Jean-Yves Thibaudet - Ravel: Piano Concertos, etc.

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These are particularly opulent accounts of the music, even if Thibaudet's playing tends more toward steely accuracy than effervescence and character. The recording endows him with greater weight of tone than he actually possesses, but the balances are good. London's engineering captures the orchestra t o perfection, giving wonderful presence to strings, wind, and brass. --Ted Libbey

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Jean-Yves Thibaudet - Ravel: Piano Concertos, etc.
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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 Jean-Yves Thibaudet - Ravel: Piano Concertos, etc.

Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000042EU
Release Date: 1997-08-12

Tracks:

  1. Concerto For The Left Hand: Lento
  2. Concerto For The Left Hand: Allegro
  3. Concertino: Allegro molto moderato-Larghetto sostenuto-Allegro
  4. Concertino: I. Presto leggiero
  5. Concertino: II. Lent
  6. Concertino: III. Allegretto & Trio
  7. Concertino: IV. Rondeau
  8. Concerto In G Major: I. Allegramente
  9. Concerto In G Major: II. Adagio assai
  10. Concerto In G Major: III. Presto

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These are particularly opulent accounts of the music, even if Thibaudet's playing tends more toward steely accuracy than effervescence and character. The recording endows him with greater weight of tone than he actually possesses, but the balances are good. London's engineering captures the orchestra t o perfection, giving wonderful presence to strings, wind, and brass. --Ted Libbey

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars untitled.......2004-09-08

Thibaudet is technically proficient, but he is sometimes not musical enough. But that's just my opinion.

5 out of 5 stars SUPERB RAVEL BY THIBAUDET & DUTOIT.......2000-12-24

It couldn't hurt that the two men really responsible for the music making on this CD of French concertos are actually French! Ravel's "Concerto in G major" is on my very short list of favorite pieces of music and I have several first rate performances on disc: de Larrocha and Argerich are certainly stand outs. But I truly believe that this is the disc to own if you can only buy one. Thibaudet's playing is a wonder: just the perfect combination of excitement and fluidity and grace--mixed with Ravel's sense of 20th century jazz. (Thibaudet's jazz disc of arrangements for piano of songs by Duke Ellington is also a marvel.) The Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal under Charles Dutoit sounds great on this London 1996 disc. And as an added enticement, Thibaudet has recorded two rarities as companion pieces to the two Ravel concertos: Honegger's "Concertino" and Francaix's "Concertino."

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