Ravel
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Warner Classics)
A delicate, subtle, very Gallic account, beautifully engineered [RMo]
Ravel: The Complete Songs of Ravel (Signum Classics)
Clarity, fastidiousness, wit, harmonic richness, and melodic subtlety [JF]
Bertrand Chamayou (piano): Ravel Fragments (Erato)
An imaginative and beautifully constructed album provides a real highlight for the Ravel anniversary [DHa]
Ravel: Piano Concertos (Deutsche Grammophon)
Good performance of the Ravel concertos but the disc offers short measure [JQ]
Ravel: Très Franc (TYXart)
A joyful recital of great music stunningly played and recorded [NB]
Ravel: Fragments for piano (Erato)
An exquisitely played and intelligently assembled bouquet for Ravel [PH]
Ravel: Piano concerti (Deutsche Grammophon)
Ravel’s two concertos, reasonably well played and excellently recorded, but I was left wanting more [DHa]
Etsuko Hirose: The Complete Denon Recordings (Danacord)
These remarkable discs have been hard to track down so it is wonderful to have them collected together and to hear Etsuko Hirose’s dazzling pianism [RCh]
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (LSO Live)
As fine a modern, live account of this most pictorial of ballets as you could wish [RMo]
Debussy: La Mer & Ravel: Daphnis et Chloë (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) I have never heard textures with such cloud-like softness and insubstantiality [GPJ]
Quartets Through a Time of Change (First Hand Records)
An imaginative selection of French string quartets [JW]
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (LSO Live)
A wonderful performance of Ravel’s masterpiece [JQ]
Paris 1913: L’Offrande lyrique (Nimbus)
A pleasing recital of French chansons all tied to the year 1913 [MP]
French Piano Trios (Hänssler Classic)
The obvious enjoyment in playing together here results in committed performances that delight the ear [SA]
Aline van Barentzen (piano) Radio Archives Edition (Meloclassic)
Pianophiles will warmly embrace this latest addition to the Meloclassic roster [SG]
Bestiary on Ivory (Bridge)
Very well performed and recorded, this disc should be heard by all who love the repertoire of the piano [GPu]
Constantin Silvestri (conductor): Debussy, Ravel & Falla (ICA Classics)
Dramatic Franco-Iberian precision from an unexpectedly potent 1960s partnership [JW]
Ravel: Apothéose infernale (Anclef)
Anyone for a Ravel world premiere? [DC]
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Gramola)
Two classic accounts of Mussorgsky’s pictures in both the original version and Ravel’s orchestration [SB]
Aline van Barentzen (piano) Radio Archives Edition (Meloclassic)
An absolute feast of piano recordings that greatly expands our knowledge of a pianist who has been very undeservedly forgotten [RCh]
Impressions of Iberia (Da Vinci Classics)
An impressive debut recording from the Cygnus Trio [DJB]
Rarities of Piano Music at Schloss vor Husum Vol 14 (Danacord)
A fine selection of little known works by well-known and obscure composers each a masterpiece or a forgotten gem [JF]
Edith Peinemann (violin) Radio Archives Edition (Meloclassic)
A set to treasure [SG]
Ravel: Complete Piano Works (MDG)
(Déjà Review) Bavouzet’s playing is restricted to a most narrow range: wonderful to superb [MC]
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