Ravel Archive

For New Year’s Eve 2015, the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Sir Simon Rattle featured music by French composers. The soloist was violinist Anne – Sophie Mutter, who played selections by Ravel and Saint Saens. Listeners …

Venue: Louise Davies Symphony Hall Van Ness Avenue, San Frnacisco, CA Dates/Times: April 27, 2016 at 8:00 PM April 28, 2016 at 8:00 PM April 29, 2016 at 8:00 PM Conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado, the …

Arthur Rubinstein plays Beethoven, Ravel, and Chopin For a very long time now I have felt that pianist Arthur Rubinstein may not have been technically very accurate in his playing; but his ability to be …

Martha Argerich: “Carte blanche” Something special was bound to take place when pianist Martha Argerich was given Carte Blanche to basically program whatever she wanted on this recording. We get to listen to the following: …

  Ravel and Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos. On this CD, the late pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli brings his technical mastery to two works composed within a few years of each other: Ravel’s exquisite, jazz-inflected G major …