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Zimerman's pianism is self-recommending.
His trills in the first movement of the G major Concerto are to die for, his passagework in the finale crystalclear, never hectic, always stylish. For... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 11th Jan 1999
Catalogue No: 4492132
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 55 minutes

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Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major

Work length22:06

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Krystian Zimerman (piano)
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez
Recorded: 1994-11
Recording Venue: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland

I. Allegramente

Track length8:46

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II. Adagio assai

Track length9:23

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III. Presto

Track length3:57

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Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales

Work length15:19

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Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez
Recorded: 1994-11
Recording Venue: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland

I. Modéré - très franc

Track length1:23

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II. Assez lent - avec une expression intense

Track length2:35

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III. Modéré

Track length1:42

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IV. Assez animé

Track length1:05

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V. Presque lent - dans un sentiment intime

Track length1:20

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VI. Assez vif

Track length0:40

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VII. Moins vif

Track length2:56

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VIII. Epilogue (Lent)

Track length3:38

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Ravel: Piano Concerto in D major (for the left hand)

Work length18:16

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Krystian Zimerman (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez
Recorded: 1996-07
Recording Venue: The Colosseum, Watford

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Zimerman's pianism is self-recommending.
His trills in the first movement of the G major Concerto are to die for, his passagework in the finale crystalclear, never hectic, always stylish. For their part Boulez and the Clevelanders are immaculate and responsive; they relish Ravel's neon-lit artificiality and moments of deliberate gaudiness.
That goes equally for the Valses nobles, which have just about every nuance you'd want, and none you wouldn't. The recording is generous with ambience, to the point where some orchestral entries after big climaxes are blurred. Otherwise detail is razor-sharp and one of the biggest selling-points of the disc. Zimerman's humming may be a slight distraction for some listeners, especially in the Left-Hand Concerto, where you may not be always convinced that the LSO knew quite what it was supposed to do with the long notes of the main theme, and where there's a slight lack of tension in exchanges between piano and orchestra. There again, had the G major Concerto not been so wonderful those points might not have registered at all, for this is playing of no mean distinction. In the Left- Hand Concerto, Zimerman's phenomenal pianism sets its own agenda and brings its own rich rewards.

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