OVER the summer there has been a slight slackening in the flood of album sets, but there have been many exceptional items recorded on one or two discs. Ravel, whose “Bolero” has made him a good ...

LENOX, Mass. — A speed-reading teacher once said that if you spend a week reading one book a day by the same writer, you won’t get all the details, but you’ll know what interests the author, and the ...

Ravel: Complete works for solo piano (Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; London, two CDs). Maurice Ravel`s piano music and Jean-Yves Thibaudet would appear to be a match made in musical heaven. His teacher ...

Noon Concerts at Trinity Santa Barbara presents Ravel’s “Piano Trio in A Minor” (1914) 12:15-12:45 p.m., Monday, March 4, with Alyssa Park on violin, Evgeny Tonkha, cello and Vicki Ray, piano. Ravel ...

Ravel's Bolero is a composition that rose from the depths of nonchalant dismissal by Ravel's contemporaries to being one of the few truly recognizable melodies in classical music. Sadly, you rarely ...

In 1914, the Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein was shot in the elbow and his right arm amputated. Wittgenstein resolved to continue his career as a performer and asked some of the most famous ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Performing in New York, Seong-Jin Cho presented a marathon survey of Ravel’s solo piano works and appeared in Prokofiev’s Second ...

For Hayato Sumino, playing one piano alone is just not enough of a challenge. The superstar Japanese pianist has gone above and beyond, with a performance on two pianos at once. Sat between the two ...

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule Ravel's Concerto for the Left Hand - Analysis Watch Stephen Johnson's ...

At a glance, John Williams’ movie music and Maurice Ravel’s piano music might have little in common — and of course, they don’t. Except that both composers very much reflect their nationalities.