Composer: Maurice Ravel
Performer: Elsa Grether, David Lively
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Aparté
Catalogue: AP295
Release: 2022
Size: 1.23 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83
01. II. Adagio assai (Arr. For Violin and Piano by Gustave Samazeuilh)
Violin Sonata, M. 77
02. I. Allegretto
03. II. Blues. Moderato
04. III. Perpetuum mobile. Allegro
05. Pièce en forme de Habanera, M. 51 (Arr. For Violin and Piano by Théodore Doney)
Violin Sonata, M. 12
06. Allegro moderato
07. Berceuse sur le nom de Fauré
08. Five o’Clock Foxtrot (After L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, M. 71) [Arr. for Violin and Piano by André Asselin]
Deux mélodies hébraïques, M.A 22
09. Kaddisch (Arr. for Violin and Piano by André Asselin)
10. L’Énigme éternelle (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Lucien Garban)
11. Tzigane, M. 76 (Rapsodie de concert)
In 1928 Maurice Ravel described the violin and the piano as “essentially incompatible.” Yet, by then, he had already composed for those instruments two sonatas (one of which was published posthumously), Tzigane, and the Berceuse sur le nom de [Gabriel] Fauré – a miraculous output for a supposedly mismatched duo.
Written for the most part in the early Twentieth Century, these works reflect Ravel’s interests and influences, including Spain, jazz, blues and foxtrot, Hebrew songs… All of these pieces show Ravel’s modesty and poetry, and his marvellous ability to bring enchantment to our world.
Here, Elsa Grether and David Lively present Ravel’s complete works for violin and piano, including two world premiere recordings: Gustave Samazeuilh’s arrangement of the Adagio assai from the Piano Concerto, and a transcription by André Asselin of the mischievous Five o’Clock Foxtrot from L’Enfant et les Sortilèges.