Ravel - Piano Concerto in D major (for the left hand)
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Concertos » Piano Concertos
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Special offer. Ravel: Piano Concertos & Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain
RecommendedSteven Osborne (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot
Full of colour, both Osborne’s poetry and his exceptional touch are to the fore, the sparkling cascades in the final movement being especially breathtaking…strong performances of a programme... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd June 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Record Review, 22nd July 2017, Recording of the Week
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Ravel - Piano Concertos
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano)
Cleveland Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
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... —Awards:
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Building a Library, May 2005, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Winner - 20th-Century Concerto
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building A Library, May 2024, Recommended Recording (Ravel)
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Building A Library, October 2025, Top Choice (Piano Concerto in G)
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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays Ravel, Debussy & Massenet
RecommendedJean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier
[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... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Winner - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Orchestral Award Winner
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The outer movements are so deliciously light, like the most perfect soufflé, executed with disarming insouciance by pianist and orchestra alike...You could not wish for a more atmospheric account... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Ravel: Concertos pour piano & Mélodies
RecommendedCédric Tiberghien (piano), Stéphane Degout (baritone), Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
By any standards, this is the A Team, and they do not disappoint. Here is Ravel in all his passion and technical wizardry...[Tiberghien] finds any number of colours amid his faultless technical... —
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Record Review, 21st May 2022, Record of the Week
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th May 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Concerto
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Ammann, Ravel & Bartók: Piano Concertos
Andreas Haefliger (piano), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
Ammann delivers a rollercoaster ride of incredible rhythmic energy...After the mesmeric impact of Ammann’s work, it’s probably a good idea to pause before proceeding to the two other concertos.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2021, Concerto Choice
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Pierre Boulez conducts Ravel
RecommendedPhilippe Entremont (piano), Jill Gomez (soprano), Jose van Dam (baritone), Heather Harper (soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Camerata Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra (members), Cleveand Chorus, Members of the Ensemble intercontemporain,...
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Grammy Awards, 18th Awards (1975), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 18th Awards (1975), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 27th Awards (1984), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Special offer. Manu Sinistra
Bortkiewicz - Ravel - Prokofiev
Illia Ovcharenko (piano), MDR Sinfonieorchester, Oksana Lyniv
Ovcharenko and the MDR Sinfonieorchester under Oxana Lyniv offer vivid colour palettes that draw out the contrasting individual character of each piece...All in all, it's an enterprising listen... —
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if Seong-Jin Cho’s postscript to his recent release of Ravel ’s complete solo piano music is something of a mixed bag, it’s a valiant effort in reconciling opposites...Cho is not without some... —
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Special offer. Ravel: Piano Concertos & De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Orchestre National de France, Louis Langrée
There is much to admire here, not least the Orchestre National de France, which is on superlative form under Louis Langrée...Tharaud is the star of the show, though, and something special might... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto
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