Abdel Rahman El Bacha - Ravel: Complete Piano Solo Works (2008) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Serenade grotesque
02. Menuet antique
03. Pavane pour une infante défunte
04. Jeux d'aux
05. Menuet
06. Sonatine: I. Modere
07. Sonatine: II. Mouvement de menuet
08. Sonatine: III. Anime
09. Miroirs: I. Noctuelles
10. Miroirs: II. Oiseaux tristes
11. Miroirs: III. Une barque sur l'océan
12. Miroirs: IV. Alborada del gracioso
13. Miroirs: V. La vallée des cloches
14. Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn
15. Gaspard de la nuit: I. Ondine
16. Gaspard de la nuit: II. Le Gibet
17. Gaspard de la nuit: III. Scarbo
18. Valses nobles et sentimentales: I. Modere
19. Valses nobles et sentimentales: II. Assez lent
20. Valses nobles et sentimentales: III. Modere
21. Valses nobles et sentimentales: IV. Assezanime
22. Valses nobles et sentimentales: V. Presque lent
23. Valses nobles et sentimentales: VI. Vif
24. Valses nobles et sentimentales: VII. Moins vif
25. Valses nobles et sentimentales: VIII. Epilogue. Lent
26. À la manière de..."Borodine"
27. À la manière de..."Chabrier"
28. Prelude
29. Le Tombeau de Couperin: I. Prelude
30. Le Tombeau de Couperin: II. Fugue
31. Le Tombeau de Couperin: III. Forlane
32. Le Tombeau de Couperin: IV. Rigaudon
33. Le Tombeau de Couperin: V. Menuet
34. Le Tombeau de Couperin: VI. Toccata

This two-disc of the complete works for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, features the highly-regarded Libyan born virtuoso Abdel Rahman el Bacha. Abdel Rahman el Bacha has lived in France for the last 30 years and during this time has made many critically-acclaimed recordings for the French label Forlane, including an award-winning CD of the early works of Sergei Prokofiev.

Born in Beirut in 1958 Abdel Rahman el Bacha moved to France at the age of 16 to study at the Paris Conservatiore. In 1978, when only 19, he won the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium Piano Competition by a unanimous judgment. In 1983, his first recording for the label Forlane, 'Early Works by Prokofiev', was awarded the "Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros". For the same label he has recorded 3 Concertos by Bach, Ravel's 2 Concertos and works by Schumann, Ravel and Schubert. Alongside a series of critically acclaimed recordings of the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven, he has also released Chopin's complete solo piano works on 12 CDs in chronological order.

Maurice Ravel was trained as a pianist, and although he is much better known as a composer of some of the greatest orchestral music of the first part of the 20th century, he left behind a significant number of pieces for solo piano. He later transcribed several of these, notably the Pavane pour une infante défunte and Valses nobles et sentimentales, for larger forces.

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