Maurice Ravel
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Maurice Ravel – Bolero
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(1875 – 1937)
His piano music, chamber music, and orchestral works have become staples in the repertoire. Ravel’s piano compositions, such as Miroirs and Gaspard de la nuit are virtuosic, and his orchestrations, such as Daphnis et Chloé and his orchestral arrangement of Модест Петрович Мусоргский’s Pictures at an Exhibition, are notable for the effective use of tonal color and variety of sound and instrumentation. To the general public he is probably best known for his orchestral work, Boléro, which he considered a trivial work and once described as “a piece for orchestra without music”.
According to SACEM, Ravel’s estate earns more royalties than that of any other French musician. According to international copyright law, Ravel’s works are public domain since January 1, 2008 in most countries. In France, due to anomalous copyright law extensions to account for the two world wars, they will not enter the public domain until 2015.
Featured tracks
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Gaspard de la Nuit, No. 1 - Ondine
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Tombeau de Couperin - Menuet (Ravel)
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Tombeau de Couperin - Tocatta (Ravel)
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Tombeau de Couperin - Rigaudon (Ravel)
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Tombeau de Couperin - Forlane (Ravel)
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Tombeau de Couperin - Fugue (Ravel)
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Videos
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Top Albums
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RAVEL: Piano Works, Vol. 1
121,353 listeners17 tracks
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Piano Concerto
150,911 listeners4 tracks
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Miroirs And Gaspard De La Nuit
45,019 listeners8 tracks
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Ravel: Works for Solo Piano (Complete)
6,544 listeners34 tracks
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Last Night of the Proms - Bristol Concert OrchestraSaturday 15 June 2013Maurice Ravel and 4 others
Bristol, United Kingdom
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Barmalewska
i want 2 kiss&fuck that music =P
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Scheiss_Liebe
фантастическая музыка
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liquorsetmefree
my kinda man
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nuevasinecdoque
Yeah, still touring, we got it, stop doing lame jokes. Daphnis et Chloé is fantastic, btw.
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myheartisocean
le turing budazz xDDDDDd
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JoseMB13
"On tour", are you kidding me? Lol
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PP667
bolero:)
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Octaviobanake
Digimon \o/
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sheepareevil
La valse <33333333
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m-saIami
Le lever du jour...
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boehj
d|-_-|b
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Kirowatt
I love you, Ravel.
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qixonnaute
Everything from Le Tombeau de Couperin is a cut above most of the piano repertoire. The set just has everything, from neoclassical tendencies to the most rich, exotic, and colorful chords... not to mention an almost magical taste for variety.
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bruno__________
people can't get over this "on tour" shit.
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goregahan
still touring eh? ala "Weekend at Bernies"
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XxRoflcopterxX
Herr derr still touring. He already dead so it funny. Derp.
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Snowbell242
Looks like he's stopped touring, must be working on a new album!
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Jamesismynamo
The whole Miroirs suite is so amazing
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petrol
:D :D He's still touring. Badass! [7]
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HoweverFarAway_
Second movement of the Piano Concerto is insanely beautiful <3
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