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Ravel: Concertos - Debussy: Fantaisie - Franck: Symphonic Variations

9/29/2009, 8 Tracks, 1:22:31

Featuring

  • Vladimir Ziva
  • Oleg Marshev
  • South Jutland Symphony Orchestra
  • Maurice Ravel
  • César Franck
  • Claude Debussy

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Composer Biography

Debussy and Ravel, two of the greatest French composers, knew each other and maintained a cordial relationship after meeting in 1898.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This recording was made in the Alsion Concert Hall in Sønderborg, Denmark, a venue designed for optimum acoustics for classical music, known for its 'surround sound' effect.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Debussy's Fantaisie, an early work, is his sole piece for piano and orchestra, and he was not entirely satisfied with it, refusing to have it performed during his lifetime.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Oleg Marshev, the pianist on this recording, is a direct representative of the fifth generation of Russian pianists since Liszt, through Alexander Siloti, Konstantin Igumnov, and his teacher Lev Oborin.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Ravel composed his Concerto for the Left Hand for Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who lost his right arm in World War I and commissioned works specifically for his left hand.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The solo part in Ravel's Concerto for the Left Hand is technically demanding, designed to create the illusion that both of the pianist's hands are playing.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Ravel's two piano concertos, though very different, were his only works for piano and orchestra and premiered in January 1932, towards the end of his life.

Source: Booklet

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