Bertrand Chamayou records Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso (Miroirs)

Album available now: wmgartists.com/lp1/4531/ravel
“Recording Ravel is not just a return to my roots, but also a natural stage in my development … my style of playing and the way I imagine sound can be largely attributed to Ravel.” Bertrand Chamayou follows his Erato debut - a Schubert programme described by The Sunday Times as an “affecting, beautifully performed disc” - with a double album devoted to the complete solo piano music of the French composer.
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[@EbenezerScroogeMcDuck]

This Pianist has a real understanding of Ravel's music!

[@gilbertdaroy6080]

Best interpretation of this piece - spritely, precise, and fun.

[@joannaevola2425]

Very talented, yes, indeed....lived watching fingers fly up and down keys....beautifully done....

[@thomasthompson6378]

Really wonderful. I've heard many recordings of this work, but hearing this one honestly makes me feel as if I've heard it for the first time. Amazing.

[@toccatac2472]

So delicate, yet fast! Hands down best interpretation, like of the toccata. Thank you for this upload!

[@NoahJohnson1810]

Thanks for letting me know it was re-uploaded!!

[@user-ot5vo6id2p]

Лучшая Альборада ! Люблю этого пианиста!

[@nyc88s]

arrgh! The camera cut away from his hands during the last and most spetacular double glissando! I wanted to see him play it, not his compressed lips! But, what a wonderful performance this is,

[@djmotise]

It's not that the camera "cut away." It's that Bertrand or the producers chose not to use the footage in the editing stage for some reason. I'm pretty sure it was not shown for a reason.

[@jjw3046]

Yeah that was kind of disappointing. It makes more sense for the camera to be focused on the performer's face during the expressive parts, and on the hands during the technical parts. After all, virtuosity comes from the fingers, not the face. Either way, though, I still consider this to be the definitive performance of this amazing piece.

[@dc99yt]

maybe he cheated by using two hands? but the producer did show the very difficult repeated notes, which is even harder, so I’m happy.

[@kerawelt2008]

Absolument phénoménal ! Prodigieux !

[@sergeirakmaninov]

Bravo. C'est exacte.

[@francoaragosta4285]

Behp;!old! Yet ANOTHER pianistic genius to mtake his plc in the now-overcrowded Pantheon prof Great Masters ofhe Instrument. The splendid, sparkling rendition of The Jester's Morning Song rivals LIPATTI'S for its delicate-yet-dazzling multi-colored tonal shading that somehow manages to be as touchingly affective as it is brilliant -- just as I'm sure Ravel intended. "BRAVO! BRAVISSIMO!," he shouted as tears streamed down his cheeks.

[@malcolmnicoll1165]

Absolute genius. Thanks for posting.

[@jasonsouthwick1907]

Stunning! The finest interpretation and execution I have ever heard

[@fb7876]

Bravo - one of the best recordings I have ever heard! Finally, a clean, vivacious, technically perfectly mastered and beautiful interpretation of this fantastic piece. Btw: also the footage is a tiny optical masterpiece - very well done.

[@toothlesstoe]

Best performance I've heard so far.

[@sfopera]

Very French and very wonderful! I love the reduced use of the pedal compared to many other performers. No shortcuts here.

[@christophemerville2790]

Dynamic, intelligent and precise. Very French! Admirable interpretation! My favorite! Can't wait to hear Gaspard de la Nuit and the Concerto in G!

[@thomasthompson6378]

His performance of Gaspard is now on youtube, and it's quite wonderful.

[@gerdlindlar1980]

spanish!

[@andrewphillips-hird3761]

@@gerdlindlar1980 Yeah this is unmistakably Spanish in style to me...he even forgets he's not writing for guitar with all those G sharps

[@eguirald]

Admirably expressed.

[@erichetherington9314]

Well, I thought no one could "beat" Alicia de L, but this is awesome.

[@catherineloriotahahah6614]

quel talent !!! un orchestre à lui tout seul BRAVO Bertrand

[@user-bi9ey1nq1i]

Bravo!!!!!!! Very good technically ,with fantastic repetition !!!Very temperamental !!!!

[@RobertWildling]

Very much looking forward to more from your Ravel interpretations! Fantastique!!!

[@user-wm4wj5fc7u]

I am fascinated by his third glissand's turn at the lower keys, so fluid, swift, incessant like a turning merry-go-round toy - exquisite. Glissandos make my fingers bleed (especially the middle finger) while practising and the white keys get coloured with red spots.

[@TehChuckeh]

Don't forget to moisturize your hands! 😁

[@paules3437]

I read that to do those double glissandos/glissandi he had to call his brother Maurice down from upstairs to play the upper part. Rachmaninoff did the same with his brother Pavel to play the middle melodies while Sergei played the outer parts...

[@arpafono6603]

bravissimo!

[@Azian2DaMax]

It's not often you see this great of camera work paired with such a great interpretation. Amazing!

[@theoboueid6450]

Great camera work?? Hmm... NAH.

[@murielchristiaens8062]

Magnifique interprétation ? Merci infiniment .

[@betobueno]

Magnificent 🥰

[@yannsalinieres911]

Excellent playing, bravo !

[@cecileelton9864]

Beautiful interpretation! Thank you

[@ho_khanh_van]

Best interpretation ever!!!!

[@xibial8925]

BRAVO !!

[@xavierbordes1373]

Bravo.

[@itopus1]

Beaucoup de panache et très joliment éclairé et filmé. Réjouissant.

[@edkerry587]

Incroiable!

[@catherineloriotahahah6614]

Ravel serait très satisfait

[@paules3437]

"Tranche de gâteau..." What's on the wall behind him (i.e., to his left)?

[@yamappi00]

이거지!!!!

[@bronzebergpf]

good

[@richardwatson5437]

yup

[@richardgao884]

Truuuuuuuuuuuuu

[@ekakukhalashvili1125]

გენიალურია. ჩემთვის ახალი აღმოჩენაა. საოცარი პიანისტია

[@joeltheivalnec3671]

Style sobre, élégant et analytique, pudique, sans épanchements, avec un rien de froideur contrôlée, qui évoque Michelangeli... Sculpté dans le marbre.

[@gerdlindlar1980]

attaque!

[@jakobler3474]

Why do so many pianists play such harsh staccato in the first couple of bars? In the score, there are staccato marks only from bar 12 on.