Smetana:
Die Moldau

Strawinsky:
Petruschka

Khatchaturian:
Adagio aus 'Spartakus'

Prokofiev:
Drei Stucke Op. 96

Ravel:
La Valse

Szostakowicz:
Walzer no. 2

This recording presents a selection of arrangements of orchestral works for piano solo, with works by Smetana, Strawinski and others. The piano allows the player to express him – or herself with both coherence and flexibility – a challenge that is particularly great in the case of orchestral music. The New York-based French-Swiss pianist François-Xavier Poizat provides a wealth of tone colours while exploiting the virtuosic capabilities of the piano to its limits.