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Fujikura, Ravel: Piano Concertos - Kosuge, Wigglesworth

Sony Music  SICX-10016

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral

Fujikura: Piano Concerto No. 3* 'Impulse', Whim
Ravel: Piano Concerto*

Yu Kosuge (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra*
Ryan Wigglesworth* (conductor)

All

Works (3)

• Dai Fujikura: Piano Concerto No. 3 (2017-18) 'Impulse'
• Dai Fujikura: Whim (2017/18)
• Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major, M. 83