255-5
- Schmierer, Elisabeth: Komponisten-PorträtsBilder und DatenStuttgart: Reclam,2003. - ISBN: 3-15-018268-9
Last edit 24.04.2020