Ravel at the piano

By all accounts, Ravel was a competent but not spectacular pianist himself — which makes the variety and virtuosity of his piano output all the more extraordinary. Nearly every one of his solo piano works, from the towering technical achievement of Gaspard de la nuit to the vividly drawn Miroirs and delicate yet sharp-edged Valses nobles et sentimentales, figures among the uncontested treasures of the piano repertoire, as do his two irresistible piano concertos and four-hands arrangements of works like La Valse. Piano lovers: this is your moment…