• New reliable Urtext edition faithful to the sources, opening up new perspectives
• Fingering and notes on performance by Alexandre Tharaud (Fr/Eng/Ger)
• Extensive preface and glossary (Fr/Eng/Ger)

It was unmistakably Liszt’s piano piece “Les jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este” that inspired Ravel to compose one of his most famous works in 1901: “Jeux d’eau”. Laid out in sonata form, its sound is governed by myriad motions of water and sustained by innovative, highly virtuosic piano textures ag...