034571178202

Ravel: Complete Music For Violin & Piano

Alina Ibragimova, Cedric Tiberghien

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA67820

Release Date:  01 September 2011

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571178202

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

  • Description

    Maurice Ravel’s mature works for violin and piano have established a central place in the core recital repertoire and are considered among the most popular of the genre. These diverse works acknowledge the influences of a range of musical styles from jazz to Impressionism and fuse the tonal colours of Debussy with the lyricism of Franck.
    The posthumously published one-movement Violin Sonata, written by Ravel as a student, is a lyrical precursor to the composer’s stunning Violin Sonata in G major with its unique character and adoption of the ‘blues’ idiom. The spontaneity, tonal colours and exotic soundscapes in Ravel’s violin music call for immense skill in interpretation, and passages in the frenzied Tzigane test the limits of the performers’ virtuosity.
    Violinist Alina Ibragmiova rises to these challenges with extraordinary verve. Recent winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s prestigious ‘Young Artist of the Year’ award, she displays a vast expressive range and interpretative maturity. She is accompanied by pianist Cedric Tiberghien, who gives elegant and flawless performances and relishes Ravel’s iridescent piano parts.
    The addition of Guillaume Lekeu’s masterwork, the extensive and engaging Violin Sonata, makes this major new release a chamber disc to treasure.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Violin Sonata in G major (GUILLAUME LEKEU)
      • 2. Violin Sonata No 1 in A major (MAURICE RAVEL)
      • 3. Violin Sonata No 2 in G major (MAURICE RAVEL)
      • 4. Tzigane Rapsodie de concert (MAURICE RAVEL)
      • 5. Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré (MAURICE RAVEL)