Tzigane – Rapsodie De Concert

Composed in 1924 for Violin and Luthéal, (A keyboard instrument which never gained much popularity), Tzigane demonstrated Ravel’s ability to go beyond his natural Impressionist style, and write a piece which would be muchbetter categorized as Late Romantic. First performed with the Luthéal substituted for a Piano in 1925, today the piece is accepted as either being performed with the Piano and Violin or Orchestra and Violin, Ravel himself havingarranged the piece for Orchestra.