Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin: Wind Ensemble

This collection of sheet music by the great French composer Maurice Ravel features 19 of his greatest pieces all newly-arranged especially for this volume. The subtle melodies and achingly beautiful harmonies of theselush Impressionist pieces truly do illustrate the sheer Joy Of Ravel. The pieces by Ravel included in this collection rank alongside Debussy as some of the prettiest Piano music evercomposed. Ravel himself categorically refused the term 'Impressionist' believing it to be reserved for paintings only but his?music so closely resembles the colourful flourishing and affective beauty of those worksof art that it is difficult to resist such a description. Featuring works like Boléro Jeux D'Eau Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte as well as excerpts from La Valse The Joy Of Ravel?forsolo Piano sound utterly divine. Pieces like Menuet Antique Prélude and the selections from Le Tombeau De Couperin?perfectly encapsulate what makes Ravel's compositions soincredible. His perfectionist methods resulted in extended harmonies complexly musical modulations and masterful melodies that make these 19 works of art an unabashed joy to play and to hear. One of the great things about thissheet music book is the visual beauty of the music. With lilting notes and extensive ties this is not only a work full of aural pleasure but it's some of the nicest-looking notation out there. Certainly in this case what you seeis what you get simply The Joy Of Ravel. The Joy Of...?series is a constantly growing collection of musical editions that is now recognised and loved throughout theworld. Originally compiled by the editorial hand of renowned teacher arranger and musicologist Denes Agay the series continues to reflect his influence and covers a wide variety of musical genres including the classics folk

Par RAVEL MAURICE. Created during the First World War, Maurice Ravel's composition 'Le Tombeau de Couperin' casts a longing look at the past while at the same time being full to the brim with traces of modern music. Each of the six movements is dedicated to friends who died in battle. In 1919 Ravel arranged four of these movements for large orchestra by skilfully borrowing melodic lines and colours from the piano setting. In the present new arrangement written for the Stella Piano Trio, these elements were adjusted to the instrumentation and their relationship within the ensemble. As in Ravel's orchestration, each note is taken into account, even if the cello is sometimes given a melody which is an octave lower than the original./ Répertoire / Trio avec Piano

This volume contains a pair of works originally written for piano by Ravel and later orchestrated by him. Le Tombeau De Couperin is a four-piece suite written between 1914 and 1917 dedicated to close friends who died in World War I. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales pays homage to the work of Franz Schubert. These eight uninterrupted Waltzes abound in Schubertian characteristics.

Après Gaspard de la nuit, l?oeuvre pour piano de Ravel se distingue par un abandon d?une conception impressionniste de l?instrument. La sonorité pianistique devient plus sèche. Les Valses nobles et sentimentales marquent ce tournant avec une musique aux contours plus nets et aux harmonies plus crues. Ravel a souvent été stimulé par la musique des compositeurs qu?il admirait. Dans les deux courts pastiches A la manière de..., il montre ses talents de `faussaire` en saisissant, par delà l?esprit, les spécificités techniques du langage de chacun des deux musiciens. Le Prélude est une merveilleuse miniature qui offre en vingt-sept mesures une synthèse du style et de l?expression pleine de pudeur de l?art ravélien.

Si dans Le Tombeau de Couperin, Ravel voulait rendre hommage à l?origine à l?esprit de la musique française du XVIIIe siècle, les circonstances historiques firent que chacune des six pièces de cette suite se transforma en un hommage aux différents amis tombés sur le front pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. La version pour piano de La Valse reste encore trop méconnue des pianistes. Il s?agit de la première rédaction de l?oeuvre pour orchestre si célèbre. Cette partition reste la dernière écrite par Ravel pour le piano solo, / Classique / Partition /

Compilation de 43 ?uvres Classique de compositeurs français pour piano solo.' Livre de 160 pages.' ?uvres françaises du 17ème au 20ème siècles avec des compositeurs tels que Ravel, Debussy ou encore Bizet.' / Variétés / Partition /