REPRINT SERIES Originally composed as a ballet commissioned by Russian ballerina Ida Rubinstein, Boléro is a one-movement orchestral piece and is Ravel's most famous musical composition.

This concerto was commissioned by the prominent Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who had lost his right arm due to a wound sustained in World War I. The concerto negotiates several sections in various tempi and keys without pause. Towards the end of...