Ravel: Piano Concertos Nelson Goerner, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo & Kazuki Yamada

• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937): Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83:
• 1 Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: I. Allegramente 08:10
• 2 Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai 08:57
• 3 Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: III. Presto 04:06
• Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61:
• 4 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 1, Modéré, très franc 01:23
• 5 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 2, Assez lent, avec une expression intense 02:26
• 6 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 3, Modéré 01:31
• 7 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 4, Assez animé 01:15
• 8 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 5, Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime 01:45
• 9 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 6, Vif 00:46
• 10 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 7, Moins vif 02:46
• 11 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 8, Épilogue. Lent 04:31
• Piano Concerto in D Major for the Left Hand, M. 82:
• 12 Ravel: Piano Concerto in D Major for the Left Hand, M. 82: Ia. Lento 06:10
• 13 Ravel: Piano Concerto in D Major for the Left Hand, M. 82: Ib. Più lento 02:10
• 14 Ravel: Piano Concerto in D Major for the Left Hand, M. 82: IIa. Allegro 04:54
• 15 Ravel: Piano Concerto in D Major for the Left Hand, M. 82: IIb. Più vivo ed accelerando 05:33
• Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19:
• 16 Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 05:53
• Total Runtime 01:02:16

Info for Ravel: Piano Concertos

Nelson Goerner has always dreamed of recording these two masterpieces of the concerto repertoire. With Kazuki Yamada, he has found the ideal partner to approach Ravel’s two piano concertos with the sensitivity and poetry for which he is universally renowned. The two works, composed at the same time and both performed for the first time in 1932, are nevertheless very different: premiered in Vienna, the Concerto for the Left Hand was commissioned by the pianist Paul Wittgenstein who had lost his right arm in 1914; premiered in Paris, the Concerto in G is renowned for its verve and its famous pianistic interpolations. Ravel had composed the Pavane pour une infante défunte, a famous miniature of exquisite nostalgia, some 33 years earlier. The programme is completed by the Valses nobles et sentimentales; Marguerite Long, who gave the first performance of the Concerto in G, saw these eight linked pieces as a “stylistic panorama of the waltz”.

Nelson Goerner, piano
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Kazuki Yamada, conductor

Nelson Goerner
has performed with many of today’s major orchestras including the Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Hallé Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia and NHK Symphony Orchestra, and with several of today’s leading conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philippe Herreweghe, Neeme Järvi, Sir Mark Elder, Paavo Järvi, Vassily Sinaisky, Jonathan Nott, Fabio Luisi and Esa-Pekka Salonen. His festival appearances include today’s most prestigious engagements, including Salzburg Festival, La Roque d’Anthéron, La Grange de Meslay, Edinburgh International Festival, Festival de Verbier, La Folle Journée (Nantes and Tokyo), Schleswig-Holstein, Warsaw’s ‘Chopin and his Europe’ and the BBC Proms.

A keen chamber musician, Nelson Goerner has collaborated with artists such as Martha Argerich (in repertoire for two pianos), Janine Jansen, Steven Isserlis and Gary Hoffman. The 2019-20 season will include a series of duo recitals with Sol Gabetta in Italy and Renaud Capuçon in Switzerland.

Nelson Goerner has a strong relationship with the Mozarteum Argentino in Buenos Aires and enjoys a long association with the Chopin Institute in Warsaw, where he is a member of the artistic advisory committee. He has released several albums of unusual repertoire on the Institute’s own record label, the latest, in 2019, featuring works by Godowski and Paderewski, including the latter’s monumental Variations and Fugue op.23. His recording of the Chopin Ballades and Nocturnes was recognised with a Diapason d’Or.

“Goerner’s Chopin was special right from the start of his career, but it has matured into something remarkable now…5*/5*” – BBC Music Magazine, Instrumental Choice

Nelson Goerner records predominantly for Alpha Classics and his discography for them includes works by Chopin, Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Schumann, Fauré and Franck. Many of Goerner’s albums have been named “reference” recordings. Accolades include: Diapason d’Or of the Year for his recording of Debussy; BBC Music Magazine’s Recording of the Month for his album of works by Schumann; Choc de Classica and Diapason d’Or for his Chopin Preludes album; plus resounding critical acclaim for his recording of Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata Op 106.

Details of Nelson Goerner’s complete discography can be found here.


Nelson Goerner was born in San Pedro, Argentina, in 1969. After studying in Argentina with Jorge Garrubba, Juan Carlos Arabian and Carmen Scalcione, he was awarded First Prize in the Franz Liszt Competition in Buenos Aires in 1986. This led to a scholarship to work with Maria Tipo at the Geneva Conservatoire, and in 1990 Nelson Goerner won the First Prize at the Geneva Competition.

Nelson Goerner lives in Switzerland with his wife and son. He is a proud and active supporter of the humanitarian organisation, Ammala.

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