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Pierre Boulez and Anne Sofie von Otter collaborate on this beautiful disc with exceptional works by the most important composers of the Impressionist movement in classical music. The six-movement piano suite Le Tombeau de Couperin was a tribute to the whole of 18th Century French music. Ravel wrote it between 1914 and 1917, during which time he was serving as a lorry driver near the front, and each of the movements is dedicated to a friend killed in the fighting. The exotic formed a notable element of Ravel's musical taste and consequently his well-known song cycle Shéhérazade with Debussyan textures and harmonies is gilded with an oriental glitter - a grateful task for a singer like Anne Sofie von Otter who can show all the colorful shades of her voice.

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1. Shéhérazade : Asie
2. Shéhérazade : La Flûte Enchantée
3. Shéhérazade : L'Indifférent
4. Le Tombeau De Couperin : Prélude, Vif
5. Le Tombeau De Couperin : Forlane, Allegretto
6. Le Tombeau De Couperin : Menuet, Allegro Moderato
7. Le Tombeau De Couperin : Rigaudon, Assez Vif
8. Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte
9. Menuet Antique
10. Danses Pour Harpe & Orchestre : Danse Sacrée
11. Danses Pour Harpe & Orchestre : Danse Profane
12. Le Jet D'Eau
13. Trois Ballades De François Villon : Ballade De Villon A S'Amye
14. Trois Ballades De François Villon : Ballade Que Villon Feit...
15. Trois Ballades De François Villon : Ballade Des Femmes De Paris