Posted on 02/01/2009 11:58:06 AM PST by HoosierHawk
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There are no film or audio recordings of the man. Suprirsing considering that he lived till 1937 and was an international celebrity.
I have tried and tried to enjoy Ravel’s music, but I just can’t; I guess it’s too modern for me. Thanks for the ping, anyway.
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Oh, thank you so much my wonderful friend.
I just came across it.
I am going to put it good and loud so my brain-dead neighbors can hear it.
My best regards.
Ravel is pretty easy to take compared to some of Mahler and Debussy.
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Glad you enjoy.
I’m no expert, but some of Mahler is brutal.
Well, now, I’ll agree with you on Mahler, but I do love some of Debussy.
Daphnis et Chloé was a transformative experience for me the first time I heard it.
You should find a link to his String Quartet in F. It’s the best thing he ever wrote.
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Well, if you like the orchestra version of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition that is in large part due to Ravel's superb orchestration. I am not a huge Ravel fan, and consider him quite a minor composer, but I do like a few of his pieces.
If you find him too modern, I recommend a suite called Le Tombeau de Couperin, which is probably my favorite Ravel piece. Also, Pavane pour une infante defunte is pretty classical sounding.
More modern, but still nice are Alborada del gracioso amd Rhapsodie Espagnole. I never cared for Bolero. One of the boringest things ever written as music. Ravel intended it to be ballet music. However, it is often performed at orchestra concerts where its repetitiveness is quite apparent. I once had a choreographer describe how she would stage Bolero. It would be the arrival of a desert caravan, beginning with a few personages, and ending with the entire caravan filling up the stage at the end. Performed that way, it would work.
I like it.
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The scherzo movement is magnificent.
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