À la manière de Borodine in D-Flat Major, M. 63/1: I. Valse [Digital Only]

To mark the 150^th anniversary of Ravel’s birth, Ivana Gavrić releases a little amuse-bouche: Ravel’s short waltz in the manner of Borodin, one of his favourite composers. Despite its brevity, it is as if À la manière de Borodine takes us on a whirlwind spin around the clubs in Paris Ravel frequented nightly; it beautifully captures much of Ravel’s spirit, his love for dance, especially the waltz. Ravel reportedly believed that every composer secretly wished they could write an excellent waltz, but most were put off by the difficulty and the wealth of enviable examples already in the repertoire.

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