BBC Music Magazine May 2025
Instrumental Choice

BBC Music Magazine Awards 2026
Shortlisted - Instrumental

Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

Ravel: 3 Chansons, M. 69: No. 2, Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis (sov. Chamayou)
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57d: Danse légère et gracieuse de Daphnis
Nin: 5 Comentários: No. 1, Mensaje a Ravel
Ravel: 5 Mélodies populaires grecques: No. 1, Chanson de la mariée, M. A 9 (sov. Chamayou)
Sciarrino: De la nuit
Ravel: Fragments symphoniques de Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57c
Tansman: 4 Préludes: No. 2, Hommage à Maurice Ravel
Ravel: Pièce en forme de habanera, M. 51 (sov. Chamayou)
Durieux, Frédéric: Pour tous ceux qui tombent
Ravel: La valse, M. 72b
Viñes: 4 Hommages pour le piano: No. 1, Menuet spectral (À la mémoire de Maurice Ravel)
Montsalvatge: Elegia a Maurice Ravel
Jolas: Signets, hommage à Maurice Ravel
Honegger: 3 Pièces pour piano: No. 2, Hommage à Ravel
Ravel: Suite pour piano de Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57c: Scène de Daphnis et Chloé

Bertrand Chamayou celebrates Maurice Ravel’s 150th anniversary with Ravel: Fragments. The programme features Ravel’s transcriptions of La Valse and excerpts from Daphnis et Chloé, Chamayou’s own transcriptions of vocal works, and pieces inspired by Ravel by historic composers (Arthur Honegger, Joaquín Nin, Alexandre Tansman, Xavier Montsalvatge and Ricardo Viñes) and contemporary composers (Betsy Jolas, Salvatore Sciarrino and Frédéric Durieux).

"[La valse] sounds as if at least six hands are at work. This is a titanic, gripping account of this tumultuous piece, combining impact with warmth and projecting with absolute clarity the collapse of civilization around us. A timely vision." - BBC Music Magazine, May 2025