Ravel: Orchestral Works Vol. 6
Piano Concertos & Tzigane
François Dumont (piano), Jennifer Gilbert (violin)
Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin
Ravel: Orchestral Works Vol. 6
Piano Concertos & Tzigane
François Dumont (piano), Jennifer Gilbert (violin)
Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin
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All three works are given very convincing performances.
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Composed between 1929 and 1931, Ravel’s two piano concertos reflect his enthusiasm for jazz, though one that was thoroughly absorbed into his own idiom. The Concerto in G major, originally conceived as a Basque rhapsody, is lightly scored but sports a vivacious percussion section, galvanizing motor rhythms and a slow movement of astonishing beauty. The Concerto for the Left Hand, commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein who had lost his right arm in the First World War, is a single movement tour de force, as is Tzigane, a gypsy violin showpiece of dazzling virtuosity.
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November 2019
All three works are given very convincing performances.
classicalsource.com October 2019
Jennifer Gilbert (ONL concertmaster) does Tzigane proud; rich-toned seductive playing (encouraging the hall’s reverberation), intense without coarseness or any sacrificing of intonation.
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