This collection of Leonard Slatkin and the Orchestre National de Lyon’s complete Ravel recordings on Naxos includes critically acclaimed performances of the composer’s best-loved works. Featured alongside perennial favourites such as Boléro, the two Piano Concertos, Tzigane, Ma Mère l’Oye and Daphnis et Chloé, among others, are Ravel’s masterful orchestrations of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and works by Schumann, Debussy and Chabrier. Ravel’s one-act operas, L’Heure espagnole and L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, are also included.

Conductor Leonard Slatkin has received six Grammy awards and 35 nominations. A recipient of the prestigious National Medal of Arts, Slatkin also holds the rank of Chevalier in the French Legion of Honour. He has received the Prix Charbonnier from the Federation of Alliances Françaises, Austria’s Decoration of Honour in Silver, the League of American Orchestras’ Gold Baton Award, and the 2013 ASCAP Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award.

‘Slatkin shows real empathy with this magical repertoire, and he draws playing of uncommon composure and contagious application from his scrupulously prepared Lyon band.’ – Gramophone on Vol.2