Ravel: Complete Melodies

Piccinini; Lombardi; Immler; Farinelli

Composed by: Ravel, Maurice

Maurice Ravel’s oeuvre is relatively small; his songs, cornerstones of 20th c. vocal repertoire, form an essential part of it.Spanning 1893-1932, this Brilliant Classics release, an integral recording of Ravel’s ravishing songs, features both his piano and original ensemble-scoring accompaniment.Many reveal his affinity with other cultures and his penchant for the exotic, his use of dissonances or experiments with bitonality, clearly influenced by Stravinsky and Schoenberg.Marco Momi and the Ensemble Contemporaneo dell’Umbria support the four renowned vocalists.

Price: $16.98