Stephen Johnson explores the roots of the waltz - from rustic German dances to sinister, dizzy treatments by Schumann and Mahler - before focusing on Ravel's La valse. Show more We think of the waltz ...

Daphnis et Chloé Suites, Movements: Suite No. 2 South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Georges Prêtre, Conductor Maurice Ravel, Composer (La) Valse Georges Prêtre, Conductor South West German ...

François-Xavier Roth and his period instrument group brilliantly honour the dizzying spirit of Ravel’s La Valse, and the Mussorgsky glows with detail The third release in François-Xavier Roth’s survey ...

At 91 pounds, French composer Maurice Ravel was not exactly prime soldier material. And yet when Germany declared war on France in Aug. 1914, he felt compelled to enlist. As Tom Allen, host of CBC ...

Feb 25: 1. Maurice Ravel: La Valse, Rapsodie Espagnole, Bolero. Boston Symphonie Orchestra, conducted by Seiji Ozawa. DG No concerts of the current season of the Spokane Symphony have displayed the ...

Is the greatest waltz of all time written by the Frenchman Maurice Ravel? In the aftermath of World War I, Ravel writes one of the great orchestral works-- La Valse. We explore what he really meant ...

Sinfonia Roomful of Teeth Ludovic Morlot, Conductor Seattle Symphony Orchestra Luciano Berio, Composer Notations Seattle Symphony Orchestra Pierre Boulez, Composer Ludovic Morlot, Conductor (La) Valse ...

The artist’s self-image is often defined by opposition. That opposition can take the form of censorship, or perhaps a rival master. Art enthusiasts may think of the rivalries between Ghiberti and ...

Regarded alongside Debussy as the leading French composer of his time, Maurice Ravel was a master of his craft, weaving a child-like wonder and nostalgia for the past into music of exquisite charm and ...

We think of the waltz as the apotheosis of elegance, refinement, high society. But it wasn't always so... In today's "Discovering Music", Stephen Johnson explores the roots of the waltz - from rustic ...