Ravel and Beethoven

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Miroirs by Ravel
1. Noctuelles
2. Oiseaux tristes
3. Une barque sur l'ocean
4. Alborada del gracioso
5. La vallée des cloches

Ravel's evocative Miroirs suite features some of the most original and gorgeous writing of French Impressionism (though Ravel would have rejected that term). The individual movements are each dedicated to a friend of Ravel's– the titles mean:
1. Night Moths
2. Sad Birds.
3. A Boat on the Ocean
4. Aubade of the Jester
5. The Valley of the Bells

Sonata #30 Op. 109 in E major by Beethoven

Beethoven's third-to-last piano sonata ranks among his most deeply felt and inspired works. In the first movement, a lyrical melody is quickly interrupted by and anguished cry and leads into transcendent harmonic shifts. The second movement is a daring scherzo, and the third movement a set of variations on a profound, simple theme.

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