The French pianist performed the complete solo piano works of Maurice Ravel. The typical classical concert can be a bit like ...

Eight years ago, at a Philharmonic-Symphony concert in Manhattan’s Carnegie Hall, Arturo Toscanini introduced to the U. S. an unpretentious composition by a celebrated French composer. The piece was ...

Last night’s Wigmore Hall song recital, under the curious strap-line “Basque Blood and the Folksong” was centred around Ravel songs – the Wigmore Hall has a focus on them this season – but was also in ...

Ravel was like a melting pot of different influences and styles. He was one of the first classical composers to be influenced by blues and jazz, or at least admitting it. Maurice Ravel is not only one ...

The French crown jewels may have been robbed in a daring daylight heist at the Louvre at the weekend but Gallic gems of a ...

The major works on the concert of the Sinfonia da Camera concert on Oct. 26 reflected the German seriousness of Johannes Brahms in contrast to the suave and luxurious French sounds of Maurice Ravel.

L’Enfant et les Sortileges, an opera ballet by Maurice Ravel with a libretto by Mme. Colette, was recently given its premier in Monte Carlo, will be heard in Paris next season and thereafter brought ...