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Donald Macleod explores Ravel鈥檚 meteoric rise to fame and early chamber music - including a long-lost violin sonata, and a unique arrangement for four ondes martenots.

The music of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) is much loved for its remarkable orchestral colours and brilliant virtuosity, heard vividly in works like Bolero, Daphnis and Chloe and Gaspard de la Nuit. But his chamber music, intimate, crystalline, and beautiful, is often overlooked. This week Donald Macleod puts that right, as he introduces every one of Ravel鈥檚 works for small instrumental ensemble; an array of work that spans the composer鈥檚 colourful life and career.

Music Featured:

Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Faur茅
Violin Sonata No 1 in A minor
Sites Auriculaires (No 2, 'Entre Cloches')
Chanson du Rouet
Si morne!
Sh茅h茅rezade (Overture)
String Quartet in F major (1st mvt)
No毛l Des Jouets
Deux Epigrammes de Clement Marot
String Quartet in F Major (2nd - 4th mvt)
Miroirs (No 3, 'Une Barque sur l'Ocean')
Introduction and Allegro
Deux Melodies Hebraiques (No 1, 'Kaddische')
Piano Trio in A Minor (1st mvt)
Trois chansons
Piano Trio in A Minor (2nd mvt)
Le Tombeau de Couperin (Prelude and Rigaudon)
Piano Trio in A Minor (3rd and 4th mvts)
Deux Melodies Hebraiques (No 2, 'L 'enigme eternelle')
Frontispie
L鈥橦eure Espagnole (excerpt)
La Valse (version for 2 pianos)
Sonata for Violin and Cello
Sarabande (Pour le Piano)
L鈥橢ventail de Jeanne (Fanfare)
Tzigane
L鈥橢nfant et les Sortil猫ges (excerpts)
Trois Chansons Mad茅casses
Violin Sonata No 2 in G major

Presented by Donald Macleod
Produced by Steven Rajam

For full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) /programmes/m00194q9

And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we鈥檝e featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z