The Great Composers
DVD musik.
Explore the life and music of Maurice Ravel DVD + 2CD's. The DVD documentary "The Automaton and the Magic Spell" introduces us to the world of French composer Maurice Ravel through one of his most lovely works, String Quartet in F major, performed on screen by the Canadian ensemble Quatuor Arthur Leblanc. The Film presents a series of four dance segments interspersed with documentary vignettes. The choreographies correspond to the four movements comprising the work and recreate key elements of the French composer's life. Drawing on archival documents, the vignettes offer a brief biography of Ravel. Next to the DVD this package also contains two CD's with the most famous and best loved works of Maurice Ravel.