The three works for piano and orchestra on this recording by Ian Parker with conductor Michael Francis and the London Symphony Orchestra make perfect sense as a program. Ravel and Stravinsky both looked to the clarity and gracefulness of Mozart's piano concertos for their Piano Concerto in G and the Capriccio, respectively, and both use elements of jazz and the blues. The Ravel concerto also contains aural hints of Stravinsky's ballets. Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F straddles the worlds of jazz and classical music, and he ...
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The three works for piano and orchestra on this recording by Ian Parker with conductor Michael Francis and the London Symphony Orchestra make perfect sense as a program. Ravel and Stravinsky both looked to the clarity and gracefulness of Mozart's piano concertos for their Piano Concerto in G and the Capriccio, respectively, and both use elements of jazz and the blues. The Ravel concerto also contains aural hints of Stravinsky's ballets. Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F straddles the worlds of jazz and classical music, and he once sought instruction from Ravel. Parker's and Francis' reading of the Ravel and Stravinsky highlight the similarities of the two. They both have an airy weight that brings out the elegance and buoyant animation, especially in the first movement of the Ravel and the last movement of the Stravinsky. The beautiful middle of the Ravel is calm, almost to the point of stillness, and meandering, but not without direction and some momentum. The opening of the Stravinsky is more dramatic,...
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