Valses nobles et sentimentales (Ravel, Maurice)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 8 waltzes
Composition Year 1911
Genre Categories Waltzes; Dances; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; For orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr)

Contents

Performances

Recordings

 Complete Performance
#107191 - 13.69MB - 15:00 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5677×⇩ - MP3 - Carolus

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Carolus (2011/6/27)

Performer Pages Ivan Ilić (piano)
Publisher Info. Paris: Ivan Ilić
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Studio recording, May 2005
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For Orchestra (Ravel)

 Complete Performance (EU)
#497988 - 65.41MB - 16:06 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 438×⇩ - FLAC - Rgagnaux

FLAC file (audio)
Rgagnaux (2017/10/25)

Publisher Info. Rome: RAI, 1959.
Performers Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Roma (orchestra)
Hans Rosbaud (conductor)
Reissue Schattdorf: Gagnaux Collection
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Recorded March 24, 1959, Auditorium del Foro Italico, Rome. On the right: Maurice Ravel, a quotation from a ParisEnImages-picture, Photographes Roger­Viollet / Boris Lipnitzki, Numéro d'image: 696­14, Numéro d'inventaire: LIP­16367
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 Complete Performance (EU)
#498419 - 32.70MB - 15:21 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/64/V - 194×⇩ - FLAC - Rgagnaux

FLAC file (audio)
Rgagnaux (2017/10/29)

Performer Pages Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (orchestra)
Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
Publisher Info. London: Decca, 1953.
Reissue Schattdorf: Gagnaux Collection
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Recorded May/June, 1953 Victoria Hall Geneva
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 Complete Performance (EU)
#499446 - 67.46MB - 18:06 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 183×⇩ - FLAC - Rgagnaux

FLAC file (audio)
Rgagnaux (2017/11/5)

Performer Pages Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI (orchestra)
Bruno Maderna (conductor)
Publisher Info. RAI
Reissue Schattdorf: Gagnaux Collection, 1960.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Recorded December 23, 1960, Rome. On the right: Bruno Maderna, a quotation from a ParisEnImages-picture, Photographes Roger­Viollet / Boris Lipnitzki, Numéro d'image: 73181-4, Numéro d'inventaire: LIP-2222-007
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 Complete Performance (EU)
#571345 - 42.12MB - 18:24 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/68/V - 148×⇩ - MP3 - Vangi

MP3 file (audio)
Vangi (2019/5/5)

Performer Pages Philadelphia Orchestra (orchestra)
Charles Munch (conductor)
Publisher Info. Sony Classical, 1964.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Collection personnelle
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 8. Épilogue (EU)
#711034 - 4.75MB - 3:22 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/68/V - 28×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

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Lucas-coelho (2021/6/23)

Performer Pages Detroit Symphony Orchestra (orchestra)
Paul Paray (conductor)
Publisher Info. Mercury, 1960. SR90213.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Source: Internet Archive
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Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#01971 - 1.46MB, 25 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 36228×⇩ - Feldmahler

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Feldmahler (2006/10/24)

Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1911. Plate D. & F. 8247.
Reprinted Mineola: Dover Publications, n.d.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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 Complete Score
#504882 - 2.22MB, 32 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 9616×⇩ - Raybird

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Raybird (2017/12/16)

Editor Ray Alston
Publisher. Info. Ray Alston
Copyright
Creative Commons Zero 1.0 [tag/del]
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Orchestra (Ravel)

 Complete Score
#227838 - 11.79MB, 80 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4226×⇩ - Afp0815

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Afp0815 (2012/6/2)

 Color Cover
#227839 - 2.73MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 437×⇩ - Afp0815

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Afp0815 (2012/6/2)

Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1912. Plate D. & F. 8476.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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 Complete Score
#07977 - 3.96MB, 74 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5457×⇩ - Daphnis

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Daphnis (2007/6/17)

Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1912. Plate D. & F. 8476.
Reprinted Le Tombeau de Couperin and Valses Nobles et Sentimentales in Full Score
Mineola: Dover Publications, 2001.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (B♭, A), 2 bassoons
4 horns (F), 2 trumpets (C), 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, triangle, tambourine, bells, cymbals, bass drum, celesta, 2 harps, strings
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 Flute 1/2
#47888 - 1.26MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1228×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

⇒ 14 more: Oboe 1/2, English Horn • Clarinet 1/2 (B♭, A) • Bassoon 1/2 • Horn 1/2, 3/4 (F) • Trumpet 1/2 (C) • Trombone 1/2, 3, Tuba • Timpani, Tambourine, Cymbals, / Snare Drum, Bells, Triangle, Bass Drum • Celesta • Harp 1/2 • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Oboe 1/2, English Horn
#47889 - 1.67MB, 10, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1097×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

 Clarinet 1/2 (B♭, A)
#47890 - 1.15MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1108×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

 Bassoon 1/2
#47891 - 0.96MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 764×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

 Horn 1/2, 3/4 (F)
#47892 - 1.80MB, 9, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 923×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

 Trumpet 1/2 (C)
#47893 - 0.56MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 802×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

 Trombone 1/2, 3, Tuba
#47894 - 0.97MB, 5, 3, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 915×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

 Timpani, Tambourine, Cymbals,
Snare Drum, Bells, Triangle, Bass Drum
#23425 - 5.41MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1152×⇩ - Romanov76110

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Romanov76110 (2008/10/22)

 Celesta
#47895 - 0.28MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 755×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

 Harp 1/2
#47896 - 1.48MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 936×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

 Violins I
#34752 - 1.44MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1306×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2009/7/13)

 Violins II
#34753 - 1.35MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 861×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2009/7/13)

 Violas
#47897 - 1.39MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 860×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

 Cellos
#27984 - 0.95MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 873×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2009/2/7)

 Basses
#47898 - 0.64MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 758×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/12/2)

Publisher. Info. Paris: Durand & Cie., 1912. Plate D. & F. 8476.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes These files are part of the Orchestra Parts Project.
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 Errata list (Durand ed.)
#385382 - 0.08MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 111×⇩ - Homerdundas

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Homerdundas (2015/7/10)

Editor Clinton F. Nieweg, et al.
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For Piano 4 Hands (Garban)

 Complete Score
#115012 - 2.76MB, 36 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/30 - 1586×⇩ - Daphnis

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Daphnis (2011/8/25)

Arranger Lucien Garban (1877-1959)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Paris: Durand & Cie, 1918. Plate D. & F. 9549.
Copyright
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Selections

For Orchestra (Psimikakis-Chalkokondylis)

 II. measures 1-10.
#470923 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 184×⇩ - Jujimufu

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Jujimufu (2017/5/12)

Arranger Nikolaos-Laonikos Psimikakis-Chalkokondylis (b. 1989)
Publisher. Info. Nikolaos-Laonikos Psimikakis-Chalkokondylis
Copyright
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Misc. Notes 3 fl, 2 ob, eng hn, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hn in F, harp, vln I, vln II, vla, vlc, db
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General Information

Work Title Valses nobles et sentimentales
Alternative. Title
Composer Ravel, Maurice
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. M.61
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IMR 54
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 8 waltzes
  1. Modéré, très franc (G major)
  2. Assez lent, avec une expression intense (G minor)
  3. Modéré (E minor)
  4. Assez animé (A♭ major)
  5. Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime (E major)
  6. Vif (C major)
  7. Moins vif (C major/A major)
  8. Épilogue. Lent (G major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1911
First Performance. 1911-05-09 in Paris, Salle Gaveau
First Publication. 1912
Dedication Louis Aubert (1877–1968)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation piano
also orchestrated by Ravel" (see "Arrangements and Transcriptions" tab)
External Links Maurice-Ravel.net
Wikipedia article

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Version History

  • Composed for solo piano, 1911
  • Orchestrated by Ravel in 1912, for performance as a ballet entitled Adélaïde, ou le langage des fleurs.
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