Father: Industry and Craftsmanship
Ravel's fascination with things mechanical began in the workshop of his father, an engineer and inventor. Entre cloches; L'heure espagnole (excerpt); Gaspard de la nuit; Bolero.
Donald Macleod surveys the music Ravel wrote in connection with the people around him. Ravel's fascination with things mechanical and industrial was formed in the workshop of his father, an engineer and inventor.
Sites Auriculaires: Entre cloches
Stephen Coombs and Christopher Scott (pianos)
GAMUT cd 517
CD1 T6
LâHeure Espagnole (extract)
Jane Berbie (Concepcion)/ Jean Giraudeau (Torquemada)/ Gabriel Bacquier (Ramiro)/ Orchestre National de la R.T.F/ Lorin Maazel (cond)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 423719 2
CD1 T3
Gaspard de la nuit
Angela Hewitt (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67341
CD2 T3
Bolero
LSO/ Pierre Monteux (cond)
PHILIPS 420869 2
CD1 T1
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Maurice Ravel
Sites Auriculaires: Entre cloches
Peformer: Stephen Coombs and Christopher Scott (pianos)
- GAMUT cd 517.
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Maurice Ravel
L'Heure Espagnole (extract)
Peformer: Jane Berbie (Concepcion)/ Jean Giraudeau (Torquemada)/ Gabriel Bacquier (Ramiro)/ Orchestre National de la R.T.F/ Lorin Maazel (cond)
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 423719 2.
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Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la nuit
Peformer: Angela Hewitt (piano)
- HYPERION CDA 67341.
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Maurice Ravel
Bolero
Peformer: LSO/ Pierre Monteux (cond)
- PHILIPS 420869 2.
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