[Easier Level] Ravel’s Piano Pieces | A curated selection of easier works you can play smoothly!
Maurice Ravel was a French composer who produced works across a wide range of genres, including solo piano pieces, piano concertos, operas, ballet music, and chamber music.
Known as an “Impressionist” composer who emphasized mood and atmosphere over dramatic elements, he is widely loved for his delicate and graceful style, as if translating a painting into music.
In this article, we introduce piano works by Ravel that are relatively accessible and easier to approach.
Ravel’s pieces are perfect for those who want to refine their delicate touch and expressive nuance.
By all means, start by trying the pieces that speak to your heart.
Playlist
| [Easier Level] Ravel’s Piano Pieces | A curated selection of easier works you can play smoothly! | |||
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| 1east | Sonatine in F-sharp minor, M. 40: II. MenuetMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | Ravel's Sonatine. |
| 2east | Sonatine in F-sharp minor, M. 40 — I. ModeratoMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | Among Maurice Ravel’s works, there are pieces that… |
| 3east | Suite ‘Miroirs’ No. 4 – Alborada del graciosoMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | A virtuosic suite depicting a jester of the Spanish court |
| 4east | Minuet on the Name of HaydnMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | 100 years after the death of Franz Joseph Haydn... |
| 5east | Minuet in C-sharp minorMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | Ravel’s short minuet piece |
| 6east | Pavane for a Dead QueenMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | Listening to Maurice Ravel’s masterpiece for piano… |
| 7east | Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty, from the suite Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose), No. 1Maurice Ravel | play_arrow | Composed based on a traditional English nursery rhyme… |
| 8east | Noble and Sentimental Waltzes: No. 3 Waltz, Modéré in G majorMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | A beautiful waltz by Ravel, where elegance and sentiment are harmoniously blended. |
| 9east | Suite ‘Miroirs’ No. 2 – Sad BirdsMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | Ravel’s suite, Scenes of a Lost Bird |
| 10east | Grotesque SerenadeMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | Ravel’s passionate masterpiece from his youth |
| 11east | Noble and Sentimental Waltzes, Waltz No. 5, Presque lent in E majorMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | An introspective piece by Ravel that requires delicate expression |
| 12east | Le Tombeau de Couperin, No. 2: FugueMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | Ravel’s composition: the only fugue in memory of his fallen comrade |
| 13east | Noble and Sentimental Waltzes, No. 4, Assez animé (fairly lively)Maurice Ravel | play_arrow | Ravel’s Waltz Suite: A Fusion of Tradition and Modernity |
| 14east | BoleroMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | A great French cre— representing the 1900s… |
| 15east | ParadeMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | Toshio Horiuchi’s grand, dramatic wind ensemble work |
| 16east | Genteel and Sentimental Waltz: No. 6, Vif (Lively)Maurice Ravel | play_arrow | A lively and wide-rangingly expressive waltz composed by Ravel |
| 17east | Suite ‘Mirrors’ No. 5 – The Valley of the BellsMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | A piece that expresses Ravel’s fantastical bell chimes |
| 18east | Noble and Sentimental Waltzes: No. 1, Modéré (Moderato), G majorMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | Ravel’s waltz, a modern and elegant masterpiece |
| 19east | Gaspard of the Night, M. 55: II. The GallowsMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | Composed by Maurice Ravel in 1908... |
| 20east | Noble and Sentimental Waltzes: Waltz No. 2, Assez lent (fairly slow), G minorMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | Music that peers deep into the heart |
| 21east | The Fairy Garden, No. 5 from the suite “Ma mère l’Oye”Maurice Ravel | play_arrow | ...from the piano four-hands suite “Ma mère l’Oye”... |
| 22east | Prelude (I) from Le Tombeau de CouperinMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | The six-piece suite In Memory of the Fallen, Le Tombeau de Couperin |
| 23east | An old-fashioned minuetMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | When Maurice Ravel was around 20 years old, before he had yet “Ra... |
| 24east | In the style of BorodinMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | Richard Wagner and Claude Debu... |
| 25east | PreludeMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | The Conservatoire de Paris’s sight-reading performance exam for pieces has... |
| 26east | In the style of ChabrierMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | Maurice Ravel titled it “In the style of …” |
| 27east | Le Tombeau de Couperin, No. 5: MenuetMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | Maurice Ravel was killed in action in World War I... |
| 28east | Le Tombeau de Couperin No. 4: RigaudonMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | A piece in which Ravel mourned his fallen comrades |
| 29east | Berceuse on the Name of FauréMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | A request from a Paris monthly music magazine in 1922… |
| 30east | Le Tombeau de Couperin, No. 3: ForlaneMaurice Ravel | play_arrow | Maurice Ravel was killed in action in World War I… |


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