Elsa Grether - Ravel: Complete Works for Violin & Piano - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In 1928 Maurice Ravel described the violin and the piano as Inchessentially incompatibleInch. Yet by then he had already composed for those instruments two sonatas (one of which was published posthumously), Tzigane, and the Berceuse sur le nom de [Gabriel] Fauré - a miraculous output for a supposedly mismatched duo. Written for the most part in the early twentieth century, these works reflect Ravel's interests and influences, including Spain, jazz, blues, foxtrot and Hebrew songs. All of these pieces show Ravel's modesty and poetry, and his marvelous ability to bring enchantment to our world. Elsa Grether and David Lively present Ravel's complete works for violin and piano, including two world premiere recordings Gustave Samazeuilh's arrangement of the Adagio assai from the Piano Concerto, and a transcription by André Asselin of the mischievous Five o'Clock Foxtrot from L'Enfant et les Sortilèges. Album Tracks 1. Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major II. Adagio Assai 2. Ravel Violin Sonata, M.77 I. Allegretto 3. Ravel Violin Sonata, M.77 II. Blues. Moderato 4. Ravel Violin Sonata, M.77 III. Perpetuum Mobile. Allegro 5. Ravel Pièce en Forme de Habanera 6. Ravel Violin Sonata, M.12 (Posth.) Allegro Moderato 7. Ravel Berceuse Sur Le Nom de Gabriel Fauré, M.74 8. Ravel Five O'Clock Foxtrot (After L'enfant Et Les Sortilèges) 9. Ravel Deux Mélodies Hébraïques Kaddisch (Transc. for Violin and Piano) 10. Ravel Deux Mélodies Hébraïques L'énigme Éternelle (Transc. for Violin and Piano) 11. Ravel Tzigane (Rapsodie de Concert), M.76