Maurice Ravel

Maurice Ravel: Ravel: Bolero • Rhapsodie • Daphnis et Chloé • Pavane - Bernard Haitink, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Maurice Ravel: Ravel: Bolero • Rhapsodie Espagnole • Daphnis et Chloé: Suite 2 • Pavane pour une infante défunte
Bernard Haitink, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

XLD | FLAC (tracks) | No Log/cue-sheet | Coverart Embedded & High-def JPEG | ~253 Mb
Evgeny Svetlanov, The USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra - Maurice Ravel: Orchestral Works (2016)

Evgeny Svetlanov, The USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra - Maurice Ravel: Orchestral Works (2016)
WEB FLAC (tracks) ~ 267.14 Mb | 57.33 | Covers+booklet.pdf
Orchestral | Label: Melodiya (MELCD100233)

Firma Melodiya presents an album of Maurice Ravel’s symphonic works dedicated to the great French composer’s 135th birthday. “Music, I insist, must in spite of everything be beautiful,” as Ravel declared his artistic credo. When the composer lived, his works were frequently a subject of relentless criticism. He was accused of imitating his contemporaries, compliance with outdated standards and banality. However, Ravel’s music has been loved by millions of listeners for more than half a century now, which lets him take a deserved place in the pantheon of the world’s classical music. Devoting attention to all genres and forms, Ravel had a special predilection to orchestra. Being one of the most important figures of musical impressionism, he was a great master of the instrumental palette. Not he was a stranger to romantically passionate impulses.
Maurice Ravel: L'Enfant et les Sortilèges, L'Heure Espagnole / Lorin Maazel (1997)

Maurice Ravel: L'Enfant et les Sortilèges, L'Heure Espagnole / Lorin Maazel (1997)
EAC rip | APE, log, cue, covers | RAR Rec. 3% | 597 MB | hotfile, filesonic
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | 2CD

It is no wonder that Lorin Maazel's recording of L'Enfant et les Sortileges won the Grand Prix International du Disque prize in 1961. It well deserves it. Every detail is taken into perfection. This is art for art. The same goes with the other works presented in this two disc set. This set is vital for the fans of Ravel's opera music, and a great way for beginners in classical music to get to know these works by the great French composer.

VA - Maurice Ravel: A Portrait (2024)  Music

Posted by delpotro at April 5, 2024
VA - Maurice Ravel: A Portrait (2024)

VA - Maurice Ravel: A Portrait (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 380 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 229 Mb | 01:38:40
Classical | Label: Warner Classics

Maurice Ravel’s music reflects the cultural and creative ferment of his times, as the heady sensuality of the Belle Époque made way for neo-classicism, the Jazz Age and modernism. Strikingly diverse in mood and scale, his works assert his distinctive identity, expressed through craftsmanship of the utmost finesse and beauty: deeply sensitive and balancing sincerity, irony and a touch of provocation. This collection, through superb performances, provides a glimpse into the genius of Maurice Ravel.
Pierre Boulez conducts Maurice Ravel & Albert Roussel (2009) 4CD Box Set

Pierre Boulez conducts Maurice Ravel & Albert Roussel (2009) 4CD Box Set
BBC Symphony Orchestra; The Cleveland Orchestra; Ensemble Intercontemporain
New York Philharmonic; Philippe Entremont (piano); Harold Gomberg (oboe)
Jessye Norman (soprano); Jill Gomez (soprano); José van Dam (baritone)

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 1.14 Gb | Scans included | Time: 04:48:51
Genre: Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 88697562292

A milestone of music making, this 4 CD boxed set collects Maurice Ravel’s lush orchestral oeuvre in a collection of defining performances conducted by Pierre Boulez. A vivid testament to the ineffable incalculable role a conductor fills in any interpretation, ‘Pierre Boulez Conducts Ravel’ includes many of Ravel’s best known compositions along with the valuable addition of less recorded and long out of print gems such as Jessye Norman’s luminous Chansons Madécasses with members of Ensemble InterContemporaín and the Piano Concerto in D major for the Left Hand, played thrillingly here by Phillipe Entremont with an inspired lights out Cleveland Orchestra. Boulez’s prowess with the music of Ravel takes many forms, robust, muscular, capable of great tenderness, inquisitive, insouciant, and this collection of almost 5 hours of music allows one to immerse completely within the rich motherlode of genius that was Maurice Ravel. Includes informative 28-page booklet.

Kebyart - Unraveled: Homage to Maurice Ravel (2025)  Music

Posted by Fizzpop at April 23, 2025
Kebyart - Unraveled: Homage to Maurice Ravel (2025)

Kebyart - Unraveled: Homage to Maurice Ravel (2025)
WEB FLAC (Tracks +Booklet) 240 MB | Cover | 01:07:51 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 157 MB
Classical | Label: Linn Records

To celebrate Maurice Ravel’s 150th anniversary in 2025, Kebyart sets out to explore his unique compositional legacy, despite the composer never having written for saxophone quartet. The album includes Kebyart’s transcriptions of Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin and Pavane pour une infante défunte, alongside arrangements of French Baroque works by Rameau, highlighting both Ravel’s admiration for ornamentation and his influence on today’s composers. New pieces by Mikel Urquiza and Joan Pérez-Villegas engage with Ravel’s musical philosophy, delving into his radical simplicity, subtle rhythmic layers and inventive structures. Through these works, Kebyart aims to unravel Ravel’s complex yet elegant style, blending the past with the future in a journey of musical discovery.

Kebyart - Unraveled: Homage to Maurice Ravel (2025)  Music

Posted by at April 23, 2025
Kebyart - Unraveled: Homage to Maurice Ravel (2025)

Kebyart - Unraveled: Homage to Maurice Ravel (2025)
WEB FLAC (Tracks +Booklet) 240 MB | Cover | 01:07:51 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 157 MB
Classical | Label: Linn Records

To celebrate Maurice Ravel’s 150th anniversary in 2025, Kebyart sets out to explore his unique compositional legacy, despite the composer never having written for saxophone quartet. The album includes Kebyart’s transcriptions of Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin and Pavane pour une infante défunte, alongside arrangements of French Baroque works by Rameau, highlighting both Ravel’s admiration for ornamentation and his influence on today’s composers. New pieces by Mikel Urquiza and Joan Pérez-Villegas engage with Ravel’s musical philosophy, delving into his radical simplicity, subtle rhythmic layers and inventive structures. Through these works, Kebyart aims to unravel Ravel’s complex yet elegant style, blending the past with the future in a journey of musical discovery.

Maurice Ravel: The Great Composers (DVD)  Music

Posted by v4v at April 28, 2009
Maurice Ravel: The Great Composers (DVD)

Maurice Ravel: The Great Composers (DVD)
Classical | DVD Uncompressed | 3.5 GB | Rapidshare
Release Date: September 5, 2006 | Brilliant Classics
Run Time: 52 minutes
Video: MPEG2 Video 720x576 (4:3) 25.00fps 5700Kbps
Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz 6ch 224Kbps [AC-3] & dts 5.1
language: english, nederlands, deutsch, francais


Explore the life and music of Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937). The DVD documentary introduces us to the world of French composer Maurice Ravel through one of his most lovely works, String Quartet in F major, performed on screen by the Canadian ensemble Quatuor Arthur Leblanc. The film presents a series of four dance segments interspersed with documentary vignettes. The choreographies correspond to the four movements comprising the work and recreate key elements of the French composer’s life. Drawing on archival documents, the vignettes offer a brief biography of Ravel.
Joshua Bell, Jeremy Denk - French Impressions: Camille Saint-Saens, Cesar Franck, Maurice Ravel (2012)

Joshua Bell, Jeremy Denk - French Impressions (2012)
Camille Saint-Saëns, Cesar Franck, Maurice Ravel

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 286 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 163 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 88697891822 | Time: 01:07:19

Unusually the liner note deserves a mention ahead of the music: the fine pianist Jeremy Denk, half of this regular duo, manages to encapsulate the elusiveness of French romantic music with such insight in a few sharp sentences, his words almost shape the way we listen to this superbly played disc. Saint-Saëns' wistful and emotional Sonata No 1 and Ravel's bluesy, ironic sonata have a whipped, airy quality. Joshua Bell plays with fire and finesse, with Denk a powerful ally. Franck's dark-light violin sonata, mysterious, ardent and far more than the sum of its parts when played as majestically as here, forms the centrepiece of this seriously beguiling disc.
Steven Osborne - Maurice Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music (2011) 2CDs

Steven Osborne - Maurice Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music (2011) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 358 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 328 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA 67731-2 | Time: 02:22:53

A complete survey of Ravel’s piano music is an especially challenging prospect for any pianist. It is not merely that this sublime music frequently demands exceptional, post-Lisztian virtuosity. Beyond such dexterity is the fact that, as Steven Osborne observes in this recording’s booklet, the composer’s fear of repeating himself ensure that the lessons from one work can rarely be transferred to the next. This is not merely the aesthetic change from the nightmarish imagery of Gaspard de la nuit to the elegant neo-classicism of Le tombeau de Couperin. Ravel essentially re-imagined how to write for the piano with each significant work. Osborne is more than up to the task. The contrasting fireworks of the ‘Toccata’ from Le tombeau and ‘Alborada del gracioso’ (Miroirs) are despatched with relish, the piano exploding with power in the latter after a disarmingly impish opening. The Sonatine has a refined insouciance, while the love bestowed upon each note is clear. Then there are the numerous moments of sustained control, such as the shimmering opening pages of Gaspard. Sometimes changes of spirit occur effortlessly within a piece. Having been a model of clarity in the ‘Prelude’ from Le tombeau, Osborne treats the codetta not as a brisk flourish, but as if this particular vision of the 18th century is dissolving beneath his fingers.