Ravel (1875-1937)
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FRENCH CONCERTOS From the 19th Century to the Present A Discography of CDs and LPs Prepared by Michael Herman Edited by Stephen Ellis Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Born in Ciboure, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine. He studied piano as a child and later was trained at the Paris Conservatory initially by Eugène Anthiôme and Charles de Bériot but later on more importantly in counterpoint by André Gédalge and composition by Gabriel Fauré. His musical career was devoted almost exclusively to composition and he excelled at whatever genre he worked in, from opera and ballet to wonderful creations for orchestra, instrumental combinations, voice and, especially, the piano. Ravel wrote no symphonies but the ballet "Daphnis et Chloé" is listed here because Ravel called it a "Symphonie Choréographique." His larger orchestral works written for the concert hall are his Piano Concerto in G, Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand, Rapsodie Espagnole and Boléro. Most of his other famous orchestral pieces are Ravel's own orchestrations of his piano works. Though his music is markedly different from that of Debussy, the two are considered the twin giants of French musical impressionism. Concerto for Piano in G major (1929-31) Joaquín Achúcarro (piano)/Gilbert Varga/Basque National Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto in D and Alborada del Gracioso) CLAVES CD 50-2101 (2001) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)/Pierre Boulez/Cleveland Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto in D and Miroirs) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4778770 (2010) Rolf-Dieter Arens (piano)/Heinz Rogner/Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Franck: Symphonic Variations, Françaix: Piano Concertino and Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain ) BERLIN CLASSICS BC 3024-2 (1994) (original LP release: ETERNA 828004) (1988) Martha Argerich (piano)/Claudio Abbado/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Gaspard de la Nuit and Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON THE ORIGINALS 447438-2 (1996) (original LP release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 139349) (1967) Martha Argerich (piano)/Claudio Abbado/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto in D, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Menuet Antique and L'Éventail de Jeanne: Fanfare) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 423665-2 (1989) Martha Argerich (piano)/Gary Bertini/Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1985) ( + Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2 and La Valse) CAPRICCIO 71093 (2006) Martha Argerich (piano)/Charles Dutoit/Montreal Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1998) MusicWeb International Updated: August 2020 Ravel Concertos ( + Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 and Concerto Pathétique for 2 Pianos) EMI CLASSICS (Japan) TOCE 14118 (2008) Martha Argerich (piano)/Jacek Kaspszyk/Italian Swiss Radio/TV Orchestra (included in collection: "Martha Argerich and Friends - Live From Lugano 2011") EMI CLASSICS 644701-2 (3 CDs) (2012) Tzimon Barto (piano)/Sir Andrew Davis/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Prokofiev: Piano Concerrto No. 3 and Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue) EMI CLASSICS CDC 749495-2 (1988) Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)/Yan Pascal Tortelier/BBC Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto in D, Debussy: Fantaisie and Massenet: Solo Piano Pieces) CHANDOS CHSA 5084 (2010) Eva Bernathová (piano)/Václav Smetáček/Prague Symphony Orchestra ( + Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1) SUPRAPHON SUA ST 50602/PARLIAMENT PLPS 631 (LP) (1965) Leonard Bernstein (piano and conductor)/Boston Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1949) (included in collection: "Leonard Bernstein - Historic Broadcasts 1946-1961") WEST HILL RADIO ARCHIVES WHRA 6048 (11 CDs) (2013) Leonard Bernstein (piano and conductor)/Columbia Symphony Orchestra ( + Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 and Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) SONY ESSENTIAL CLASSICS SMK 47571 (1991) (original LP release: COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS MS 6043) (1959) Leonard Bernstein (piano and conductor)/Philharmonia Orchestra (rec. 1946) ( + Bernstein: Symphony No. 1, Facsimile and On the Town: Selections) DUTTON LABORATORIES CDBP 9758 (2005) (original LP release: RCA CAMDEN CAL 214) (orchestra called "Savoy Symphony Orchestra") (c. 1954) (from RCA 78s) Leonard Bernstein (piano and conductor)/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1971) ( + Haydn: Symphony No. 102) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 435322-2 (1991) Aci Bertoncelj (piano)/Ernest Bour/Ljubljana Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra ( + Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3) RTL (RADIO TELEVISION LJUBLJANA) LD-0542 (LP) (1980) Hervé Billaut (piano)/Claude Bardon/Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo ( + Piano Concerto in D and Le Tombeau de Couperin) REM 311031 (1987) Idil Biret (piano)/Jean Fournet/Bilkent Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1998) ( + Piano Concerto in D and Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5) NAXOS 8.571272 (2009) Jacqueline Blancard (piano)/Ernest Ansermet/Orchestre de la Suisse Romande ( + Piano Concerto in D and Tzigane) MusicWeb International p2 Ravel Concertos DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 0070 (2008) (original LP release: DECCA LXT 2816/LONDON LL-797) (1954) Stefano Bollani (piano)/Riccardo Chailly/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra ( + Stravinsky: Tango, Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper - Zuhälterballade, The Happy End: Surabaya Johnny and De Sabata: Le Mille E Una Notte - Suite) DECCA 476483-2 (2012) Michele Campanella (piano)/Gianluigi Gelmett/Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto in D and Ma Mère l'Oye) EMI CLASSICS 754809-2 (1993) Sylvia Cápová (piano)/unnamed conductor/London Festival Orchestra (included in collection: "Ravel - The Greatest Hits") REFERENCE GOLD 3608 (2 CDs) (1994) Jean Casadesus (piano)/Pierre Dervaux/Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (included in collection: "Jean and Robert Casadesus") EMI CLASSICS 569467-2 (2 CDs) (1996) ( original LP release: CLUB NATIONAL DU DISQUE CND 516) (1964) Philippe Cassard (piano)/Rico Saccani/Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto in D, Boléro and Pavane pour une Infante Défunte) BPO LIVE BPOL 1003 (1999) Ricardo Castro Herrera (piano)/Leonid Grin/Hague Residentie Orchestra ( + Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 and Bizet: Jeux d'Enfants) AKZO NOBEL (non-commercial CD) (1996) Alexander Cattarino (piano)/Bystrik Rezucha/Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto in D and Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F) BRILLIANT CLASSICS 99668 (2000) (original release unknown) Aldo Ciccolini (piano)/Jean Martinon/Orchestre de Paris ( + Piano Concerto in D and Tzigane) EMI CLASSICS STUDIO CDM 769568-2(1988) (original release: HMV SLS 5016/HMV {France} 2C16502583 {5 LPs}) (1975) Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)/Lorin Maazel/Orchestre de France ( + Piano Concerto in D, Pavane pour une Infante Défunte, La Valse and Jeux d'Eau) EMI CLASSICS ENCORE 74749-2 (2003) (original LP release: HMV ASD 3845/ANGEL SZ-37730) (1979) Alicia De Larrocha (piano)/Lawrence Foster/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto in D and Fauré: Fantaisie) DECCA ELOQUENCE 4762351 (2007) (original LP release: DECCA SXL 6680/LONDON CS 6878) (1974) Alicia De Larrocha (piano)/Leonard Slatkin/St. Louis Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto in D, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales and Sonatine) RCA VICTOR RED SEAL 60985-2 (1993) MusicWeb International p3 Ravel Concertos Daniele Dechenne (piano)/David Zinman/Hague Residentie Orchestra ( + Schumann: Piano Concerto) IRAMAC 6530 (LP) (1960) Simone Dinnerstein (piano)/Kristjan Järvi/MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue and Lasser: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra) SONY CLASSICAL 88875032452 (2015) Jean Doyen (piano)/Jean Fournet/Orchestre de l'Association des Concerts Lamoureux ( + Piano Concerto in D and works for solo piano) ACCORD 4767906 (2 CDs) (2005) (original LP release: PHILIPS A00246L/EPIC LC-3123) (1955) François-René Duchable (piano)/Armin Jordan/Orchestre de la Suisse Romande ( + Piano Concerto in D, Tzigane and Shéhérazade) ERATO ECD 75323 (1987) François-René Duchable (piano)/Michel Plasson/Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse ( + Piano Concerto in D and Debussy: Fantaisie) EMI CLASSICS (France) 755586-2 (1997) François Dumont (piano)/Leonard Slatkin/Orchestre National de Lypm ( + Piano Concerto in D and Tzigane) NAXOS 8.573572 (2019) Philippe Entremont (piano)/Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto in D and Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue) SONY ESSENTIAL CLASSICS SBK 46338 (1991) (original LP release: COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS Philip Fowke (piano)/Serge Baudo/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto in D, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales and La Valse) CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 587029-2 (2005) (original LP release:EMI EMINENCE CDEMX 2146) (1989) Samson François (piano)/André Cluytens/Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris ( + Piano Concerto in D, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales and Gaspard de la Nuit) EMI CLASSICS 678318-2 (2012) (original LP release: WORLD RECORD ST 871/ANGEL S-35478) (1960) Hélène Grimaud (piano)/Jesús Lopez-Cobos/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Le Tombeau de Couperin, Jeux d'Eau and Sonatine) REGIS RRC 1339 (2011) (original CD release: DENON CO-75368) (1993) Hélène Grimaud (piano)/David Zinman/Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ( + Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F) ERATO 0630-19571-2 (1997) Cor de Groot (piano)/Eduard van Beinum/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (rec. 1940) ( + Gaspard de la Nuit and Miroirs) APPIAN APR 5611 (2001) MusicWeb International p4 Ravel Concertos Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)/James Judd/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Prélude in A minor, Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2, Le Cygne, Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue and Love Walked In) DECCA 4783527 (2012) Monique Haas (piano)/André Cluytens/Orchestre de la Societé des Concerts du Conservatoire Paris (rec. 1958) ( + La Valse and Mussorgsky/Ravel: