Maurice Ravel

Ravel: 5 Greek folk songs

The joy of dancing to Greek folk songs

Ravel: Bolero

It spun ice into gold for Torvill and Dean

The Listening Service - Earworms

Tom Service finds the maddening musical secrets behind earworms with guest Jarvis Cocker

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé - Suite No. 2

Listen out for the passionate clash of percussion

Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit

Difficult to play, thrilling to hear

BBC Proms Music Guide - Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe

Sarah Walker talks about Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe

Ravel: Jeux d'eau

Water, water everywhere

Ravel: La Valse, arr. for Piano

A colourful, romantic tribute to the waltz

Discovering Music - Ravel's La Valse

Stephen Johnson on the dark underbelly of Ravel's ode to the Viennese waltz, La valse

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin

An upbeat and hopeful elegy to fallen comrades

Ravel: Miroirs (Alborada del gracioso)

Bounding clown-like bass and shimmering high notes

Record Review Podcast - Ravel's Alborada del gracioso

Ravel's Alborada del gracioso: a 7-minute piano solo-turned-spectacular orchestral showpiece

Ravel: Mother Goose

A fairytale fantasy with a majestic finish

Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte

Swelling strings to stir emotions

Composer of the Week - Ravel and His World

Donald Macleod explores Ravel's life and music and in the artistic group Les Apaches

Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole

A piece which draws on the composer's Spanish heritage

Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor

A frenzied farewell to civilian life

In Tune Highlights - Marc-André Hamelin and Ravel

Pianist Marc-André Hamelin talks about performing Ravel's Piano Concert for the Left Hand at the Proms

Ravel: String Quartet

Future sounds from a master of tomorrow

Ravel: Valses Nobles et sentimentales

Waltzes of nostalgia and mystery

Record Review Podcast - Ravel: String Quartet in F major

Jeremy Sams recommends recordings of Ravel's String Quartet in F major

Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major

Punchy French jazz

Ravel: Violin and Cello Sonata

Listen for the very modern, spiky sounds

Composer of the Week - Ravel

Donald Macleod explores the enigmatic personality and vibrant music of Maurice Ravel

Composer of the Week - Maurice Ravel

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of French composer Maurice Ravel