This release brings together Ansermet’s complete Ravel concerto/concertante recordings with the first international release on CD of Swiss pianist Jacqueline Blancard’s aristocratic readings of the two Piano Concertos and Ruggiero Ricci’s dare-devilry in the Tzigane.
MAURICE RAVEL
Tzigane – Concert Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra*
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major+
Piano Concerto in G major+
Ruggiero Ricci, violin*
Jacqueline Blancard, piano+
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet
FIRST INTERNATIONAL RELEASE ON CD OF THE PIANO CONCERTOS
Recording producer: James Walker (Tzigane); Victor Olof (Piano Concertos)
Recording engineers: Roy Wallace & Gil Went (Tzigane); Gil Went (Piano Concertos)
Recording location: Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland, June 1953 (Piano Concertos); March 1959 (Tzigane)
‘the slow movement of the G major Concerto is gorgeously poised and the finale has an enjoyable elegance … Ricci’s brilliantly played and recorded stereo version of Tzigane remains thoroughly enjoyable’
Classical Source.com