The one hundred and twenty-ninth classical recording: #751 Maurice Ravel - Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

While the story behind the creation of this piece is a sad one, its sound is one of triumph, starting with an orchestral opening to introduce an impressive piano piece played, as I could also see in the video that accompanied my version, with one hand. Throughout, the piece is set up to allow that to be showcased, with the tempo changes showing both delicacy and fervour and the rhythm perhaps invoking a bit of the military fervour that led to this. Ravel, as we've heard before, can be a bit drawn to less sane sounds, and it's that bombast that comes through from the orchestra, but the piano's playing, even if frantic, works to create a frantic focal point that it can keep coming back to.