A straight-through listen (and encores) makes for an agreeable playlist, and the performances are individual and illuminating, each a must-have in a discriminating Ravel collection. Le tombeau de Couperin here matches Ravel’s six-movement piano suite design by using Kenneth Hesketh’s classy orchestrations of the ‘Fugue’ (II) and ‘Toccata’ (VI), which he has scored in a … Continue reading RELEASED TODAY, February 4: Sakari Oramo and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic record music by Maurice Ravel for BIS.