Bertrand de Billy, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pascal Rogé - Gershwin & Ravel: Piano Concertos (2021)

Tracklist

CD1
01. Piano Concerto in F Major: I. Allegro
02. Piano Concerto in F Major: II. Adagio - Andante con moto
03. Piano Concerto in F Major: III. Allegro agitato
04. Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: I. Allegramente
05. Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai
06. Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: III. Presto

CD2
01. Rhapsody in Blue (Arr. F. Grofé for Piano & Orchestra)
02. An American in Paris
03. Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major, M. 82: I. Lento
04. Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major, M. 82: II. Allegro



The award-winning French pianist Pascal Rogé presents a program of music by Gershwin and Ravel in a recording with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra under Bertrand de Billy. Rogé’s affinity for the French style and empathy with jazz make him particularly suited to this repertoire. His recordings of French piano music have received Gramophone, Grand Prix du Disque and Edison awards. In addition to the classical-romantic repertoire of the Viennese and German schools, 20th-century French music is also one of his specialties. “An intelligent, richly enjoyable performance of the ravel Concerto.” (BBC Music Magazine) “Roge’s playing of Ravel’s Left-Hand concerto is masterly. He has complete technical regard for the work; more importantly, he appreciates the range of the music, its darkness, menace, anger, other-worldly escape, introspection and defiance.” (International Piano Magazine)

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