Ravel the orchestrator

From beloved works like the Boléro, the Rapsodie Espagnole, and the Pavane pour une infante défunte to ebullient scores inspired by mythology and folk tales of Ancient Greece (Daphnis et Chloé), the pre-modern Middle East (Shéhérazade), and 17th-century France (Ma Mère l'Oye), enjoy the singular symphonic output of one of the truest virtuosos of symphonic writing! Indeed, many of Ravel's orchestrations, like that of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, have become more famous than the original versions…