Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit / Carter: Night Fantasies / Two Diversions / 90+

Album by Maurice Ravel & Elliott Carter & Pierre‐Laurent Aimard

Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit / Carter: Night Fantasies / Two Diversions / 90+ is a 2005 album by pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, featuring works by Maurice Ravel and Elliott Carter. The album juxtaposes Ravel's impressionistic and technically demanding 'Gaspard de la nuit' with Carter's complex and modernist compositions, highlighting the evolution of piano literature from the early 20th century to contemporary times.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Gaspard de la Nuit: I. Ondine
    6:47
  2. 2.
    Gaspard de la Nuit: II. Le Gibet
    7:10
  3. 3.
    Gaspard de la Nuit: III. Scarbo
    9:22
  4. 4.
    Night Fantasies
    22:23
  5. 5.
    Two Diversions: I
    4:18
  6. 6.
    Two Diversions: II
    3:26
  7. 7.
    90+
    5:28

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Illustrated talk by Pierre-Laurent Aimard - Ravel and Carter
    26:45
  2. 3.
    Commentaire illustré de Pierre-Laurent Aimard - Ravel et Carter
    25:24
  3. 4.
    Erläuterungen und klanbeispielen von Pierre-Laurent Aimard - Ravel und Carter
    27:24

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