This three-CD set showcases Maurice Ravel's complete orchestral works in interpretations by some of his most persuasively idiomatic advocates from the 1920s through the 1940s, including conductors Pierre Monteux, Charles Munch and Serge Koussevitzky and pianists Alfred Cortot and Marguerite Long. Ravel himself conducts a rarely heard 1930 recording of his famed Boléro. The first volume in an andante survey of Ravel, this historic collection enables listeners to hear his orchestral works with a sound and sensibility in the tradition closest to the composer. The 96-page booklet features rarely seen photographs of Ravel and the performers, as well as an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tim Page, an essay by New York Times critic Paul Griffiths ("Orchestral Ravel: Cool Distance, Spectacular Brilliance") and detailed artist biographies from The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.