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Work: Le Tombeau de Couperin

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ComposerRavel, Maurice (1875-1937)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Work typeOrchestral
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ViennaAngela Hewitt

Musikverein Wien
Mozart, Bach, Couperin, Ravel
Angela Hewitt, Piano

AmsterdamBeethoven’s Appassionata

© Martina Simkovicova
Brahms, Ravel, Mendelssohn, Beethoven
Nikola Meeuwsen, Piano

The HagueNikola Meeuwsen

© Thomas Léonard
Bach, Ravel, Haydn, Beethoven
Nikola Meeuwsen, Piano
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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays Ravel’s complete piano works

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet © Da Ping Luo, courtesy Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
A coherent, finely balanced traversal in Alice Tully Hall is shaped by clarity, restraint and expressive poise. 
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Reflections on Ravel: a three-course piano feast in Ciboure

Bertrand Chamayou © Valentine Chauvin
At the Festival Ravel, Bertrand Chamayou, Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Hyunji Kim perform all the solo piano works at the Église Saint-Vincent, a stone’s throw from the house where Ravel was born.
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Rach 4 redefined: Mäkelä and Yunchan Lim set a new benchmark in Seoul

Yunchan Lim and the Orchestre de Paris © Vincero
In Yunchan Lim’s hands the score to Rachmaninov's Fourth Piano Concerto emerges as a small revelation, conspicuously succeeding where so many others have floundered. 
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StockholmRavel with Oramo

© Marco Borggreve
Ravel
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Sakari Oramo; Bertrand Chamayou

BarcelonaLos elementos

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Ravel, Giménez-Comas, Bartók
Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia; Duncan Ward; Varvara Nepomnyashchaya

LondonIMS Prussia Cove Masterclasses 2021: Thomas Adès - Joseph Havlat, Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin

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Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Joseph Havlat; Thomas Adès
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The art of memory: classical music for mourning

Cover of the first edition of Le tombeau de Couperin (1918) designed by Ravel himself © Public domain | Bibliothèque nationale de France
From fulfilling funerary functions, to eulogising friends and fellow artists, or lamenting the waste of war: here are some of the finest examples of music written in mourning.

Bachtrack top ten: a pandemic playlist

Facemask with Mozart and Ravel © Images from public domain
With social distancing restrictions in place, many orchestras had to rethink their repertoire to continue performing during lockdown. Here are the most frequently programmed classical works during the pandemic streaming era.