With ‘Reflets’ (reflections), Roger Muraro proposes a new look at the Concerto in G through the prism of composers who influenced Ravel, from Gershwin, Stravinsky to Faure. Recorded with Roger Muraro’s long standing accomplices, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France under the baton of Myung-Whun Chung, the Concerto in G takes on a new dynamic dimension in the company of Ravel’s contemporaries. Astonishing and irresistible.
George Gershwin: 3 Preludes for Piano Solo
1. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
2. Andante con moto e poco rubato
3. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
Igor Stravinsky: 4 Etudes, Op.7
III. Andantino
IV. Vivo
Gabriel Fauré: Premier Nocturne Opus 33 No.1 en mi bémol - Lento
Premier Nocturne Opus 33 No.1 en mi bémol - Lento
Gabriel Fauré: Quatrième Nocturne Opus 36 en mi bémol - Andante molto moderato
Quatrième Nocturne Opus 36 en mi bémol - Andante molto moderato
Maurice Ravel: A la Manière de...
I. Borodine (Valse) - Allegro giusto
II. Emmanuel Chabrier (Paraphrase sur un air de Gounod - Faust IIè acte) – Allegretto
Maurice Ravel: Mouvement de Valse Viennoise
Mouvement de Valse Viennoise
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
1. Allegramente
2. Adagio assai
3. Presto
July 2012
“Muraro, making his debut on DG, is an impressively strong-arm pianist and his energy and enthusiasm are infectious. More volatile than poised, he is at his best in Ravel's La valse (his second recording)...His Gershwin is stunningly upfront, characterful and (in the two flanking Allegros) belligerent.”
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1. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
