Composer is known mostly for his songs, and his music in the less common two-piano genre is all but forgotten. This release by pianists and may change that. The main attraction here, the waltz set , contains marvelously evocative music; a "ruban dénoué" is an untied ribbon, and this work is indeed a gift for the listener who may not have heard it. The work consists of 12 waltzes, capped with a song rendered here by the ethereal ; the waltzes have titles that seem to carry an unlikely degree of specificity ("Indolent Decrees of Chance," "The Lost Ring"), but listen and hear how the complexity of 's textures brings them alive. do not miss a detail. These pieces appeared in 1915 when was serving as a clerk at the front in World War I, and they feel like an uncannily detailed look back into a past that was instantly disappearing. The program is filled out with interesting two-piano works by ; especially charming is 's three-movement (" "), limpid despite the use of two pianos. A delightful release that may leave listeners wondering where this music has been all their lives. ~ James Manheim