No reason to put these together except alphabetical proximity...
When we think Ravel, let's face it, which one of us does not think 'Bolero'? And those over a certain age will then think Torvill and Dean or Dudley Moore and Bo Derek. Come on, admit it!
However, M. Ravel did write some other stuff. This CD, featuring Krystian Zimerman, piano, and Pierre Boulez conducting The Cleveland and London Symphony Orchestras (not together...), includes Concerto for piano in G major, Valses nobles et sentimentales, and Concerto for the Left Hand in D major. There's a nice story behind the last piece; it was written especially for pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who lost his right hand in WW1.
The year of production is 1998; I guess that's when I got it. I don't think I have played it very often. You know, I went through a period of two or three years when I barely ever listened to music. Very strange, compared with at least twenty five years of continual need for continuous music.
All the tracks are certainly playing again a few times in the near future. I'm simply not familiar with them. But I like them, I think...
That last paragraph could equally apply to Rutter's Requiem, which has an crystalline exquisitivity about it. In particular, I like the Pie Jesu. the CD also contains miscellaneous other songs, which are pleasant.
