Ravel - Piano Works - SUPER-AUDIO CD [Super Audio CD (SACD)]

Details 1. Ondine 2. Le Gibet 3. Scarbo 4. Danse Gracieuse Et Legere de Daphnis 5. Fragments Symphoniques Nocturne, Interlude Et Danse Guerriere 6. Scene de Daphnis Et Chloe 7. Jeux D'eau 8. La Valse 9. Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte

Prior to the age of mechanical reproduction, music lovers had two primary ays in which to enjoy music they could attend concerts, which was fraught with difficulties due to the dilapidated state of the road system and lack of transportation methods, or they could make music themselves, giving rise to the tradition of the house concert during the 19th and the first half of the 20th century. The increase in importance and popularity of Hausmusik was enabled by rapid technical advancements in the development of the piano. Composers and virtuosos created an ever-increasing number of transcriptions and arrangements for piano two or four hands with the intention of making them available to a wider audience. This recording presents a selection of arrangements of orchestral works for piano solo, arranged specifically for this purpose, by composers Bedrich Smetana, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Maurice Ravel, and Aram Khachaturian. New York-based French-Swiss pianist Francois-Xavier Poizat provides a wealth of tone colors while exploiting the virtuosic capabilities of the piano to it's limits.

Album Tracks 1. No. 1. Prelude 2. No. 2. Fugue 3. No. 3. Forlane 4. No. 4. Rigaudon 5. No. 5. Menuet 6. No. 6. Toccata 7. Promenade 8. I. the Gnome 9. Promenade 10. II. the Old Castle 11. Promenade 12. III. Tuileries 13. IV. Bydlo 14. Promenade 15. V. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks 16. VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle 17. Promenade 18. VII. the Market Place at Limoges 19. VIII. Catacombae Sepulchrum Romanum 20. Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua 21. IX. the Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga) 22. X. the Great Gate of Kiev