Ravel & Gershwin: Piano Concertos

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There’s terrific piano playing here, especially in the Gershwin, which comes over in all its wild, technicolour glory…Kozhukin also has the mighty measure of Ravel’s Left Hand Concerto, delivered... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 20th Apr 2018
Catalogue No: PTC5186620
Label: Pentatone
Length: 75 minutes

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Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major

Work length22:06

$5.00

$6.50

$8.75

Denis Kozhukhin (piano)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Kazuki Yamada
Recorded: July 2017
Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland

I. Allegramente

Track length8:40

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$2.60

$3.50

II. Adagio assai

Track length9:22

$2.00

$2.60

$3.50

III. Presto

Track length4:04

$1.00

$1.30

$1.75

Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F major

Work length33:35

$8.00

$10.30

$12.25

Denis Kozhukhin (piano)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Kazuki Yamada
Recorded: July 2017
Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland

I. Allegro

Track length13:56

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$3.85

$5.25

II. Adagio - Andante con moto

Track length12:35

$3.00

$3.85

$5.25

III. Allegro agitato

Track length7:04

$2.00

$2.60

$1.75

Ravel: Piano Concerto in D major (for the left hand)

Work length19:25

$4.00

$5.15

$7.00

Denis Kozhukhin (piano)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Kazuki Yamada

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“Technically flawless, Kozhukhin combines wisely the brilliance and power of his playing with a masterful sense of form, maturity, and a very unique sensitivity.”

Exuberant high spirits, pulsating rhythms and breathless virtuosity jostle with urbane sophistication and deeply felt sentiment in these scintillating jazz-inspired concertos by Maurice Ravel and George Gershwin, played with élan by Denis Kozhukhin and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under Kazuki Yamada in this release from PENTATONE.

A sparkling divertissement with witty orchestration and sizzling virtuosity, Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major is and one of his best-loved works thanks to its impeccable style, dashing humour, and its hauntingly beautiful slow movement. In a change of mood, Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major is a darkly hued, powerful work with a heroic grandeur realised in a fearsomely difficult piano part that traverses the keyboard to dazzling effect. And Tin Pan Alley beckons with Gershwin’s breezily confident and polished Piano Concerto in F major. With an inventive score that artfully combines jazz elements, heart on sleeve melodies and brilliant pianistics, the result is irresistible.

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August 2018

There’s terrific piano playing here, especially in the Gershwin, which comes over in all its wild, technicolour glory…Kozhukin also has the mighty measure of Ravel’s Left Hand Concerto, delivered with no sign of strain and in general with good grasp of its peculiar architecture.

July 2018

Kozhukin fully inhabits Ravel’s protean topoi with the dextrous ease of a quick-change artist…Despite all the precision, drollery, constantly shifting colours and breathtaking speed of the finale, one affect is prevalent: tremendous fun. Yamada and the OSR musicians are the lithe participants and, on occasion, enablers of this exhilarating performance.

November 2018

The Ravel G major is ultra-beautiful, and holds one of the best recorded slow movements, with a perfectly distanced cor anglais. The Concerto for the Lefthand is given one of most tender and sumptuous performances on disc, Kozhukin in command throughout.

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