Ravel
Jacob Lateiner (piano) The Lost Art Vol. 2 (Parnassus)
A pianist deserving of wider currency [SG]
Michael Studer (piano) The Legacy (Claves)
(Déjà Review) Buy it for the Bach, and become enthralled by the rest [DC]
La Valse (Hänssler Classic)
These wind orchestra arrangements could hardly be better played [MC]
The Boy and the Magic – L’enfant et les sortilèges
A commentary by Len Mullenger, illustrated and with sound samples
Vers la source dans le bois (Da Vinci Classics)
If you like the French chamber music of this period, you will be in safe hands with this Italian trio [GPu]
Yvonne Lefébure (piano): Inédits 5 (Solstice)
Solstice’s au revoir to a great artist [SG]
Debussy & Ravel: String Quartets (Forgotten Records)
A great quartet in core repertory and superbly communicative Ginastera [JW]
Debussy/Ravel: String Quartets (Forgotten Records)
The Loewenguth Quartet’s stereo Debussy-Ravel coupling reissued in fine transfers [JW]
Yvonne Lefébure (piano) Inédits 5 (Solstice)
The final Solstice salute to a great piano stylist [JW]
Ravel: Piano Music Vol. 2 (Danacord)
The second of three volumes, of great interest to all Ravelians [JF]
Jacob Lateiner (piano) Lost Art Of (Parnassus)
More live Lateiner; a pianist of probity, directness and high gifts [JW]
Gina Bachauer: Mercury Masters (Eloquence)
Gina Bachauer’s powerful Mercury legacy, collated in its entirety for the first time in a single box [JW]
Walter Gieseking (piano) His Columbia Graphophone Recordings (Warner Classics)
A splendid collection [SG]
Ravel: Orchestral Works (Ondine)
The two main works here are especially well performed, and in good sound [RWe]
Nuit et Jour (Rubicon)
Martinova’s abandoned musical personality unleashes no holds barred Ravel but less successful Debussy [DMD]
Ravel: À Moune (Challenge)
An out-of-the-ordinary recording that is worth anyone’s time [DC]
Marguerite Long (piano) Vol. 2 (APR)
Enjoyable and insightful performances [SG]
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