Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major in Building a Library with Yshani Perinpanayagam and Andrew McGregor
Ben Gernon joins Andrew McGregor to discuss his selection of the best new releases, and Building a Library on Maurice Ravel's Piano concerto in G major with Yshani Perinpanayagam.
Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.
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Ben Gernon selects his choice of the best new releases
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Yshani Perinpanayagam picks her favourite recording of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major.
Following its successful premiere at the Salle Pleyel in Paris in 1932, by the pianist Marguerite Long, Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major quickly toured across multiple European and American destinations, and became an instant hit. After attended the work's debut, the critic 脡mile Vuillermoz praised Ravel for his profound invention鈥� and 鈥榝reshness of inspiration鈥�, and yet the composer appears to have taken the concerti of Mozart and Saint-Saens as a structural model, even declaring that the concluding movement was conceived 'in accordance with the most immutable traditions'. Ravel's shimmering orchestration, deployment of instrumental effects, and jazz-inflected harmonies, nevertheless, belie the innovative spirit with which he imbued the work.
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