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French composer, Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) at work on a composition, 1928. (Photo by Elliott & Fry/Evening Standard/Getty Images) Elliott & Fry/Getty Images/Hulton Archive hide caption

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Ready for Ravel? The beloved French composer, known for colorful orchestrations and finger twisting piano works, was born 150 years ago. Hear tracks by pianists Martha Argerich, Yuja Wang and Louis Lortie, plus orchestral pieces like Daphnis et Chloé, Mother Goose and more.


Comic book artist Daniel Warren Johnson (Murder Falcon, Extremity) illustrates the music of Viking's Choice. Horns up! Daniel Warren Johnson hide caption

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Comic book artist Daniel Warren Johnson (Murder Falcon, Extremity) illustrates the music of Viking's Choice. Horns up!

Comic book artist Daniel Warren Johnson (Murder Falcon, Extremity) illustrates the music of Viking's Choice. Horns up!

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Viking's Choice

A mixtape featuring Marshall Allen's ghost groove, Nadah El Shazly's percussive polyphony, Florida Man's careening noise-rock, Lucy Railton's resonant cello.

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