This celebrated Turkish pianist studied under Nadia Boulanger and Alfred Cortot, and was a lifelong disciple of Wilhelm Kempff. Throughout her distinguished career she has played under all the great ...

Aimard + Boulez + Ravel = unbeatable? Recorded live with the touch-tone Cleveland Orchestra, it’s a potent line-up. Aimard brings clarity, delicacy and poise to the G minor concerto but is less ...

En 1921, Maurice Ravel déniche à Montfort-l’Amaury (aujourd’hui dans les Yvelines) une maison, « Le Belvédère », plus précieuse par la vue qu’elle offre de son balcon que par la spécificité de son ...

Accueil Ravel - Stravinsky Miroirs, La Valse, Petrushka, The Firebird Beatrice Rana Inventant une progression dramatique efficace, l’Italienne associe Ravel et Stravinsky pour le meilleur. Et démontre ...

What an intriguing juxtaposition to have Ravel’s Miroirs sandwiched between the Scriabin sonatas. A number of recent recordings have raised the bar in terms of finely honed articulation and tonal ...

En voyant le grand pianiste canadien Stewart Goodyear chez Orchid, j’étais si heureux, car, depuis ses débuts au disque, il collectionne les ratés malgré lui : captations sonores impossibles de ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Javier Perianes, Piano Orchestre de Paris Josep Pons, Conductor (Le) Tombeau de Couperin Orchestre de Paris Josep Pons, Conductor Miroirs, Movements: Alborada del ...

The cycle Miroirs was first announced by Ravel to his fellow "Apaches" who eventually became dedicatees of all five pieces. Written in 1904-05, the cycle was premiered in 1906 in Salle Erard by ...

Regarded alongside Debussy as the leading French composer of his time, Maurice Ravel was a master of his craft, weaving a child-like wonder and nostalgia for the past into music of exquisite charm and ...

The first disc from the 15-year-old Lise de la Salle comes with a testimonial from the distinguished French pianist Geneviève Joy, wife of composer Henri Dutilleux, who describes de la Salle as "a ...

As well as making a recording of the Concerto for the Left Hand early in his conducting career with Philippe Entremont for CBS, Pierre Boulez recorded the two Ravel concertos as a pairing in the 1990s ...