Gaby Casadesus - The Complete American Ravel Solo Recordings (ca. 1945)

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
0:00 Pavane pour une infante défunte
5:07 Jeux d'eau
9:31 Oiseaux tristes from Miroirs
13:26 Prélude (1913)
14:54 Menuet sur le nom de Haydn
16:26 Prélude from Le Tombeau de Couperin
Gaby Casadesus (1901-1999), piano
Recorded ca. 1945 in the USA

[@ThePianoFiles]

Thank you for this fantastic collection! Her voicing in the Pavane is marvellous!

[@pianopera]

I particularly like how she plays Jeux d'eau - so brilliant, with beautiful sound and touch! And played in this straightforward way, I think Ravel's music works best.
Imagine that the Casadesus family was living in exile in America around the time of these recordings (from 1940-1946, then they returned to France)...Gaby was raising three kids and she was also managing a music school together with Robert...and *still* she could play like this!

[@Rosangela161]

Fascinating. Thank you

[@kakoou3362]

Wow never expected this discovery. Great ravel alighned with Gieseking's, or I may even like it more