Orchestral Works: Ravel Orchestrations, Vol. 3
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.8573124

By Leonard Slatkin and Orchestre National De Lyon. By Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, and Robert Schumann. Classical. Listening CD. Published by Naxos (NX.8573124).

UPC: 747313312474.

Maurice Ravel's incomparable skill in orchestration and command of orchestral color is evident both in his own works and in his orchestrations of music by other composers. His versions of both Chabrier's vibrant Menuet pompeux and the colorful commedia dell'arte figures of Schumann's Carnaval were commissions for ballet, while new life was given to his late friend Debussy's Sarabande and Danse at the request of publisher Jean Jobert. Ravel's iconic orchestration of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition makes telling use of a large orchestra, vividly depicting scenes that range from the playful to the macabre.

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