Third volume in Roge's first complete Debussy cycle following the highlyacclaimed Preludes (ONYX4004) and Vol II (ONYX4018) for which reviews have been outstanding: A superb disc (Rob Cowan, Independent ***** Vol 1), Record of the Year (Stephen Pettit, Sunday Times, Vol 1), **** Telerama (Vols 1 & 2), A model of piano recording (Daily Telegraph, Vol 2) This third volume includes the two large sets of mature Images, the favourite suite Pour le piano and some of the most well-known short pieces in particular the perennial favourites Rêverie and L'Isle Joyeuse.
"...une pure merveille, je ne sais où Pascal Rogé va chercher pareilles sonorités, c'est à la fois d'une poésie enveloppante
et d'une lisibilité parnassienne... on sort de là avec l'impression d'avoir touché du doigt la beauté..."
Michel Wasserman, écrivain
George Gershwin: An American in Paris · Rhapsody in Blue
Maurice Ravel: Concerto pour la main gauche
The press gave the highest possible accolade to the recording of Gershwin’s Concerto in F and Ravel’s G major Piano Concerto (OC 601). Pascal Rogé now continues his pairing of Gershwin and Ravel. A French sense of sound and an authentic feeling for the jazz rhythms of this music predestine Pascal Rogé for this repertoire. Pascal Rogé’s recordings of French piano repertoire have been awarded the Gramophone Award, the Grand Prix du Disque and the Edison Award. Besides the classic-romantic repertoire of the Viennese and German School, he also focusses on French music from the 20th century.
