Browse: Gramophone Awards, Ravel (composer)

Dynamic ranges are wide, with Ravel's crescendos not underplayed in any mistaken attempt at classicism, and rubatos are applied with tactful expressivity. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

one of the most individual things about this stunning debut by Benjamin Grosvenor is his pervasive sense of balance and his unerring blend of Classical restraint and Romantic ardour...He is a... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Steeped in the French piano tradition and with formidable facility, Bertrand Chamayou is certainly not tripped up by the finger-bending virtuosity of Miroirs or Gaspard, while conveying the cut-glass... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2016, 3 out of 5 stars More…

[Bavouzet] turns in a performance of the Fantaisie that illuminates this uneven yet magical work like no other. As to the Ravel concertos, I have no hesitation in saying these are the greatest... — Classic FM Magazine, January 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

I find Rana nothing less than spectacular. Like Argerich, her volatility grips your attention, and it is coupled with musicianship of a high order. [La Valse] Rana is at her very best here, exhibiting... — Fanfare, March/April 2020 More…

There are some excellent things on this disc: full rein given to the ballet’s explosive side, often underplayed; as part of that, the wide range observed in crescendo markings, the underplaying... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Zimerman's pianism is self-recommending.
His trills in the first movement of the G major Concerto are to die for, his passagework in the finale crystalclear, never hectic, always stylish. For... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

How can one resist the combination of Marianne Crebassa’s attractive voice and a selection of French song, especially Debussy’s Chansons de Bilitis and three Veraline songs? As for Ravel’s Shéhérazade,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…