Maurice Ravel - Complete Songs (Various Artists)

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Composer: Maurice Ravel

• Ballade de la Reine morte d’aimer
• Un grand sommeil noir
• Sainte
• Epigrammes de Clément Marot
• Chanson du rouet
• Si morne!
• Manteau de fleurs
• Shéhérazade
• Cinq mélodies populaires grecques
• Noël des jouets
• Histoires naturelles
• Vocalise-Etude en forme de Habanera
• Les grands vents venus d’outre-mer
• Sur l’herbe
• Tripatos
• Chants populaires
• Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
• Deux mélodies hébraïques
• Trois chansons
• Ronsard à son âme
• Chansons madécasses
• Rêves
• Don Quichotte à Dulcinée

Lorna Anderson, soprano

Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano

John Chest, baritone

Sarah Dufresne, soprano

Dafydd Jones, tenor

Simon Keenlyside, baritone

Paula Murrihy, soprano

Nicky Spence, tenor

William Thomas, bass

Lisa Friend, flute

Anna Stokes, flute

Julian Bliss, clarinet

Matt Glendening, clarinet

Cara Berridge, cello

Sacconi Quartet

Malcolm Martineau, piano

Date: 2025

Label: Signum Classics

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Malcolm Martineau follows up his acclaimed complete song collections of Duparc, Poulenc and Faure with a double album celebrating the complete songs of Maurice Ravel, performed by a bumper roster of singers: Lorna Anderson, Julie Boulianne, John Chest, Sarah Dufresne Dafydd Jones, Simon Keenlyside, Paula Murrihy, Nicky Spence and William Thomas.

French composer Maurice Ravel known for his musical craftsmanship and clear style drew on elements of baroque, neoclassicism, modernism and later on, jazz in his compositions. His vocal works span 4 decades, from 1893 to 1933.

Scottish pianist Malcolm Martineau is recognised at the highest international level as one of the UK’s leading accompanists, performing worldwide alongside the world’s greatest singers and with a discography of over 100 albums, including a number of award-winning recordings.

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