Solo Piano Works

Ravel (Artist), Louis Lortie (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 29, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Chandos
• ASIN: B000000AAM
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #458,433 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Pavane pour une infante defunte

2. Le tombeau de Couperin: I. Prelude

3. Le tombeau de Couperin: II. Fugue

4. Le tombeau de Couperin: III. Forlane

5. Le tombeau de Couperin: IV. Rigaudon

6. Le tombeau de Couperin: V. Menuet

7. Le tombeau de Couperin: VI. Toccata

8. Serenade grotesque

9. Jeux d'eau

10. Valses nobles et sentimentales: I. Adelaide: Modere-tres franc

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Gaspard de la nuit: I. Three Poems for Piano-Ondine

2. Gaspard de la nuit: II. Le Gibet

3. Gaspard de la nuit: III. Scarbo

4. Menuet Antique: Majestuesement

5. Menuet sur le nom de Haydn: Moument de Menuet

6. A la maniere de Borodine: Allegro giusto

7. A la maniere de Chabrier: Paraphrase sur un air de Gounod(F aust) Allegretto

8. Prelude: Assez lent et tres expressif

9. Miroirs: I. Noctuelles-Tres leger

10. Miroirs: II. Oiseaux tristes- Tres lent

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Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This will give you endless pleasure..., April 4, 2002

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This review is from: Solo Piano Works (Audio CD)

Ahhhhh, Ravel! In my opinion, the greatest composer who ever lived (although fellow Aussie Carl Vine might inherit that mantle eventually). This music is just so listenable, and no matter how many times I listen to this album I can never get enough. There is always something new and interesting in Ravel's music to delight the listener, no matter how many times it is heard. Lortie's playing is sensitive and idiomatic, and although he is outshone by other pianists in certain works (Martha Argerich's Gaspard de la Nuit is, in my opinion, far superior to Lortie's nonetheless very commendable performance), this is the complete set that I feel has the most to offer. Lortie's technique is unfailingly precise and delicate, and he is an absolute magician with tone colour. Fine piano playing, absolutely peerless music, what more could a music lover ask for?