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Ravel: Music for Four Hands

~ Maurice Ravel (Composer), Helene Mercier (Piano), Louis Lortie (Piano)

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Composer: Maurice Ravel
Audio CD (1 Oct 1999)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Chandos
ASIN: B000000ALY
Other Editions: MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 231,259 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Artist Time Price

1. Ma mere l'oye (Mother Goose) (version for piano 4 hands): I. Pavane de la belle au bois dormant Helene Mercier 1:33 �0.59

2. Ma mere l'oye (Mother Goose) (version for piano 4 hands): II. Petit Poucet Louis Lortie 2:51 �0.59

3. Ma mere l'oye (Mother Goose) (version for piano 4 hands): III. Laideronnette, imperatrice des pagodes Helene Mercier 3:07 �0.59

4. Ma mere l'oye (Mother Goose) (version for piano 4 hands): IV. Les entretiens de la belle et de la bete Louis Lortie 3:50 �0.59

5. Ma mere l'oye (Mother Goose) (version for piano 4 hands): V. Le jardin feerique Helene Mercier 3:33 �0.59

6. Rapsodie espagnole (arr. for piano duet): I. Prelude a la nuit Helene Mercier 4:08 �0.59

7. Rapsodie espagnole (arr. for piano duet): II. Malaguena Louis Lortie 1:55 �0.59

8. Rapsodie espagnole (arr. for piano duet): III. Habanera Helene Mercier 2:50 �0.59

9. Rapsodie espagnole (arr. for piano duet): IV. Feria Louis Lortie 5:53 �0.59

10. Introduction et Allegro (arr. for 2 pianos) Louis Lortie 10:59 Album Only

11. Bolero (arr. for 2 pianos) Helene Mercier 12:41 Album Only

12. La valse (version for 2 pianos) Louis Lortie 11:22 Album Only

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On this CD:

Rapsodie espagnole
Composed by Maurice Ravel
with Louis Lortie, H�l�ne Mercier
Bol�ro
Composed by Maurice Ravel
with Louis Lortie, H�l�ne Mercier
Ma m�re l'oye
Composed by Maurice Ravel
with Louis Lortie, H�l�ne Mercier
Introduction and Allegro for flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet
Composed by Maurice Ravel
with Louis Lortie, H�l�ne Mercier
(La) Valse
Composed by Maurice Ravel
with Louis Lortie, H�l�ne Mercier

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5.0 out of 5 stars Lortie and Mercier Play Ravel's 4-Hand Music, 19 Sep 2007

By	J Scott Morrison (Middlebury VT, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

Louis Lortie is well-known for his Ravel. His recording of the two piano concertos is one of my favorites. This set pairs him with a childhood friend, a fellow pianist from Montr�al, H�l�ne Mercier now long resident in Paris. They play a couple of Ravel's own one-piano, four-hands arrangements (Mother Goose & Rapsodie Espagnole) and three two-piano, four-hands arrangements (Introduction and Allegro, La Valse, Bol�ro). Actually, Mother Goose was originally written for four-hands at one piano, for a couple of talented children of friends of Ravel's; he later orchestrated it and that is now probably the more familiar version. Ravel was, of course, a sensationally talented composer for piano and that is clearly in evidence in these pieces. One might imagine that Bol�ro would become boring since it is repetitive and is often described in its orchestral guise as primarily an exercise in orchestration, but that simply is not the case. And one might imagine that the delicate chamber work, Introduction and Allegro, might sound like it is missing something for its lack of harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet but, again, Ravel's piano arrangement is a marvel in its own right.

'La Valse' as played here by Lortie and Mercier is, in a word, breathtaking. Literally, at least in my case. As an old pianist I am simply stunned by what they accomplish with Ravel's admittedly spectacular piano writing. Needless to say, Lortie and Mercier play the rest of these works marvelously. Chandos has provided exceptionally clear and true sound. This CD has long been a favorite of mine and I'd wager that it would be one of yours, too.

Scott Morrison

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