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French pianist Vincent Larderet inaugurates a definitive, four-volume series of the composer's complete works for solo piano, signifying Vincent's fulfilment of a decades-long devotion his compatriot. This first-ever Urtext compilation of Ravel's complete works for solo piano is a landmark collection that embraces numerous world-premiere renditions. Many works, whilst familiar, are prepared and recorded from personal scores that were annotated by pianist and pedagogue Vlado Perlemuter during his private study and close collaboration with the composer between 1927 and 1929. These scores reveal invaluable insights to interpretation of such aspects as tempi, pedalling, phrasing and tonal colours. Through his tutelage under Perlemuter's student Carlos Cebro, Vincent Larderet is a direct inheritor of Ravel's ethos and interpretive style.
Volume 1 of Vincent's Ravel survey includes original solo piano versions of the popular Valses nobles et sentimentales and Pavane pour une infante defunte, alongside the five-movement suite Miroirs and Sonatine
"In short, Larderet's Ravel may not represent the last word in charm, poetry and surface shimmer, yet one must respect the honesty, the forethought and the hard work that these recordings convey." – Gramophone
"The most important quality is undoubtedly an immense range of sound colours, a great clarity of playing combined with transcendental virtuosity." – Larderet in Pianist Magazine
"Vincent Larderet's interpretations are very atmospheric, finely nuanced, with great clarity and richness of detail. His warm and never sharp piano sound is very much at home in Ravel's music. There is never a lack of clarity and contour." – Pizzicato ****
"In Larderet's hands, Ravel is crisper than usual, even percussive at times, avoiding an overemphasis on hazy Impressionist elements. […] a distinctive Ravel release that stimulates an appetite for the rest of Larderet's set." – AllMusic
Tracklisting
Christoph Croise; Andrey Baranov; Alexander Panfilov
The Orchestra Now; Leon Botstein
Donald Berman
Lauren Scott
East of the River
Sebastian Bohren, Sergei Bolkhovets, Munchener Kammerorchester
Cantata Collective; Nicholas McGegan
Yoshika Masuda, HyeJin Kim
Vincent Larderet
Vincent Larderet
