Influenced by the elegant 18th-century harpsichord works of Couperin, Rameau and Scarlatti, Le Tombeau de Couperin consists of "Prelude," "Forlane," "Menuet," and "Rigaudon." The uninterrupted eight waltzes of Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, orchestrated in 1912 to serve as music for a ballet, abound with lilting rhythms and unexpected harmonic subtleties. This volume of two inspired works will be valued additions to the libraries of musicians, music lovers, and admirers of Ravel.

Live performance from the 2013 Odeonplatz Concert in Munich. Tenor Rolando Villazón and baritone Thomas Hampson sing works by Verdi and Wagner with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the Symphonieorchester and Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Music by Jules Massenet and Maurice Ravel is also featured.

A boxed collection featuring historical performances by three of the Boston Symphony Orchestra's eminent music directors, Charles Munch, Erich Leinsdorf and William Steinberg. Stretching from 1958 to 1970, the recordings feature works by amongst others Debussy, Ravel, Mozart, Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Haydn.

Pierre Boulez conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and pianist Daniel Barenboim in this opening concert from the Salzburg Festival of 2008. Featured works include Ravel's 'Valses nobles et sentimentales', Bartok's 'Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1' and Stravinsky's 'Firebird Suite'.

Biographical and musical overview of Maurice Ravel (1875 -1937). Ravel spent the majority of his life in Paris where he studied music and became one of France's most revered composers and one of the most notable composers of the 20th century.