The Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue is an extravagant work of virtuosity and bold
harmonic structure. It is an extraordinary piece - large, sprawling, emotional,
and
Playing Ravel requires virtuosity, gossamer light virtuosity, transparent virtuosity. Ravel isn’t interested in difficultly qua difficulty, only the sheer sound a piano can generate.
A project developed with the photographer Mike Colechin.
Franz Schubert’s Winterreise (Winter Journey), D. 911, composed in 1827, is arguably the most profound and