Boléro has attracted interpreters ranging from Pierre Boulez to James Last. Philip Clark seeks out the finest moments of an 80-year recording history I don’t know about you, but I love losing myself ...
These violists decided to make their feelings of boredom during Ravel’s epic Bolero known… Bolero is one of the most iconic orchestral pieces ever written, known for its inventive repetition, its ...
Writing to a friend shortly after finishing the work, Ravel described it as having “no form in the true sense of the word, no development, and hardly any modulation”. And to the Swiss composer Arthur ...