Debussy, Ravel: Piano duos/duets

A nimble-fingered anti-whimsical approach makes for a muscular La valse and carefully-nuanced ‘Nuages’ (from Debussy’s Nocturnes), but elsewhere the rigour can be short on charm and the recorded sound is unforgiving. Paul Riley

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Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:57 pm

COMPOSERS: Debussy,Ravel
LABELS: EMI
ALBUM TITLE: Debussy, Ravel: Piano Duets
WORKS: Piano duos/duets
PERFORMER: Michel Béroff, Jean-Philippe Collard
CATALOGUE NO: 586 5102

A nimble-fingered anti-whimsical approach makes for a muscular La valse and carefully-nuanced ‘Nuages’ (from Debussy’s Nocturnes), but elsewhere the rigour can be short on charm and the recorded sound is unforgiving. Paul Riley

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