Valses Nobles et Sentimentales (Ravel) : do you like them.

[quasimodo]

I adore to listen to this set of tasteful pieces, to which the composer associates "The always renewed pleasure of a useless occupation".

At their first interpretation on stage, a big part of the public booed because of the dissonant harmonies.

Do someone play them on this forum ? And anyway, how do you find them ?

[anda]

wonderful works!

[minimozart007]

You have good taste!  Anyway, I've only played the slow waltz.

[wintervind]

 Formidable! I definately recommend them

[Noah]

Love those pieces!
Anyone knows where to find Argerich's recording of them on cd? I've seen them on LP but never found them on cd.
The orchestral version is pretty cool too.

[dlu]

I heard the first performance of the Valses was anonymous, the audience didn't know who had written the work. Most of the audience guessed it was Satie....

[quasimodo]

I heard the first performance of the Valses was anonymous, the audience didn't know who had written the work. Most of the audience guessed it was Satie....

Yes, true. And it shows, IMHO, that the audience was not very good at music  ...
Ravel's compostions (including these Valses) are way more elaborated than Satie's (I have nothing against Satie).

[ravel]

 love them, absolutely love them ,  both the piano and the orchestal version,
i absolutely love it at normal tempo that is the one at which most pianists play it, but  also i heard pogorelich's interpretation of it, which is wayyyyyyyy slower , like, and its the weirdest interpretation i heard of it, but i really liked it as well, it was really different,

[minimozart007]

Anybody heard de Laroccha's interpretation?