piano miniatures orchestrated not by Debussy but by Maurice Ravel – are lesser pieces, but each has its own charms, most notably La plus que lente, a very slow waltz that carries a suggestion of parody (and again, a very different work by Ravel, La Valse, comes to mind).Everything here is played idiomatically and with flair, the musical colors coming through vividly.

Stéphane Denève has now completed his cycle of the four symphonies by Albert Roussel, continuing to manage to make the Royal Scottish National Orchestra seem thoroughly comfortable in music from across the English Channel.Roussel’s fourth and final symphony, first performed in 1934, is not particularly well known and does not represent a significant stylistic advance over his third.But its longest movement, marked Lento molto, is exceptional, writtenin polyphonic style but filled with wind color, intensity and expressive clarity.The Sinfonietta dates to just before this symphony and is a three-movement miniature, lasting only as long as the Lento molto of the larger work.It is mostly animated and pleasant rather than demanding.The Concert pour petit orchestra is also a compressed, carefully refined three-movement work. Rapsodie flamande (Flemish Rhapsody) is based on five 16th- and 17th-century songs and moves from solemn expression to liveliness, while Petite suite is a picturesque piece with some lovely and subtle woodwind writing.Denève has a very knowing way with Roussel’s music, fully exploring its emotional potential and bringing out the many details through which its charms emerge.

Also built around a final symphony is the third volume of Rumon Gamba’s series of Vincent