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Ravel & Satie: Piano Works - Anne Queffelec (4 CD's)

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by: Anne Queffelec, Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie

Release Date November 16, 2004

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Debussy & Ravel: Piano Works - Samson Francois (6 CD's)

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by: Samson Francois, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel

Release Date November 02, 2004
I first heard Samson Francois play Ravel on an old phonograph record and
was amazed at his interpretation. When I bought this collection it became
one of my all time favorites. The emotion and feeling he puts into the
music along with his technical skill never cease to amaze me. The only down
side is the recording quality. It is a bit weak. I can overlook that with
the stellar performances. Buy this set and you will not be disappointed.

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Massenet: Complete Works for Solo Piano, Piano Concerto & Complete Works for Piano Duet

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by: Aldo Ciccolini, Jules Massenet, Sylvain Cambreling, Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte Carlo

Release Date June 01, 2004
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Nice reissue of some rare French piano music, at a bargan rate.

Ciccolini is an adequate pianist who specializes in French art. His readings of Satie are questionable--but Massenet's piano pieces are otherwise unobtainable.

Jules Massenet is not widely remembered now--aside from a couple of operas which maintain a toehold in the repetoire. In his heyday during the Second Empire, however, he was an important teacher and opera impresario. These little piano pieces reflect the pale rosy eroticism popular in art during the corrupt reign of Napoleon III.
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Ravel: Shéhérazade; Le Tombeau de Couperin; Debussy: Ballades de Villon

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from: Dg Imports

Release Date May 11, 2004
Boulez possesses a true mastery in this sort of repertoire. From scores such as these -- coloristic, impressionistic, heavily "perfumed," and not constructed according to the sonata forms and procedures of thematic development that are common to the Teutonic Romantic repertoire (which the French so quaintly called "sauerkraut," and made a point of avoiding in their music) -- Boulez draws performances of extraordinary dramatic sophistication where other interpreters can offer merely aimless ambience.

The reading of the Ravel Shéhérazade is a masterpiece of ingenious expressive subtlety. This was my first experience of the piece, and I listened to it alongside the recent recording by Sylvia McNair and the Boston Symphony with Seiji ... Read More:

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Boulez possesses a true mastery in this sort of repertoire. From scores such as these -- coloristic, impressionistic, heavily "perfumed," and not constructed according to the sonata forms and procedures of thematic development that are common to the Teutonic Romantic repertoire (which the French so quaintly called "sauerkraut," and made a point of avoiding in their music) -- Boulez draws performances of extraordinary dramatic sophistication where other interpreters can offer merely aimless ambience.

The reading of the Ravel Shéhérazade is a masterpiece of ingenious expressive subtlety. This was my first experience of the piece, and I listened to it alongside the recent recording by Sylvia McNair and the Boston Symphony with Seiji ... Read More:

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Boulez possesses a true mastery in this sort of repertoire. From scores such as these -- coloristic, impressionistic, heavily "perfumed," and not constructed according to the sonata forms and procedures of thematic development that are common to the Teutonic Romantic repertoire (which the French so quaintly called "sauerkraut," and made a point of avoiding in their music) -- Boulez draws performances of extraordinary dramatic sophistication where other interpreters can offer merely aimless ambience.

The reading of the Ravel Shéhérazade is a masterpiece of ingenious expressive subtlety. This was my first experience of the piece, and I listened to it alongside the recent recording by Sylvia McNair and the Boston Symphony with Seiji ... Read More:

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Works for Guitar

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from: Signum

Release Date November 11, 1995
He is nearly flawless. On some there's tons of fret noise but I dont care. These are all great pieces as well these are some of the best records I've found of them.

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He is nearly flawless. On some there's tons of fret noise but I dont care. These are all great pieces as well these are some of the best records I've found of them.

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He is nearly flawless. On some there's tons of fret noise but I dont care. These are all great pieces as well these are some of the best records I've found of them.

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Heitor Villa-Lobos: Complete Works for Guitar, Vol. 1

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from: Ondine

Release Date May 23, 1995
He is nearly flawless. On some there's tons of fret noise but I dont care. These are all great pieces as well these are some of the best records I've found of them.