Ravel originally conceived of his ``choreographic poem`` ``La Valse`` (The Waltz) as a tribute to Johann Strauss and ``a sort of apotheosis of the Viennese waltz.`` But this is a waltz far removed from the urbane gaiety of old Vienna.
Now musicians, music students, conductors any music lover can study ``La Valse`` in this high-quality edition, reproduced from the authoritative Durand original..
A masterpiece of lush and brilliant orchestration, it is a work of considerable emotional depth in which the initial series of elegant waltzes are transformed into what Ravel describes as ``a fantastic and fatal whirling`` loading to a powerful, turbulent climax.
Ravel originally conceived of his ``choreographic poem`` ``La Valse`` (The Waltz) as a tribute to Johann Strauss and ``a sort of apotheosis of the Viennese waltz.`` But this is a waltz far removed from the urbane gaiety of old Vienna
