transcription is infrequently performed due to its difficulty. Lucien Garban produced a transcription for piano four hands in 1920. He had previously transcribed Ravel's Le tombeau de Couperin in 1919, in a similar fashion. The pianist Glenn Gould, who rarely played Ravel's music, made his own arrangement of it in 1975. In 2008 Andrey Kasparov produced an improved treatment of La valse for piano four hands, with Ravel's original scoring distributed more effectively between the performers. Sean Chen recorded his own arrangement on the Steinway & Sons label in 2014. In 2005 it was transcribed for Symphonic Wind Ensemble by Don Patterson, for the United States Marine Band, and was recorded on the album Symphonic Dances, conducted by Michael J. Colburn. Celebrating the 100th birthday of La Valse in 2020 (its première in Paris took place in 1920), Belgian composer Tim Mulleman wrote a transcription for Philippe Graffin and Friends for string nonet (4 vn, 2 va, 2 vc, 1 cb). A filmed performance was made possible by Lars Konings. Linos Piano Trio included a transcription of the piece for piano trio on their 2021 album Stolen Music. Ballet Ida Rubinstein's company first performed La Valse in 1929, choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska. Much revived, e.g., by New York City Ballet, whose co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine made a ballet to La Valse in 1951. Frederick Ashton also created a La valse ballet in 1958 for The Royal Ballet. At the premiere Francis Poulenc complimented Ashton on what he thought was the first successful interpretation of Ravel's intentions for the music. References Bibliography Orenstein, Arbie; Ravel: Man and Musician (New York: Columbia University Press, 1968) Mawer, Deborah: "The Ballets of Maurice Ravel: Creation and Interpretation" (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006) External links Program notes, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Recording of La valse in transcription for two pianos by Neal and Nancy O'Doan in MP3 format Performance of La valse in transcription for solo piano by Jean-Frédéric Neuburger from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format , Leonard Bernstein, Orchestre National de France , Benjamin Zander, Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra , Yuja Wang, Verbier Festival 2012 , Philippe Graffin & Friends, Traces Festival 2020 Compositions by Maurice Ravel Ballets by Maurice Ravel 1920 compositions Waltzes 1926 ballet premieres