Toccata by Maurice Ravel 4 Minutes 10 Seconds
Toccata by Maurice Ravel YouTube link
Author
francotenelli
Created
May 8, 2007
Updated
November 21, 2008
Length
4 Minutes 10 Seconds
Rating
3.90
Views
22,066
Description
Pianist Alexander Solopov plays Ravel's "Toccata"
Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 -- December 28, 1937) was a French composer and pianist of the impressionistic period, known especially for the subtlety, richness and poignancy of his music. His piano, chamber music and orchestral works have become staples of repertoire.
Ravel's piano compositions, such as Jeux d'eau, Miroirs and Gaspard de la Nuit, are virtuosic, and his orchestrations, as in Daphnis et Chloé and his arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, are notable for their effective use of tonal color and variety of sound and instrumentation.
To the general public, Ravel is probably best known for his orchestral work, Boléro, which he considered trivial and once described as "a piece for orchestra without music."
According to Sacem, Ravel's estate earns more royalties than that of any other French musician.