Nelson goerner^orchestre philharmonique de monte-carlo^kazuki yamada –

Ravel: pno concertos

Nelson Goerner has always dreamed of recording these two masterpieces of the concerto repertoire. With Kazuki Yamada, he has found the ideal partner to approach Ravel's two piano concertos with the sensitivity and poetry for which he is universally renowned. The two works, composed at the same time and both performed for the first time in 1932, are nevertheless very different: premiered in Vienna, the Concerto for the Left Hand was commissioned by the pianist Paul Wittgenstein who had lost his right arm in 1914; premiered in Paris, the Concerto in G is renowned for it's verve and it's famous pianistic interpolations. Ravel had composed the Pavane pour une infante defunte, a famous miniature of exquisite nostalgia, some 33 years earlier. The programme is completed by the Valses nobles et sentimentales; Marguerite Long, who gave the first performance of the Concerto in G, saw these eight linked pieces as a "stylistic panorama of the waltz".

Country of Pressing	US
Artist	Nelson Goerner^Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo^Kazuki Yamada
Released	2025
Music Genre	Classical
Label	ALPHA
Condition	New
UPC	3701624511626
SKU	al-3701624511626

1.1 Concerto En Sol Majeur, M.83~I. Allegramente
1.2 Concerto En Sol Majeur, M.83~II. Adagio assai
1.3 Concerto En Sol Majeur, M.83~III. Presto
1.4 Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, M.61~I. Modéré, très franc
1.5 Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, M.61~II. Assez lent, avec une expression intense
1.6 Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, M.61~III. Modéré
1.7 Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, M.61~IV. Assez animé
1.8 Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, M.61~V. Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime
1.9 Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, M.61~VI. Vif
1.10 Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, M.61~VII. Moins vif
1.11 Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, M.61~VIII. Épilogue. Lent
1.12 Concerto Pour La Main Gauche, M.82~Ia. Lento
1.13 Concerto Pour La Main Gauche, M.82~Ib. Più lento
1.14 Concerto Pour La Main Gauche, M.82~IIa. Allegro
1.15 Concerto Pour La Main Gauche, M.82~IIb. Più vivo ed accelerando
1.16 Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte, M.19