Maurice Ravel 150 – born March 7, 1875 – Ernest Ansermet, Pierre Boulez, Carmirelli Quartet, Sergiu Celibidache, Seong-Jin Cho, André Cluytens, Régine Crespin, Jean Doyen, Samson François, Roland Greutter, Andreas Grünkorn, Herbert von Karajan, Pierre Monteux, Charles Munch, Oslo, Seiji Ozawa, André Previn, Rubinstein-Heifetz-Piatigorsky, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Leonard Slatkin, Krystian Zimerman.

My first recording of Daphnis. Munch made a second version, also Boston.

Orchestrated by Marius Constant. Orchestre National de Lyon/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos).

January 15, 2021, Rolf Liebermann Studio, Hamburg.

London Symphony Orchestra.

October 20, 2020.

Doyen, 1907-82, Paris; Miroirs recorded there in 1960.

My first recording of both works, an Eclipse LP, in stereo.

[Not sure where “op. 70-1” comes from; Beethoven’s ‘Ghost’ Trio, yes.]

Suisse Romande Orchestra.

A delicious Haydn-inspired miniature to conclude with…

… although there’s always Ravel’s orchestration of Pictures…

Berliner Philharmoniker; February 1986.