Le Tombeau de Couperin is a suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, composed between 1914 and 1917. The piece is in six movements, based on those of a traditional Baroque suite. Each movement is dedicated to the memory of a friend of the composer (or in one case, two brothers) who had died fighting in WWI. Toccata is the 6th and final movement.
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Composed by Maurice Ravel
Piano: Orion Weiss
Video by Tal Rosner
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Commissioned by Classical New York WQXR as part of its Artist Propulsion Lab.