It was in the short span of one decade, between the composition of Jeux d’eau (1901) and the Valses nobles et sentimentales (1911), that Maurice Ravel produced most of his piano solo works, which have since become classics of the piano literature. Many among the representative works of this period are covered in the present recording by Emile Naoumoff.

The great Bulgarian pianist and composer of Greek origin Emile Naoumoff who was Nadia Boulanger’s last disciple, continues his collaboration with the Parisian label Melism Records presenting a recital entirely dedicated to Schumann’s music. The program consists of two cornerstone works of German Romanticism, the Carnaval, Op. 9, a cycle of 21 “scènes mignonnes” set on four notes, and the Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17.