Stravinsky's Valse pour les enfants was first published in the Paris newspaper Le Figaro in 1922.
Composition History
Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit is based on three prose poems by Louis Aloysius Bertrand, whose work influenced the French romantic movement.
Composition History
Ravel's Sérénade grotesque, his first piano composition, was 'discovered' by musicologist Arbie Orenstein along with other early works.
Performer Biography
Idil Biret, the pianist on this album, began playing piano at age three and graduated from the Paris Conservatoire at fifteen with three first prizes.
Compositional Technique
Stravinsky's Les cinq doigts are eight 'very easy pieces on five notes' for beginners, with minimal indications to encourage musical interpretation.
Performer Biography
Idil Biret has made over eighty recordings since the 1960s, including complete piano works of Brahms, Chopin, and Rachmaninov.
Recording & Production
The Pétrouchka movements on this album were recorded at EMI Abbey Road, Studio 1, London, while other selections were recorded at Columbia 30th St. Studio, New York.
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