Ravel was known as a musical master craftsman, and some of his most
exquisitely crafted music can be found in his chamber works, including
the celebrated Piano Trio of 1914. It appears here with the remarkable
Mallarmé Poems (1913), which show Ravel at his most harmonically
adventurous and are scored for an ensemble inspired by the modernist
works of Stravinsky and Schoenberg. Also included are the brilliant
Sonata for Violin and Cello (1922), which the composer considered a
pivotal work in his stylistic development, and the sensual Introduction
and Allegro (1905) for harp and ensemble. These works include some of
Ravel's finest and most musically ambitious achievements and are now
available for the first time in a single large-format volume.