RAVEL Fragments / Bertrand Chamayou – piano

Maurice RAVEL Fragments

Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

 

[La valse] sounds as if at least six hands are at work. This is a titanic, gripping account of this tumultuous piece, combining impact with warmth and projecting with absolute clarity the collapse… — BBC Music Magazine, May 2025, 5 out of 5 stars

 

RAVEL 3 Chansons, M. 69: No. 2, Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis (Transcr. Chamayou for Piano) 2:29

RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57d: Danse légère et gracieuse de Daphnis 2:01 Bertrand

NIN 5 Comentários: No. 1, Mensaje a Ravel 1:57

RAVEL 5 Mélodies populaires grecques: No. 1, Chanson de la mariée, M. A 9 (Transcr. Chamayou for Piano) 1:17

SCIARRINO De la nuit 6:21

RAVEL Fragments symphoniques de Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57c 9:14

TANSMAN 4 Préludes: No. 2, Hommage à Maurice Ravel 1:51

RAVEL Pièce en forme de habanera, M. 51 (Transcr. Chamayou for Piano) 2:43

Frédéric DURIEUX Pour tous ceux qui tombent 2:55

RAVEL La valse, M. 72b 12:58

Viñes 4 Hommages pour le piano: No. 1, Menuet spectral (À la mémoire de Maurice Ravel) 2:50

MONTSALVATGE Elegia a Maurice Ravel 2:08

JOLAS Signets, hommage à Maurice Ravel 3:17

HONEGGER 3 Pièces pour piano: No. 2, Hommage à Ravel 3:11

RAVEL Suite pour piano de Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57c: Scène de Daphnis et Chloé

 

Recorded 19-21 XII 2024
Length: 61 minutes

 

Erato Release Date: 7th Mar 2025
Catalogue No: 2173260123
Warner Classics – 5021732601230

 

Bertrand Chamayou celebrates Maurice Ravel’s 150th anniversary with Ravel: Fragments. The programme features Ravel’s transcriptions of La Valse and excerpts from Daphnis et Chloé, Chamayou’s own transcriptions of vocal works, and pieces inspired by Ravel by historic composers (Arthur Honegger, Joaquín Nin, Alexandre Tansman, Xavier Montsalvatge and Ricardo Viñes) and contemporary composers (Betsy Jolas, Salvatore Sciarrino and Frédéric Durieux).