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Ravel's piano works include some of the most popular keyboard pieces of the 20th century, so pianist Philippe Bianconi has plenty of competition for this double-album complete cycle. Of course, one advantage of the complete set is that it can include the less common pieces like Ravel's musical impressions of Borodin and Chabrier and the Menuet en Ut dièse mineur ("Minuet in C sharp minor"). These lesser-known works, mostly miniatures, fit Bianconi's style beautifully; he is a precise, concise player who brings out Ravel's considerable rhythmic subtlety. His Ravel performances tap into a long French tradition stretching back to Robert Casadesus and his wife, Gaby, who was one of Bianconi's teachers. Imbued with the French conservatory values of clarity and restraint, Bianconi sacrifices mood for clean execution. In Le Tombeau de Couperin, he is wonderful, one of the very best available, catching the ways Ravel stretches the Baroque rhythms in a really uncanny way. Many pianists can handle the technical challenges of Gaspard de la nuit these days, but few can seem as effortless while doing so. In music that depends more on extramusical references, such as the four-hand Ma mère l'Oye (recorded with Clément Lefebvre), some listeners may want a bit more color, while others will find Bianconi's approach bracing and fresh, with an evocative Miroirs. Sample several different works. Most listeners will agree that the La Dolce Volta label's sound, from the Grande Salle at the Metz Arsenal, is ideal for the music and the music-making here.
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Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist - Clytus Gottwald, Arranger
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Paul Cassidy, Arranger - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
DISC 2
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Gaspard de la Nuit, M. 55 (Maurice Ravel)
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist - Alexandre Esperet, Arranger
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist - Alexandre Esperet, Arranger
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist - Alexandre Esperet, Arranger
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Tombeau de Couperin, M. 68 (Maurice Ravel)
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Philippe Bianconi, Piano, MainArtist
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
Album review
Ravel's piano works include some of the most popular keyboard pieces of the 20th century, so pianist Philippe Bianconi has plenty of competition for this double-album complete cycle. Of course, one advantage of the complete set is that it can include the less common pieces like Ravel's musical impressions of Borodin and Chabrier and the Menuet en Ut dièse mineur ("Minuet in C sharp minor"). These lesser-known works, mostly miniatures, fit Bianconi's style beautifully; he is a precise, concise player who brings out Ravel's considerable rhythmic subtlety. His Ravel performances tap into a long French tradition stretching back to Robert Casadesus and his wife, Gaby, who was one of Bianconi's teachers. Imbued with the French conservatory values of clarity and restraint, Bianconi sacrifices mood for clean execution. In Le Tombeau de Couperin, he is wonderful, one of the very best available, catching the ways Ravel stretches the Baroque rhythms in a really uncanny way. Many pianists can handle the technical challenges of Gaspard de la nuit these days, but few can seem as effortless while doing so. In music that depends more on extramusical references, such as the four-hand Ma mère l'Oye (recorded with Clément Lefebvre), some listeners may want a bit more color, while others will find Bianconi's approach bracing and fresh, with an evocative Miroirs. Sample several different works. Most listeners will agree that the La Dolce Volta label's sound, from the Grande Salle at the Metz Arsenal, is ideal for the music and the music-making here.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 39 track(s)
- Total length: 02:23:00
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Philippe Bianconi
- Composer: Maurice Ravel
- Label: La Dolce Volta
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music Solo Piano
2023 La Dolce Volta 2023 La Prima Volta
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