Maurice Ravel: Piano Music
Almost every pianist, it seems, wants to record Ravel, but virtually all of them have overlooked a treasure trove of his solo-piano music: the composer’s short score for Daphnis et Chloé. Some parts of it are unplayable by a single pair of hands, but with judicious arrangement this working draft can be mined for diamonds. Only a handful of musicians have made their own suites for solo piano; here the Lithuanian pianist Indrė Petrauskaitė, carefully observing Ravel’s original textures, has produced something new: a 40-minute concert suite of unsuspected Ravel for solo piano that also respects the dramatic outline of the original ballet. The other, more familiar works here extend the ideas of antiquity and transcription.
Indrė Petrauskaitė, piano
Listen To This Recording:
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Daphnis et Chloé (1909–12)
- I Danse religieuse
- II Danse générale
- III Danse grotesque de Dorcon
- IV Danse gracieuse et légère de Daphnis
- V Lyceion entre; Lyceion danse
- VI Modéré (Nocturne)
- VII Même mouvement (Interlude); Danse guerrière
- VIII Danse suppliante de Chloé
- IX Scène de Daphnis et Chloé
- Menuet antique
- Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn
- Miroirs: No. 3, Une barque sur l’ocean
- À la manière de … Alexander Borodine
- À la manière de … Emmanuel Chabrier: Paraphrase sur un air de Gounod
- La valse
Suite for Piano, arr. Indrė Petrauskaitė (2005–15)*
Menuet antique (1895)
Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn (1909)
Miroirs: No. 3, Une barque sur l’océan (1904–5)
À la manière de … Alexander Borodine (1913)
À la manière de … Emmanuel Chabrier: Paraphrase sur un air de Gounod (1913)
La valse (1919–20)
*FIRST RECORDING
MusicWeb International :
‘These are strong and well played performances, especially in the Daphnis et Chloé Suite, but also in the other original piano works. The recorded sound is very good and as already stated, the booklet essay is excellent.’
—Stuart Sillitoe, MusicWeb International