'Virtuoso piece in the style of a Hungarian rhapsody'' - thus reads Ravel's entry on ''Tzigane'' in the so-called ''Autobiographical Sketch''. Composed in 1924, there are three versions of this work: with piano, with orchestra and with lutheal, a device for keyboard instruments to extend the timbre. ''Tzigane'' was inspired by the Hungarian-English violinist Jelly d'Aranyi, to whom Ravel had already promised a virtuoso piece in 1922 following Franz Liszt's ''Hungarian Rhapsodies''. Work progressed slowly and d'Aranyi only received the music four days before the premiere - but she still gave a brilliant performance.