Synopses & Reviews
Essential pieces for intermediate and advanced pianists, reproduced from authoritative French scores. This superb compilation contains Ma mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose"), Valse nobles et sentimentales, Le Tombeau de Couperin and La Valse as well as 3 shorter pieces: Prèlude, A la manière de Borodine and A la manière de Emmanuel Chabrier.
Synopsis
The consummate craftsmanship, elegance, and originality of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) define this collection of masterly compositions for the piano. Here, in one volume are Ma m re l'Oye (Mother Goose), Valse nobles et sentimentales, Le Tombeau de Couperin, and three shorter pieces for piano: Pr lude, A la mani re de Borodine (Valse, ) and A la mani re de Emmanuel Chabrier. Ravel's own piano transcription of his world-famous La Valse completes this attractive edition of the master's most famous compositions.
Intermediate and advanced pianists will welcome this superb compilation of piano classics, reproduced from authoritative French sources. Notes throughout introduce the works, their origins, and their context within the composer's output.
Synopsis
Essential pieces for intermediate and advanced pianists, reproduced from authoritative French scores. This superb compilation contains Ma mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose"), Valse nobles et sentimentales, Le Tombeau de Couperin and La Valse as well as 3 shorter pieces: Prèlude, A la manière de Borodine and A la manière de Emmanuel Chabrier.
Synopsis
Essential pieces for intermediate and advanced pianists, reproduced from authoritative French scores. Features "Ma me re l'Oye" (Mother Goose), "Valse nobles et sentimentales," "Le Tombeau de Couperin" and "La Valse" as well as 3 shorter pieces.
Synopsis
Essential pieces for intermediate and advanced pianists, reproduced from authoritative French scores. Features Ma mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose"), Valse nobles et sentimentales, Le Tombeau de Couperin and La Valse as well as 3 shorter pieces.
Table of Contents
Ma Mère l'Oye: Cinq pièces enfantines [Mother Goose: Five children's pieces]
I. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant [Pavane of Sleeping Beauty in the wood]
II. Petit Poucet [Little Tom Thumb/Hop o' my thumb]
III. "Laideronnette, Impératrice des pagodes ["Little Homely," Empress of the toy mandarins]"
IV. Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête [Conversations of Beauty and the Beast]
V. Le jardin féerique [The wondrous garden]
Valses nobles et sentimentales [Elegant and lyrical waltzes]
I. Modéré
II. Assez lent
III. Modéré
IV. Assez animé
V. Presque lent
VI. Vif
VII. Moins vif
VIII. Epilogue: Lent
Prélude
À la manière de ... Emmanuel Chabrier
"Paraphrase sur un air de Gounod ("Faust IIème acte")"
"[In the style of Emmanuel Chabrier - Paraphrase on a melody by Gounod ('Faust, Act II"*)]"
À la manière de ... Borodine (Valse) [In the style of (Alexander) Borodin-Waltz]
Le tombeau de Couperin: Suite pour le Piano [Couperin's tomb: Suite for piano]
I. Prèlude
II. Fugue
III. Forlane
IV. Rigaudon
V. Menuet
VI. Toccata
La Valse: Poème chorégraphique [The Waltz: Choreographic poem for orchestra]
Transcribed for piano by the composer