LA VALSE FOR TWO PIANOS THE COMPOSERS ORIGINAL VERSION
AUTHOR: MAURICE RAVEL

DESCRIPTION:
-IT IS NOT SUBTLE, WHAT I AM UNDERTAKING AT THE MOMENT,' REMARKED MAURICE RAVEL, 'IT IS A GRAND VALSE, A SORT OF HOMAGE TO THE MEMORY OF THE GREAT STRAUSS, NOT RICHARD, THE OTHER—JOHANN!'
RAVEL`S LA VALSE EXISTS IN THREE VERSIONS, INCLUDING THIS ONE FOR TWO PIANOS, ALL WRITTEN BETWEEN DECEMBER 1919 AND MARCH 1920. THIS EDITION REPRODUCES THE COMPOSER`S ORIGINAL PIANO DUET VERSION, WHICH DISPLAYS ALL THE VIRTUOSITY, TECHNICAL BRILLIANCE, AND SENSUAL RICHNESS THAT ARE THE HALLMARKS OF HIS STYLE. FROM THE OPENING RUMBLINGS IN THE BASS REGISTER, A WALTZ RHYTHM EMERGES AND EXPANDS INTO A GRAND VIENNESE DANCE IN THE FINEST TRADITION OF JOHANN STRAUSSAN INCREASINGLY PASSIONATE WORK THAT STRIDES INTO A SPECTACULAR CONCLUSION.
PERFECT FOR DUET PLAYERS, THIS EDITION INCLUDES TWO COMPLETE COPIES OF THE WORK