Ravel: The Complete Works for Solo Piano

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Newly transferred from the original master tapes, Walter Gieseking's 1954 EMI Ravel cycle gains in color and amplitude over previous "unofficial" CD editions of these long-unavailable recordings. Indeed, his vocal grimaces at loud moments register more clearly. More to the point, Gieseking's pellucid touch and direct brain-to-finger equilibrium control Ravel's cruelly exposed, deceptively difficult textures with effortless elegance in Le Tombeau de Couperin, Jeux d'Eaux, the Sonatine, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, and most of Miroirs (though Alborada del gracioso could use more sultry snap). True, Gaspard de la Nuit's outer movements lack the hazy sweep of Gieseking's famous pre-war 78s. But the short pieces embody lapidarian marvels, like the Pavane's perfect melody/accompaniment balances (only a pedaling genius like Gieseking can achieve this without pedal!) and the Haydn Menuet's elusive polyphony voiced to a tee. Even when he's in less than tip-top form, Gieseking still clicks into Ravel's sound world as if both composer and interpreter shared genetic code. --Jed Distler

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Louis Lortie Plays Ravel's Complete Works for Solo Piano
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • An overlooked set
 Louis Lortie Plays Ravel's Complete Works for Solo Piano

Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000VM3Y0
Release Date: 2004-01-20

Tracks:

  1. Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte
  2. I Prelude
  3. II Fugue
  4. III Forlane
  5. IV Rigaudon
  6. V Menuet
  7. VI Toccata
  8. Serenade Grotesque
  9. Jeux D'eau
  10. I Adelaide. Modere - Tres Franc
  11. II Assez Lent - Avec Une Expression Intense
  12. III Modere
  13. IV Assez Anime
  14. V Presque Lent - Dans Un Sentiment Intime
  15. VI Vif
  16. VII Moins Vif
  17. VIII Epilogue. Lent
  18. La Valse

Tracks:

  1. I Ondine. Lent
  2. II Le Gibet. Tres Lent
  3. III Scarbo. Modere
  4. Majestueusement
  5. Mouvement De Menuet
  6. Allegro Giusto
  7. Paraphrase Sur Un Air De Gounod - Allegretto
  8. Assez Lent Et Tres Expressif
  9. I Noctuelles. Tres Leger
  10. II Oiseaux Tristes. Tres Lent
  11. III Une Barque Sur L'ocean. D'un Rythme Souple
  12. IV Alborada Del Gracioso. Assez Vif
  13. V La Vallee Des Cloches. Tres Lent
  14. I Modere
  15. II Mouvement De Menuet
  16. III Anime

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars An overlooked set.......2006-05-04

Lortie's technique is assured and (I say this as a compliment) his approach seems to take Ravel's advice to heart: it suffices to perform the music rather than [over]interpret it. Ranks up there with Simon, Thibaudet, and Casadesus among other sets. Very good recorded sound.
Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Great Ravel!
  • look at my other Ravel reviews
 Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

MinuetsMinuets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
PavanesPavanes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
Ravel, MauriceRavel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
PreludesPreludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
Character PiecesCharacter Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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GeneralGeneral | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0002XV2Y8
Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

  1. Serenade Grotesque
  2. Menuet Antique
  3. Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte
  4. Jeux D'Eau
  5. 1: Modere
  6. 2: Mouvement De Menuet
  7. 3: Anime
  8. 1: Noctuelles: Tres Leger
  9. 2: Oiseaux Tristes: Tres Lent
  10. 3: Une Barque Sur L'Ocean: D'Un Rythme Souple
  11. 4: Alborada Del Gracioso: Assez Vif
  12. 5: La Vallee Des Cloches: Tres Lent

Tracks:

  1. 1: Ondine: Lent
  2. 2: Le Gibet: Tres Lent
  3. 3: Scarbo: Modere
  4. Menuet Sur Le Nom D'Haydn
  5. 1: Modere/Tres Franc
  6. 2: Assez Lent (Avec Une Expression Intense)
  7. 3: Modere
  8. 4: Assez Anime
  9. 5: Presque Lent (Dans Un Sentiment Intime)
  10. 6: Vif
  11. 7: Moins Vif
  12. 8: Epilogue: Lent
  13. Prelude
  14. Borodine: Valse/Allegro Giusto
  15. Emmanuel Chabrier (Paraphrase Sur Un Air De Gounod, Faust, Acte 3): Allegretto
  16. 1: Prelude: Vif
  17. 2: Fugue: Allegro Moderato
  18. 3: Forlane: Allegretto
  19. 4: Riguadon: Assez Vif
  20. 5: Menuet: Allegro Moderato
  21. 6: Toccata: Vif

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great Ravel!.......2007-07-13

I think M. Collar is doing a really good job in this complete set of Ravel piano solo music (missing "La valse") The sound is very good for my taste ; clear and pearly. Very clean in the technically difficulties as well. I can feel his music very well. These are sensitive interpretations. I love them. I recommend this disc highly. Usually, I find out that pianists have too much the same sound for Debussy and Ravel. But here, we cannot mixed up! This is real Ravel sound.

3 out of 5 stars look at my other Ravel reviews.......2007-07-08

to see which other pianists I prefer.
As I listen to ravel's incredible breath-taking mezmerising genius of poetic beauty and dazzling skills at composition, I understand why ravel and Debussy did not care much for the geramn romantic tradition. Ravel could not stand anything from Beethoven. In my 30 yrs, the only thing i liked by Beethoven was his 4th sym(only Walter/Columbia), but even that work has faded to a lost memory.
Its amazing how few folk know the genius of Ravel, and even less appreciate the timeless beauty of his creations.
ravel is the flowering and culmination of the romantic period , which is why i feel no desire to hear Chopin.
Ravel: The Complete Works for Solo Piano
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Ravel solo piano music
  • Another evidence of the grandeur of Gieseking!
  • Gieseking and Ravel...a perfect match!
 Ravel: The Complete Works for Solo Piano

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

MinuetsMinuets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
PavanesPavanes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
Ravel, MauriceRavel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
PreludesPreludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
Character PiecesCharacter Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00005ONOX
Release Date: 2002-03-12

Tracks:

  1. Menuet Antique (Majestueusement)
  2. Pavane (Assez Doux, Mais D'une Sonorite Large)
  3. Jeux D'eau (Tres Doux)
  4. Sonatine: I. Modere
  5. Sonatine: II. Movt De Menuet
  6. Sonatine: III. Anime
  7. Miroirs: I. Noctuelles (Tres Leger)
  8. Miroirs: II. Oiseaux Tristes (Tres Lent)
  9. Miroirs: III. Une Barque Sur L'ocean (D'un Rhytme Souple)
  10. Miroirs: IV. Alborada Del Gracioso (Assez Vif)
  11. Miroirs: V. La Vallee Des Cloches (Tres Lent)

Tracks:

  1. Gaspard De La Nuit: I. Ondine (Lent)
  2. Gaspard De La Nuit: II. Le Gibet (Tres Lent)
  3. Gaspard De La Nuit: III. Scarbo (Modere - Vif)
  4. Menuet Sur Le Nom D'Haydn
  5. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales: I. Modere - Tres Franc
  6. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales: II. Assez Lent (Avec Une Expression Intense)
  7. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales: III. Modere
  8. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales: IV. Assez Anime
  9. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales: V. Presque Lent (Dans Un Sentiment Intime)
  10. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales: VI. Vif
  11. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales: VII. Moins Vif
  12. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales: VIII. Epilogue: Lent
  13. Prld (Assez Lent Et Tres Expressif 'D'un Rhythme Libre')
  14. A La Maniere De... Borodine (Valse 'Allegro Giusto')
  15. Faust: Acte II: A La Maniere De... Chabrier (Paraphrase Sur Un Air De Gounod) (Allegretto)
  16. Le Tombeau De Couperin: I. Prld (Vif)
  17. Le Tombeau De Couperin: II. Fugue (Allegro Moderato)
  18. Le Tombeau De Couperin: III. Forlane (Allegretto)
  19. Le Tombeau De Couperin: IV. Rigaudon (Assez Vif)
  20. Le Tombeau De Couperin: V. Menuet (Allegro Moderato)
  21. Le Tombeau De Couperin: VI. Toccata (Vif)

Amazon.com

Newly transferred from the original master tapes, Walter Gieseking's 1954 EMI Ravel cycle gains in color and amplitude over previous "unofficial" CD editions of these long-unavailable recordings. Indeed, his vocal grimaces at loud moments register more clearly. More to the point, Gieseking's pellucid touch and direct brain-to-finger equilibrium control Ravel's cruelly exposed, deceptively difficult textures with effortless elegance in Le Tombeau de Couperin, Jeux d'Eaux, the Sonatine, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, and most of Miroirs (though Alborada del gracioso could use more sultry snap). True, Gaspard de la Nuit's outer movements lack the hazy sweep of Gieseking's famous pre-war 78s. But the short pieces embody lapidarian marvels, like the Pavane's perfect melody/accompaniment balances (only a pedaling genius like Gieseking can achieve this without pedal!) and the Haydn Menuet's elusive polyphony voiced to a tee. Even when he's in less than tip-top form, Gieseking still clicks into Ravel's sound world as if both composer and interpreter shared genetic code. --Jed Distler

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Ravel solo piano music.......2007-01-10

As with Debussy, Gieseking' historical 1950s Ravel recordings are very fine. The works were also frequently orchestrated by Ravel and comparisons are very rewarding. A most cost effective way to know these works.

5 out of 5 stars Another evidence of the grandeur of Gieseking!.......2006-09-10

The main virtue of this legendary resides in the fact that Ravel has never been played so incorporeal and so impressionistic. The use of pedal in Gieseking is extremely austere, he wants the bar sounds atmospherically, without mundane ornaments.

That is why his Ravel so ethereal and windy. A true rewarding experience for your senses.

5 out of 5 stars Gieseking and Ravel...a perfect match!.......2002-08-28

Walter Gieseking has been considered for many years to be thesupreme interpreter of the Frenchimpressionists Debussy and Ravel.This recording does nothing to diminish this reputation. No pianist had the dynamic control and the supreme command of pedaling and half pedaling effects as didGieseking. While there may be sometechnical lapses here and there this is music making of the highestquality. Especially notable arehis performances of the Pavanne andthe Gaspard de la Nuit. I highlyrecommend this album.
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    ASIN: B00012QMHM
    Release Date: 2004-02-10

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    1. Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio - Irina Kircher,
    2. Carment Suite No. 2: Habanera (1st Movement)
    3. Carment Suite No. 2: Chanson du Toreador
    4. Carmen Suite No. 1: Prelude 1st Act
    5. Carmen Suite No. 1: Aragonaise, Prelude 4th Act
    6. Carmen Suite No. 1: Intermezzo, Prelude 3rd Act
    7. Carmen Suite No. 1: Seguedille, 1st Act
    8. Carmen Suite No. 1: Les Dragons d'Alcala, Prelude 2nd Act
    9. Carmen Suite No. 1: Les Toreadors, Introduction 1st Act
    10. From Suite Espanola Op. 47: Granada - Irina Kircher
    11. From Suite Espanola Op. 47: Sevilla - Irina Kircher
    12. From Suite Espanola Op. 47: Asturias - Irina Kircher
    13. Espana - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    14. Danza Espanola Op. 5/5 - Peter Schmalfuss
    15. Gypsy Tunes for Violin and Orchestra - Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Hans Kalafusz

    Tracks:

    1. Sombrero de Tres Picos ("Three Cornered Hat") Excerpts - III: Tanz Der
    2. Sombrero de Tres Picos ("Three Cornered Hat") Excerpts - VII: Tanz Der
    3. Sombrero de Tres Picos ("Three Cornered Hat") Excerpts - IX: ...
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    5. Hommage a Tarrega: Soleares - Irina Kircher
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    7. Tango, No. 2 from Espana, Op. 165 - Irina Kircher
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    9. Rhapsodie Espagnol: Habanera
    10. Rhapsodie Espagnol: Feria
    11. Fandango, From "Tres Piezas Espangnolas" - Irina Kircher
    12. Fantastic Dances: Day Dream
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    14. Danse Rituelle du Feu - Peter Schmalfuss
    15. Maruxa (Vorspiel 2nd Act)
    Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano
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      		Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano

      Manufacturer: Scandinavian Classics
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      MinuetsMinuets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
      PavanesPavanes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
      Ravel, MauriceRavel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      PreludesPreludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
      Character PiecesCharacter Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
      Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B000092R2Y
      Release Date: 2006-05-04
      Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works, Vol. 2
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Ravel of great delicacy
      		 Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works, Vol. 2

      Manufacturer: Crd
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      MinuetsMinuets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
      Ravel, MauriceRavel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      PreludesPreludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
      Character PiecesCharacter Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
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      GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B0000044FK
      Release Date: 1992-11-03

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Ravel of great delicacy.......2001-07-08

      Ravel's solo piano works contain some remarkably beautiful music. Paul Crossley's survey is surely one of the finest. His "Gaspard" certainly produces plenty of atmosphere, and the shorter pieces at the end of the disc are very finely executed. For me, though, the highlight is his " Le Tombeau de Couperin", which is played with such delicacy. Crossley's approach is beautifully crystalline, and he brings out all the subtlety of Ravel's harmonies with unerring skill. Indeed, his lightness of touch throughout the whole programme is most telling, making the music sound as evocative as you could hope. Very highly recommended.
      Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works, Vol. 2
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        		Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works, Vol. 2

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        Binding: Audio CD

        MinuetsMinuets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
        Ravel, MauriceRavel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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        Character PiecesCharacter Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
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        GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B0000243FA
        Release Date: 1983-01-01
        Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano
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          		Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano

          Manufacturer: Scandinavian Classic
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          PavanesPavanes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
          Ravel, MauriceRavel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
          PreludesPreludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
          Character PiecesCharacter Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
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          ASIN: B000093FJR
          Release Date: 2003-04-29
          Leo Smit: Complete Works
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            		Leo Smit: Complete Works

            Manufacturer: Donemus Records
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
            FluteFlute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
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            ASIN: B00005B6C8
            Release Date: 2001-04-24

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            The Dutch composer Leo Smit (1900-1943) was a Holocaust victim, not to be confused with the fine American composer-pianist Leo Smit. This set collects all the surviving music by the Dutch composer, most of which he hid away safely before being shipped with his harpist wife to an extermination camp. Smit's composing personality has a wide range, but his most characteristic style owes much to Ravel (to whom he wrote an homage) and, often, to American jazz. Smit's chamber music has clear textures, firm rhythms, and a great deal of melodic and harmonic interest; his orchestral works are brilliantly scored, usually quite concise and effective. This joint effort by a wide variety of Dutch performers is generally well performed (although in a few pieces other available Dutch recordings are even better), and the effect of hearing Smit's complete works convinces us that a worthwhile voice was silenced in its prime. Donemus's booklet, in Dutch and English, is extremely useful. But the fold-out package format is very inconvenient and may not hold up to repeated use. --Leslie Gerber
            Violin, Trumpet, Guitar, Flute: Greatest Hits
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              Release Date: 1995-12-05

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              3. Ruth Ann Swenson - Con Amore ~ Italian Opera Arias / Rudel, London SO
              4. Saint-Saens String Quartets (2) Ops. 112 and 153
              5. Schubert for Two
              6. Schubert: The Symphonies
              7. Schumann: Piano Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
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              9. Scriabin Etudes Complete
              10. Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor

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