I played Maurice Ravel's piano suite Le Tombeau de Couperin at my very first conservatory recital. Looking back, I'm hard-pressed to imagine a better training piece, with its inherent challenges of ...

Before we hear some of Maurice Ravel's music for piano and orchestra in concert, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays three short Ravel piano pieces: Prelude, "A la maniere de Borodine" and "A la maniere ...