RAVEL: CHAMBER MUSIC - BEAUX ARTS TRIO; CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF AMSTERDAM; CARMIRELLI QUARTET

Three of Ravel's chamber works, none currently available in the catalogue, all coupled at budget price. The Beaux Arts' magnificent, full-throttle reading of the Piano Trio is their most recent (1983) recording of this work. The Carmirelli Quartet recorded for Decca in the 1950s and theirs is a demure reading of the Quartet. Eduard van Beinum fans will rejoice in the issue, for the first time on CD, of the Introduction et Allegro, featuring the Concertgebouw's long-time harpist, Phia Berghout. Recorded in 1952, it was originally released on a Decca EP, coupled with Debussy's Danse sacree et danse profane (now reissued on Philips Eloquence 4768500).

Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
28:41
Isidore Cohen (violin), Menahem Pressler (piano), Bernard Greenhouse (cello)
Beaux Arts Trio

1. Modéré
10:38

2. Pantoum (Assez vif)
4:20

3. Passacaille (Très large)
8:29

4. Final (Animé)
5:14

Ravel: Introduction & Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet
10:24
Phia Berghout (harp)
The Chamber Music Society of Amsterdam

Ravel: String Quartet in F major
27:38
Carmirelli Quartet (string quartet), Pina Carmirelli (violin), Montserrat Cervera (violin), Luigi Sagrati (viola), Arturo Bonucci (cello)

1. Allegro moderato. Très doux
7:57

2. Assez vif. Très rythmé
6:28

3. Très lent
8:45

4. Vif et agité
4:28