# Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

> Maurice Ravel, composer – 10 recordings on Ondine. French composer and pianist Maurice Ravel (born March 7, 1875 in Ciboure near Biarritz, France; died…

Source: https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/ravel-maurice

- **Role:** Composer
- **Dates:** 1875-1937

## Biography

French composer and pianist Maurice Ravel (born March 7, 1875 in Ciboure near Biarritz, France; died December 28, 1937 in Paris) is best known to the general public for his orchestral piece Boléro of 1928, which he himself described as 'a piece for orchestra without music', but nevertheless is reputed to be the most often played composition of classical music.

Ravel's virtuosic and colorful piano music gave inspiration to Reijo Kiilunen, the founder of Ondine Records, to name the company after the first movement of the piano cycle Gaspard de la nuit.

## Works

- Sonata in G for Violin and Piano
- Pavane pour une infante défunte
- Menuet antique
- Le Tombeau de Couperin
- Ondine
- Alborada del gracioso
- Gaspard de la nuit (Orchestral version by Marius Constant)
- Gaspard de la nuit
- Miroirs
- Vocalise
- Shéhérazade

## Discography on Ondine (10)

- [Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales · Menuet antique · Frontispice (orch. Boulez) · Shéhérazade Ouverture · Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose), Ballet](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1416-2.md): Basque National Orchestra · Robert Trevino (ODE 1416-2, 2022)
- [Maurice Ravel: Bolero · La Valse · Rapsodie espagnole · Alborada del gracioso · Une barque sur l'océan · Pavane pour une infante défunte](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1385-2.md): Basque National Orchestra · Robert Trevino, conductor (ODE 1385-2, 2021)
- [Véronique Gens: Berlioz & Ravel](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1200-2.md): Véronique Gens, soprano · Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire · John Axelrod, conductor (ODE 1200-2, 2012)
- [20th Century Piano: Ravel · Shostakovich · Mosolov · Ligeti · Tulve](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1161-2.md): Mihkel Poll, piano (ODE 1161-2, 2009)
- [Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit · Miroirs · Jeux d'eau](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1095-2.md): Tzimon Barto, piano (ODE 1095-2, 2007)
- [Maurice Ravel: Orchestral Versions of · Gaspard de la nuit (with recited text) · Le Tombeau de Couperin · Menuet antique · Pavane pour une infante défunte · Alborada del gracioso](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1051-2.md): Carole Bouquet, narrator · Tzimon Barto, piano · Orchestre de Paris · Christoph Eschenbach, conductor (ODE 1051-2, 2005)
- [Nallekarhu konsertissa: Orkesterimusiikin suosikkeija lapsille](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-927-2.md): Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra · Leif Segerstam, conductor (ODE 927-2, 1999)
- [Pekka Kuusisto: Strings Attached](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-901-2.md): Pekka Kuusisto, violin · Raija Kerppo, piano (ODE 901-2, 1997)
- [Dilbèr: Vocalise](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-890-2.md): Dilbèr, coloratura soprano · Ilkka Paananen, piano (ODE 890-2, 1997)
- [Debussy · Ravel: Préludes, Book I · Sonatine & Jeux d'eau](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-723-2.md): Marita Viitasalo (ODE 723-2, 1989)

## Links

- [Éditions Salabert (PDF document)](http://www.durand-salabert-eschig.com/formcat/patrimoine/RAVEL_1997.pdf)
- [Maurice-Ravel.net](http://www.maurice-ravel.net/)