Ravel
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FocusMasterclass: Philippe Graffin on Ravel’s Violin Sonata no.2
The French violinist explores how to create an orchestra of abstract colours and characters in the first movement of Ravel’s last chamber work
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Review
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko: Deux – works by Poulenc, Bartók and Ravel
POULENC Violin Sonata; DELIBES/DOHNÁNYI Waltz from Coppélia; BARTÓK Violin Sonata no.2; RAVEL Tzigane
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Video
The Hagen Quartet plays the second movement of the Ravel quartet
The Hagen Quartet (Lukas Hagen and Rainer Schmidt, violins, Veronika Hagen, viola, Clemens Hagen, cello) perform the second movement of Ravel’s String Quartet in F at the Salzburg Mozarteum in 2000.
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Video
Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Sol Gabetta play Ravel duo
Filmed in a concert at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival 2014, this video features Austrian-Moldovan violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Argentine cellist Sol Gabetta performing the third movement of Ravel’s Sonata for Violin and Cello
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News
Nadège Rochat and Rafael Aguirre - Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habanera
Cellist Nadège Rochat and guitarist Rafael Aguirre perfom Ravel’s Pièce en forme de Habanera. Originally written as a vocalise-étude, for voice without words and piano, it was subsequently arranged for cello and piano, and now exists in several versions for various instruments. Rochat plays a cello known as the ...
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Focus
Masterclass: Arabella Steinbacher on Ravel’s Tzigane
The German violinist gives advice on how to inject character and charisma into the daunting solo introduction of this much-loved work
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Blogs
9 tips on playing the Ravel and Debussy quartets
Franck Chevalier, viola player of the Quatuor Diotima, gives advice on how to approach the most celebrated French additions to the quartet repertoire
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Blogs
How Schumann’s suppressed Violin Concerto made history – and the ideal subject for a novel
A glamorous violin virtuosa, a hidden masterpiece, a ouija board, Nazis, Ravel’s Tzigane. It’s not hard to see why author Jessica Duchen was attracted to the story of Jelly D’Arányi. As her novel becomes a UK touring concert, she writes about the strange facts behind the fiction
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Article
Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor. Saint-Saëns: Piano Trio no.2 in E minor op.92
The Strad Issue: January 2017 Description: French piano trios played with confidence and elegance Musicians: Fidelio Trio Composer: Ravel, Saint-Saëns Catalogue number: RESONUS RES 10173 It’s sometimes tempting to describe Saint-Saëns’s chamber music as offering a mixture of Beethovenian weight and ...
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Article
Fin de Siècle. Büsser: Appassionato. Chausson: Pièce. Debussy: Beau soir. Durosoir: Vitrail. Enescu: Concertstück. Hahn: Soliloque et forlane. Honnoré: Morceau de concert. Hüe: Thème varié. Ravel: Kad
The Strad Issue: January 2017 Description: Beautifully written Conservatoire test pieces, eloquently played Musicians: Lawrence Power (viola) Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) Composer: Büsser, Chausson, Debussy, Durosoir, Enescu, Hahn, Honnoré, Hüe, Ravel, Vierne Catalogue number: HYPERION CDA 68165 The best-known item in this ...
