CD 1:
Sonatine
Mirroirs
Valses Nobles et Sentimentales - II, III, IV, V
A la maniere de… Borodine
A la maniere de… Chabrier

CD 2:
Le Tombeau de Couperin - I, II, IV

Although Ravel (1875-1937) was a pianist, and composed his keyboard pieces with a sure knowledge of the instrument and what it was capable of, he lacked the technique of the likes of, for instance, Chopin, Liszt or Rakhmaninov as an outright composer-pianist. Because of this, Ravel’s piano works were not written as vehicles to demonstrate pianistic virtuosity as a goal in itself, even if some of them - such as the suite Gaspard de la Nuit - present enormous challenges for the prospective performer.

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Recorded at Alpheton New Maltings.