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Title:

Maurice Ravel [videorecording]

Format:

[videorecording]

Publisher:

Brilliant Classics,

Copyright Date:

2006?

Description:

1 videodisc (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 sound discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

Subject:

Ravel, Maurice,--1875-1937.
Composers--France--Biography.

Other Authors:

Pilon, Benoît.
Hébert, Bernar.
Inbal, Eliahu.
Grimaud, Hélène, 1969-
López Cobos, Jesús.
Crossley, Paul
Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Quartet, strings, F major.
Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Bolero, orchestra.
Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Rapsodie espagnole,
Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Miroirs. Alborada del gracioso.
Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Menuet antique;
Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Valse.
Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Concertos, piano, orchestra, G major.
Ravel, Maurice 1875-1937. Sonatina, piano.
Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Jeux d'eau.
Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Gaspard de la nuit.
Quatuor Arthur Leblanc.
Orchestre national de France.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Brilliant Classics (Firm)

Other Titles:

Automaton and the magic spell.

Notes:

Title from disc label. "Explore the life and music of Maurice Ravel"--Container. Various artists.

Contents:

DVD. The automaton and the magic spell. String quartet in F major (Quatuor Artur Leblanc).
CD 1. Boléro ; Rapsodie espagnole ; Miroirs. Alborada del gracioso ; Menuet antique ; La valse (Orchestre National de France ; Eliahu Inbal, conductor) -- CD 2. Piano concerto in G major (Hélène Grimaud, piano ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Jesús Lopez-Cobos, conductor) ; Sonatine ; Jeux d'eau ; Gaspard de la nuit (Paul Crossley, piano).

Summary:

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. 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.

Series:

The great composers

OCLC:

(OCoLC)63204394

EAN:

5029365688420

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)