John Halbrooks:

>I've heard good things about Casadesus's Ravel, the complete solo piano
>music on 2 discs.  Any comments? Alternative versions?

It's fine, but not special.  Further, be aware that most "complete" Ravel
piano musics are not complete, since several pieces have been discovered
since the 1960s.  As far as I know, Entremont's is one of the few truly
complete, but it's Entremont.  Crossley is better.  Perlemutter strikes me
as better than Entremont and as good as Casadesus, and it's in stereo, if
that's a consideration.  At this point, I like Crossley best, but of course
individual pieces are better done by other pianists.

Steve Schwartz