Monday, January 17, 2011

Music Track - Ravel

This could be considered to be a novelty although it stands on its own as a serious concert piece.  It's Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGOWZ7nNZFM&feature=related
It was commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein, an Austrian virtuoso pianist, who lost his right arm in WWI.
It gets to 2:25 on the track before the piano comes in.  It's a complex piece and it is said that some two handed pianists do in fact cheat, although there is no sight of that here.

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