Charming recordings of Ravel's Valses Nobles et Sentimentales

[Mandryka]

Someone asked me for a recording which was full of "Gallic charm" The best I can come up with is this one from either Ravel himself or Cassadesus -- I can't remember the details of that intrigue.

Anything else come to mind?

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Good morning. When I think about "Gallic" elegance in Ravel's music, I think of Menuet Antique and Menuet d'Haydn because of "esprit" and the Ancien Régime feel in the works. As for Valses, I like Ranki, Kay, and Dedova. Btw, I wonder if Poulenc is relatively more Gallic than Ravel.

[Spotted Horses]

Someone asked me for a recording which was full of "Gallic charm" The best I can come up with is this one from either Ravel himself or Cassadesus -- I can't remember the details of that intrigue.

Anything else come to mind?

Perhaps this Cassadesus, recorded in the 1940s?

[Jo498]

Casadesus is from 1951 in decent sound (I think only the lh concerto is from the 40s, unfortunately the piece where better sound would be more important). I found his Debussy too dry but I kept the Ravel twofer although I remember this as well as rather cool and dry.
I haven't heard any of them in a while, but I'd try Samson Francois, Marcelle Meyer (one from 1948, one form '54) and Monique Haas (if this exists).

[Mandryka]

The guy who asked about a set of Waltzes with gallic charm said that he thought Chamayou meets the spec -- I haven't checked properly but it does seem promising. The Ravel piano roll may well in fact be Robert Casadesus, there's a problem about attribution I think.