Artist: Alina Ibragimova, Cédric Tiberghien
Title: Ravel: Complete Music for Violin & Piano
Year Of Release: 2011 / 2023
Label: Hyperion
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks + booklet) [44.1kHz/24bit]
Total Time: 1:18:59
Total Size: 681 MB

Tracklist:

01. Lekeu: Violin Sonata in G Major, V. 64: I. Très modéré
02. Lekeu: Violin Sonata in G Major, V. 64: II. Très lent
03. Lekeu: Violin Sonata in G Major, V. 64: III. Très animé
04. Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, M. 12
05. Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, M. 77: I. Allegretto
06. Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, M. 77: II. Blues. Moderato
07. Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, M. 77: III. Perpetuum mobile. Allegro
08. Ravel: Tzigane, Concert Rhapsody, M. 76
09. Ravel: Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré, M. 74

"The instinctive artistic collaboration between Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien … is again brought to the fore in this perceptive and magically played programme of French chamber music … they have great fun with the wild gipsy flair of Tzigane, but you can tell that this spontaneity is born of deep understanding of the music’s character and of unshakeable rapport. In the entire programme the playing is of finesse and winning, communicative allure."
- The Daily Telegraph

Maurice Ravel’s mature works for violin and piano have established a central place in the core recital repertoire and are considered among the most popular of the genre. These diverse works acknowledge the influences of a range of musical styles from jazz to Impressionism and fuse the tonal colours of Debussy with the lyricism of Franck.

The posthumously published one-movement Violin Sonata, written by Ravel as a student, is a lyrical precursor to the composer’s stunning Violin Sonata in G major with its unique character and adoption of the ‘blues’ idiom. The spontaneity, tonal colours and exotic soundscapes in Ravel’s violin music call for immense skill in interpretation, and passages in the frenzied Tzigane test the limits of the performers’ virtuosity.

Violinist Alina Ibragmiova rises to these challenges with extraordinary verve. Recent winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s prestigious ‘Young Artist of the Year’ award, she displays a vast expressive range and interpretative maturity. She is accompanied by pianist Cédric Tiberghien, who gives elegant and flawless performances and relishes Ravel’s iridescent piano parts.

The addition of Guillaume Lekeu’s masterwork, the extensive and engaging Violin Sonata, makes this major new release a chamber album to treasure.