Moravec: French Keyboard Masterpieces, Franck/Ravel/Debussy

Moravec: French Keyboard Masterpieces, Franck/Ravel/Debussy

On this CD:

1. Prélude, choral, et fugue, for piano, M. 21
Composed by Cesar Franck
Performed by Ivan Moravec

2. Sonatine for piano
Composed by Maurice Ravel
Performed by Ivan Moravec

3. Suite bergamasque, for piano, L. 75 Claire de lune
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Ivan Moravec

4. Children's Corner, suite for piano (or orchestra), L. 113
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Ivan Moravec

5. Préludes (12) for piano, Book I, L..117 Feux d'artifice
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Ivan Moravec

6. Préludes (12) for piano, Book I, L..117 La Cathédrale engloutie
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Ivan Moravec

7. Préludes (12) for piano, Book I, L..117 Les Collines d' Anacapri
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Ivan Moravec

8. Préludes (12) for piano, Book I, L..117 Les Sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Ivan Moravec

9. Préludes (12) for piano, Book I, L..117 La Terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Ivan Moravec

10. Estampes, for piano, L. 100 Jardins sous la pluie
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Ivan Moravec

11. Préludes (12) for piano, Book II, L. 123 Book 2, La puerta del vino
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Ivan Moravec

12. Préludes (12) for piano, Book II, L. 123 Book 2, Ondine
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Ivan Moravec

13. Préludes (12) for piano, Book II, L. 123 Book 2, Feuilles mortes
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Ivan Moravec

14. Pour le piano, suite for piano, L. 95
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Ivan Moravec

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Here are two CDs of Ivan Moravec's famous Connoisseur Society recordings from the 1960s. Most of the music is Debussy, a composer whose music glows through the pianist's tonal colorations and imagination. You may never hear Claire de Lune played with more beautiful sound and less affected delivery. Moravec's Ravel doesn't sound just like Debussy, as it shouldn't; the tone is just as beautiful but the rhythms are outlined more strongly. The Franck work, his most popular for solo piano, comes off here as sheer magic. There should have been more music on a full-price two-CD set (only 107 minutes), but what's here is treasurable. --Leslie Gerber

Moravec: French Keyboard Masterpieces, Franck/Ravel/Debussy, Music, Claude Debussy, Cesar Franck, Maurice Ravel, Ivan Moravec, 20th/21st Century Sonata/Sonatina for Keyboard, Chamber Music & Recitals, Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous Work for Keyboard, Classical, Collection of Preludes for Keyboard, Keyboard, Prelude and Fugue for Keyboard, Prelude for Keyboard, Suite/Partita for Keyboard

Moravec: French Keyboard Masterpieces, Franck/Ravel/Debussy

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