Mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani and pianist Gilbert Kalish explore lesser-known works from Maurice Ravel. The Christian Science Monitor noted that these early works “provide glimpses into the formative imagination of the composer,” and declared the performances here to be “exquisite” and “superb.”
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Mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani and pianist Gilbert Kalish explore lesser-known works from Maurice Ravel. The Christian Science Monitor noted that these early works “provide glimpses into the formative imagination of the composer,” and declared the performances here to be “exquisite” and “superb.”
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Engineering & musical supervision: Marc J. Aubort, Joanna Nickrenz (Elite Recordings, Inc.)
Mastering: Robert. C Ludwig (Masterdisk Corp.)
Coordinator: Teresa Sterne
Cover art/Gauguin, Fatata te Miti (1982); reproduced courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Design and art direction: Paula Bisacca
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MUSICIANS
Chansons madécasses (1926-26)
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano
Paul Dunkel, flute
Donald Anderson, cello
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Sites auriculaires, for 2 painos (1897)
Paul Jacobs, piano I
Gilbert Kalish, piano II
Frontispice, for 5 hands (1918)
Paul Jacobs (with Teresa Sterne), piano I
Gilbert Kalish, piano II
Sonata for Violin & Cello (1920-22)
Isidore Cohen, violin
Timothy Eddy, cello
