Ravel: Boléro, Le Tombeau de Couperin
   
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Boléro
Opening
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Ravel: Boléro, Rapsodie espagnole, Alborada del gracioso, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Valses nobles et sentimentales
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Boléro
Passage featuring the clarinet
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Boléro
Passage featuring the tenor saxophone
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Boléro
Passage featuring the woodwinds
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Boléro
Conclusion
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"Rigaudon" from Le Tombeau de Couperin (orchestra version)
Ravel took many of his piano works and scored them for orchestra. In 1919 he took four of the pieces from the Tombeau and orchestrated them. You can hear Ravel's genius as an orchestrator.
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