Ravel: Fragments album review – Chamayou's piano dances and dazzles in a luminous birthday celebration
Chamayou's performances of all these miniatures dance and dazzle, just as his accounts of the demanding, larger-scale arrangements, such as the Fragments Symphoniques de Daphnis et Chloé, manage to be both fabulously precise and luminously coloured. This is a must for Ravel lovers, hugely enjoyable for everyone else.
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