Gershwin & Ravel: Piano Concertos / Rogé, de Billy, VRSO
The award-winning French pianist Pascal Rogé presents a program of music by Gershwin and Ravel in a recording with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra under Bertrand de Billy. Rogé’s affinity for the French style and empathy with jazz make him particularly suited to this repertoire. His recordings of French piano music have received Gramophone, Grand Prix du Disque and Edison awards. In addition to the classical-romantic repertoire of the Viennese and German schools, 20th-century French music is also one of his specialties. “An intelligent, richly enjoyable performance of the ravel Concerto.” (BBC Music Magazine) “Roge’s playing of Ravel’s Left-Hand concerto is masterly. He has complete technical regard for the work; more importantly, he appreciates the range of the music, its darkness, menace, anger, other-worldly escape, introspection and defiance.” (International Piano Magazine)
REVIEW:
The team of Pascal Rogé and Bertrand de Billy, with some outstanding playing from the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, bring much to this music. The pianist makes easy work of Ravel’s tremendously difficult writing and clarifies a number of problematic textures in the Gershwin.
-- Fanfare
Product Description:
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Release Date: May 21, 2021
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UPC: 4260330919014
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Catalog Number: OC1901
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Label: Oehms Classics
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Number of Discs: 2
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Composer: Gershwin, Ravel
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Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Performer: Billy, Roge
Works:
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Concerto in F
Composer: George Gershwin
Ensemble: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Pascal Rogé (Piano)
Conductor: Bertrand de Billy
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Rhapsody in Blue
Composer: George Gershwin
Ensemble: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Pascal Rogé (Piano)
Conductor: Bertrand de Billy
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An American in Paris
Composer: George Gershwin
Ensemble: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Bertrand de Billy
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Concerto in G
Composer: Maurice Ravel
Ensemble: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Pascal Rogé (Piano)
Conductor: Bertrand de Billy
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Concerto for the Left Hand in D
Composer: Maurice Ravel
Ensemble: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Pascal Rogé (Piano)
Conductor: Bertrand de Billy