Top 5 Favorite Ravel Works

[Monsieur Croche]

L'enfant et les sortilèges
Daphnis et Chloé
Concerto en sol majeur
Concerto pour la main gauche

i.e. his four unequivocal masterpieces.

[Madiel]

Tricky word, unequivocal. Before you know it, someone will come along and equivocate.

[Karl Henning]

Tricky word, unequivocal. Before you know it, someone will come along and equivocate.

Hah!

[Mirror Image]

My list has changed since the last one, so...

(In no particular order)

Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
Piano Concerto for the left-hand
L'enfant et les sortilèges
Shéhérazade
Violin Sonata

Who knows what my list will look like tomorrow.

Yep...this is still a damn fine list I made here.

[Brahmsian]

String Quartet
Piano Trio
Ma mere l'oye (orch.)
Introduction and allegro for harp, string quartet, flute and clarinet
Piano Concerto in G

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String Quartet
Piano Trio
Ma mere l'oye (orch.)
Introduction and allegro for harp and strings
Piano Concerto in G

Great list, Ray! Have you heard the original Introduction and Allegro? It's written for string quartet, harp, flute, and clarinet. Definitely worth checking out (if you haven't already).

[NikF]

I haven't heard as much Ravel as most of the members here will have. And of what I have heard it's been limited to a small number of performances. So with that in mind...

Piano Trio in A minor

String Quartet in F

Piano Concerto in G

Gaspard de la Nuit (I've a CD featuring Michelangeli playing this - late 50s, mono, perhaps via the BBC? - that I find wonderful)

Daphnis et Chloé

[Xenophanes]

L'enfant et les sortilèges
Daphnis et Chloé
Concerto en sol majeur
Concerto pour la main gauche

i.e. his four unequivocal masterpieces.

Pictures at an Exhibition--Ravel's orchestral arrangement of Mussorgsky's piano work
Rapsodie espagnole
String Quartet
Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet
Tzigane

[Brahmsian]

Great list, Ray! Have you heard the original Introduction and Allegro? It's written for string quartet, harp, flute, and clarinet. Definitely worth checking out (if you haven't already).

My bad, John.  I've edited my post to include the flute and clarinet. 

[Brahmsian]

Pictures at an Exhibition--Ravel's orchestral arrangement of Mussorgsky's piano work
Rapsodie espagnole
String Quartet
Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet
Tzigane

A nice list, indeed.  And yes, for sure Pictures at an Exhibition!  The Tzigane almost made my list.

[Mirror Image]

My bad, John.  I've edited my post to include the flute and clarinet. 

So you did. Great!

[James]

One of my longstanding faves!! And an abundance of riches to choose from ..
off the top of my head at this moment ..

Daphnis et Chloé
Pavane
Piano Concerto
String Quartet
Jeux d'eau

[Mirror Image]

Piano Concerto

Which one?

[James]

Which one?

Either one - they are both great.

[North Star]

Either one - they are both great.

When you're right, you're right.

[Mirror Image]

I've got to update my favorites list:

Violin Sonata
L'enfant et les sortilèges
Piano Concerto in G
Piano Concerto for the left-hand
Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé

[Heck148]

La Valse
Rapsodie Espagnole
Alborado delGracioso
Daphnis & Chloe
Piano Concerto in G

[Spineur]

A nice list, indeed.  And yes, for sure Pictures at an Exhibition!  The Tzigane almost made my list.

Nice to hear from you ChamberNut, we were missing you
Sonata for violin and Cello
Pavane pour une infante defunte
Concerto pour la main gauche
Chansons madecasses et chansons sur des melodies grecques
L'enfant et les sortileges

Difficult to put Gaspard de la nuit aside...

[Karl Henning]

When you're right, you're right.

You haven't touched your pea soup.

[Jaakko Keskinen]

1. Miroirs
2. Miroirs
3. Miroirs
4. Miroirs
5. Miroirs

Oh, and did I mention Miroirs?