Gaspard de la nuit, Maurice Ravel’s highly imagistic and structured musical masterpiece, is like a realistic dream, a lucid world of darkness and terror, evoked through refinement and detail. The intense atmosphere and mood of Miroirs (Mirrors) suggests reflections of things or objects; in this case those of night moths, birds, a boat on the ocean, a Spanish song with imitation of guitars and the sounding of bells in a valley. Pavane pour une Enfante defunte has achieved great popularity despite Ravel’s own criticism of its simplicity. Carlo Grante is one of today's most active and popular concert and recording pianists, with a discography currently exceeding fifty CDs. His large repertoire ranges from Scarlatti to Clementi, Liszt and Schumann, and to 20th c. composers Godowsky, Busoni and Sorabji. “Carlo Grante's recital systematically demonstrated technical ability, but it was a prowess that went beyond muscle and speed. Here was not just attractive color but color with a purpose.” “…difficult passages were made not to sound difficult at all.” (New York Times)
