Gaspard de la nuit
Maurice Ravel
Ivo Pogorelich
1982Gil's first choice (coupled with Prokofiev 6). 'Wonderful, beautiful color and tone, very probing poetically, dramatic and virtuosic.' He 'wonderfully colors the different moods of the work.' 'Excellent version.'
Apple Music — Gaspard de la nuit on an album with Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 6.Samson François
1967François has a 'very dramatic style... very emotive and assertive. Flamboyant even.' The last movement (Scarbo) is 'particularly intense and dramatic.' 'Pretty well recorded.'
Apple Music — Gaspard de la nuit within a Ravel collection.Martha Argerich
1974An 'excellent version' with 'customary virtuosity, strong tone,' and 'very impassioned, very colorful' playing. 'Good sound.'
Apple Music — Gaspard de la nuit on an album with the Piano Concerto in G and Sonatine.Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
1959 Live in LondonA 'wonderful interpretation' that is 'really evocative, kind of transports you to this different world.' Michelangeli's technical skill allowed his 'creativity [to] come out' in this 'gorgeous and exciting' live performance.
Walter Gieseking
early 1950sA 'colorful, characterful version' of Gaspard, part of a larger Ravel collection (including Miroirs and Jeux d'eau) in mono.
Apple Music — Gaspard de la nuit within the complete solo piano works.