Ravel : Works for voice and orchestra

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Ravel’s birth, delve into this compilation of his most beautiful works for voice and orchestra, created especially for this occasion!

Discover the Alyssa (1903), Alcyone (1902), and Myrrha (1901) cantatas that Ravel composed in an attempt to win the prestigious Prix de Rome three years in a row. Although they express all the creativity and originality of the composer, they did not enable him to win first prize in the competition, which was marked by classicism and conformism at the time. Journey through the imagined worlds of the composer and his contemporaries with his Scheherazade cycle, and enjoy a selection of his exceptional works that reveal the extraordinary and colorful palette of this true architect of sound.

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