Maurice Ravel - Gaspard de la nuit
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- "Gaspard de la nuit: Trois poèmes pour piano d'après Aloysius Bertrand" is a suite of pieces for solo piano, composed in 1908 by Maurice Ravel. It has three movements, each based on a poem by Aloysius Bertrand, and it was premiered on January 9, 1909, in Paris by Ricardo Viñes. The name "Gaspard" is derived from its original Persian form, denoting "the man in charge of the royal treasures": "Gaspard of the Night" or the treasurer of the night thus creates allusions to someone in charge of all that is jewel-like, dark, mysterious, perhaps even morose. "Gaspard de la nuit" is an old French expression for the Devil.
Movements:
1. "Ondine": an oneiric tale of a water fairy singing to seduce the observer into visiting her kingdom deep at the bottom of a lake. It is reminiscent of Ravel's early piano masterpiece, the Jeux d'eau (1901), with the sounds of water falling and flowing, woven with cascades. This piece contains technical problems for the right hand such as the fast repetition of three-note chords.
2. "Le gibet": the observer is presented with a view of the desert, where the lone corpse of a hanged man on a gibbet stands out against the horizon, reddened by the setting sun; the sound of a bell tolls from inside the walls of a far-off city, creating the deathly atmosphere that surrounds the observer. Throughout the entire piece is a B-flat octave ostinato, imitative of the tolling bell, that must remain distinctive and constant in tone as the notes cross over and dynamics change.
3. "Scarbo": this movement depicts the nighttime mischief of a small fiend or goblin, making pirouettes, flitting in and out of the darkness, disappearing and suddenly reappearing. Its uneven flight, hitting and scratching against the walls, casting a growing shadow in the moonlight, creates a nightmarish scene for the observer lying in his bed. With its repeated notes and two terrifying climaxes, this is the high point of technical difficulty of the three movements. Technical difficulties include repeated notes in both hands, and double-note scales in major seconds in the right hand.
Pianist: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet 
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imagine composing THAT thing! what's going on in Ravel's mind I'm so in love
Reading the description will answer your question.
And also looking for the meanings of Gaspard de la nuit.
@@monicasuarez7100 It means "Gaspard of the Night" Gaspard being a French form of Casper, is derived from Chaldean "Gizbar", denoting "the man in charge of the royal treasures". Gaspard de la Nuit thus suggestively means "treasurer of the night".[6]
(Source from Wikipedia)
Whats going on in your mind?
Not to detract from the beauty and intelligence of the music, but it feels a lot like a series of improvisations thrown together as a performance.
Ravel was only 1.61 metres tall, but all of us can just look up and stare in awe at his spiritual height.
I. Ondine 0:00
II. Le Gibet 7:14
III. Scarbo 13:43
thank you so much
Cringe moment
@@Ethan-ib5hk Rly? Why?
@@Taunteur I don’t remember why I wrote that, the guy edited his comment so I suppose he fixed whatever I was talking about 🤷
sweet jesus thank you! I was dreading having to figure out where the scarbo began!!
I'm a artist and I create characters. I am currently writing the story of my character, Gaspard. A man from the 40's. And to discover that something as magnificent as this exists is really inspiring, to hear that as I put Gaspard's story down on paper, and illustrate his face with that background sound, is a wonderful thing.
Magnífico! Ravel nos transporta para cada cenário de forma bastante nítida. Impossível ficar indiferente à beleza dessa obra.
Very beautiful. I've just listened to it for the 1st time in my life and didn't expect to come across a theme that is so well familiar to me. One of my favourite bands, Oceansize, borrowed the theme that starts here at 08:10. Oceansize used it as a segue for their first album, Efflorescence.
That part sounded so modern on the Oceansize track that it's hard to believe this is where it came from
Here are the actual poems corresponding to the three pieces:
I. Ondine 00:00
. . . . . . . . I thought I heard
A faint harmony that enchants my sleep.
And close to me radiates an identical murmur
Of songs interrupted by a sad and tender voice.
CH. BRUGNOT - The two Spirits.
- "Listen! - Listen! - It is I, it is Ondine who brushes drops of water on the resonant panes of your windows lit by the gloomy rays of the moon; and here in gown of watered silk, the mistress of the chateau gazes from her balcony on the beautiful starry night and the beautiful sleeping lake.
"Each wave is a water sprite who swims in the stream, each stream is a footpath that winds towards my palace, and my palace is a fluid structure, at the bottom of the lake, in a triangle of fire, of earth and of air.
"Listen! - Listen! - My father whips the croaking water with a branch of a green alder tree, and my sisters caress with their arms of foam the cool islands of herbs, of water lilies, and of corn flowers, or laugh at the decrepit and bearded willow who fishes at the line. »
Her song murmured, she beseeches me to accept her ring on my finger, and be the husband of an Ondine, and to visit with her her palace and be king of the lakes.
And as I was replying to her that I loved a mortal, sullen and spiteful, she wept some tears, uttered a burst of laughter, and vanished in a shower that streamed white down the length of my stained glass windows.
II. The Gibbet 07:14
What do I see stirring around that gibbet?
FAUST.
Ah! that which I hear, was it the north wind that screeches in the night, or the hanged one who utters a sigh on the fork of the gibbet?
Was it some cricket who sings lurking in the moss and the sterile ivy, which out of pity covers the floor of the forest?
Was it some fly in chase sounding the horn around those ears deaf to the fanfare of the halloos* ?
Was it some scarab beetle who gathers in his uneven flight a bloody hair from his bald skull?
Or then, was it some spider who embroiders a half-measure of muslin for a tie on this strangled neck?
It is the bell that tolls from the walls of a city, under the horizon, and the corpse of the hanged one that is reddened by the setting sun.
III. Scarbo 13:43
He looked under the bed, in the chimney,
in the cupboard; - nobody. He could not
understand how he got in, or how he escaped.
HOFFMANN. - Nocturnal Tales.
Oh! how often have I heard and seen him, Scarbo, when at midnight the moon glitters in the sky like a silver shield on an azure banner strewn with golden bees.
How often have I heard his laughter buzz in the shadow of my alcove, and his fingernail grate on the silk of the curtains of my bed!
How often have I seen him alight on the floor, pirouette on a foot and roll through the room like the spindle fallen from the wand of a sorceress!
Do I think him vanished then? the dwarf grows between the moon and me like the belfry of a gothic cathedral, a golden bell shakes on his pointed cap!
But soon his body becomes blue, translucent like the wax of a candle, his face pales like the wax of a candle end - and suddenly he is extinguished.
This is a beautiful performance by a pianist I did not know before. Also informative description of this work; I know this work very well indeed but did not know what "Gaspard" meant. Thank you!
+ComtedeMonteC GASPARD IS ALSO THE NAME OF THE BLACK KING OF WISE MAN FROM THE ORIENT WHO FOLLOWED THE STAR TO BETHLEM TO VISIT THE BABY CHRIST. BUT- WHO KNOWS REALLY?
Gaspard was also a nickname for the devil in French folklore, like Mr Scratch in English literature
Listen to this tune played by Pogorelich, Argerich and this one (Bavouzet). I think Bavouzet's one is the best, every articulation, every dynamic is just perfect, at the right time.
Me, being named Gaspard and listening to this at night :
*Oh yeah, it's all coming together.*
Lol, you are funny man Mr. Gaspard.
@@jerrysmith7533Yes, I detain the power of the funny.
ajajajaj
love your name bro
The piece is about hanged bodies left to rot for three years on a historical hill where an architecture the gallows was erected for that purpose. Is it all coming together for you ?
I. Ondine 0:00
II. Le Gibet 7:14
III. Scarbo 14:04
Thank you for the historical and thematic notes.
How the hell can I say I have been alive when I didn't know about Ravel until 15 minutes ago? This is GOOD.
grumblekin wait till you hear Daphnis and Chloe
welcome
I feel ya. I have been into Western art music- aka 'classical' music- for a very long time, and I have only recently decided to check out Ravel. I think my being off put by the overexposure of Bolero was what kept me away. And here I find that I have deprived myself of some of the most amazing compositional efforts I have ever encountered. This is music that derives from the compositional traditions of Western Europe, but is in its own class all together. Aside from his amazing haromnic sensibility, the rhythmic aspect of Ravel is what truly floors me. His sense of rhythm is so fluid and amorphous, yet completely metrically strict and defined.
grumblekin I bet you've listened "Bolero" before this suite
grumblekin Dude you just earned a thumbs up from this jazz musician.
this is honestly the best thing i’ve ever heard
also, words cannot explain how breathtaking 4:14 sounds
It is also how i felt when i had known the piece for over a year. I still believe it is the best composition i have ever heard and I know the whole repertoire.
Each of these three pieces is spectacularly well performed by Mr. Bavouzet, but special recognition must be given to his performance of "Le Gibet;" he gets the eerie elegaic tone of the piece just exactly right, captures each of its nuances with every note. I really do not believe there could be a better performance of this masterwork.
Gaspard de la nuit est pour moi le meilleur triptyque pour piano que Maurice Ravel ai composé. Le premier poème "ondine" et celui qui m'a ensorcelé le plus, la première fois que je l'ai écouté c'est par Martha Argerich qui l'interprète à merveille. Quand je l'écoute j'ai l’impression de voyager vers d'autres terres très lointaines qui pour moi sont le paradis.
qu est ce que ça serait alors si tu entendais la voix d un ange , Ravel excellent , Debussy Magnifique
Et pourtant ce serait plutôt l'enfer...
This is such a beautiful piece that I would even dare to say is above the term “music” itself. It feels like nothing but pure, unfiltered, raw emotion being effortlessly conveyed to the listener. I can’t begin to put into words the love and effort that must have went into this masterpiece, and I mean MASTERPIECE of a song. This isn’t even a song anymore, this is a soul-touching transcending of the art form made up of our brain’s processing of vibrations in the air around us. This piece feels like there is no barrier, no medium that limits our perception of it. You don’t just listen to this-you experience it; you really feel it. This is when art becomes so perfectly crafted that it isn’t even art anymore. I truly feel blessed just to be able to listen to this.
not just for raw emotion but in general you may also like what Bartok wrote, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_music_(Bart%C3%B3k), I certainly do, although those pieces are a bit harder to most people's ears. For an introduction here is Grand Master Schiff himself ruclips.net/video/Ibbkz2FxI74/видео.html
@@mygreneyhyportnex4182 thanks for sharing, i’ll look into this
In a few years time when you grow up you'll look back on this comment and cringe
@@Christian-rn1ur yeah probably, but it hasn’t been a few years yet so who cares
Decent response, we we were all young cringelords at some point. Just reminding you to stay humble. Classical music is the pop music of yesteryear - nobody is special for liking it.
Paradoxically, the emptiness and deep sadness of the work is able to replenish what is missing now in the listener's soul...
No wonder so many jazz pianists really like Ravel. Can you say chromatically altered harmonies in no hurry to resolve.
lol Well put. At least this does constantly resolve. So much jazz does nothing of the kind. Lots of it is amazing too however. Just have to do a lot of sifting.
Painting by John William Turner :)
An amazing painter! But his first name is Joseph, not John!
my mum wrote a book on him.....go buy it and read it
Joseph Mallord William Turner. Ravel should be better known.He is one of the Greats!!
Bootstraps Turner?
@@vincentcsmith102 which book is it?
That heartbreaking moment when an ad plays in the middle of the piece... 🤯
Without adblock I would never use youtube.
There's always one in the comments section who hasn't discovered adblock lol
Everyone had adblocker. Except you.
Does adblocker actually work? I thought it was a scam.
yes, should be forbidden, it's really so disresptecful for the composer, the interpreter and those who listen at him !
Lindo! Gostaria muito de poder ouvir "Pavane pour une enfant défunt"( Maurice Ravel). É tão linda!
This type of music is good for creating scenarios in ur head lol
4:14 This part ! It's incredible. If someone has a music theory explaination of what's happening that would be great. It just seems like there's a modulation at each chord to my ears.
I agree that it's incredible. It's basically doing a descending whole note scale while playing the chords that are one note below the main note of the chords. For instance, it starts on C# and goes down to B in the first two notes of the melody while the chord is an B minor chord. Then it continues descending down the whole note scale, so the following two tones are A and G, with the chord being a G minor chord. The reason for starting on the second note is probably to create some tension before doing a semi-resolution by going back to the main note. On the third chord (which is a D# minor), the melody stops at the second note, probably because he wanted to create more tension before the final two tones, which are there to lead back to the main melody again. While this happens, the left hand is adding even more colour to the chords with its ascending and descending arpeggios, the most notable of these colours being the E added at the top for the B minor chord. To summarize, what he is doing here is using a well-known technique used for making the music sound emotional, which is to make the chord an add2 chord by simply adding the second note in the scale to the chord. It is truly genius to combine this with the whole tone scale that the impressionist music is known for. This piece is full of moments where the harmonies are even crazier, and that's why it's my favourite piano piece ever written. Sadly it is also one of the most difficult piano pieces ever written, and while I am pretty comfortable with playing things up to Henle 8, but this piece is beyond that. Hope you found my analysis useful, and I will be happy if anyone else has more things to add to my analysis.
I'm no theorist, but here's my two cents.
Ravel repeats the same modulation three times in a cycle; i V7-i V7-i V7-i. He starts off in B minor, then adds C so that the i chord also functions as a pivot to V7 in G minor; then he repeats process this to get to D-sharp minor and finally back to B minor. Since the bass has a very stable progression V7-i, you constantly get strong cadences and a feeling of resolution. However, the root moves down by a major 3rd each time, which is highly unusual. The keys are evenly spaced out across circle of 5ths, creating an effect of tonal ambiguity. Incidentally, this is the same chord progression that John Coltrane used in his jazz hit "Giant Steps," see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltrane_changes.
I agree, I just keep going back to 4:14 ! It's just so sad and powerful ...
Ravel was said to have had the most subtle harmonic ear of any composer. I think this is especially evident in the Valses Nobles et Sentimentales (for piano.)
Timothy Zhou I thought that John Coltrane seeing those chords before getting further down your comment,,,!,,I must be going in the right direction at last !.....
Besides being the best arranger ever, Maurice Ravel astonishes us with the scope of his compositions, classical and modern at the same time.
By arranger, are you referring to his orchestration of Pictures at an Exhibition? That is remarkable, for sure.
The best music always comes from the blurriest pictures
You should stop drinking so much before listening.
A testament to show what the piano really can do. its always when you think youve heard it all do you realise you havent
For those of you wondering, the painting is by JMW Turner, titled The Sun is God.
@@Dylonely42 why do I see you everywhere?
Was desperately scanning the comments thanks 😋 🙏 jeez what a painting. The Tate museum calls it Norham castle sunrise, but I do like your take better 😎
where have I been.... Ravel is incredible
It's transcending
The best is yet to come. Delve into his full orchestral compositions, always with eyes closed and imagination wide open.
Look into one of his contemporaries, CLAUDE DEBUSSY and his works, as well!
Sadly, in mainstream media's wasteland.
Find a commercial classical music formatted station, to enjoy more exposure to this and other artist l s, such as fellow Frenchman CLSUDE DEBUSSY.
Turner the artist was able to travel so much further through his art than the realities of his life and times.
4:15 Listening to this part makes me feel like music didn’t exist before I heard this and this is in some sort of alternate dimension .
It’s amazing!
My God, this is a beautiful piece and a tremendous performance! Thanks to all who made this possible!
Agreed, brother.
Maurice Ravel was a gift to living!
My soul has been sadly kissed
sadly?
The opening chords to Le Gibet are incredible.
The combinations of Minor 9ths and sevenths give it a tragically despairing and painful sound
My short interpretation of the 3 pieces
Ondine: A quite dance like piece that is surrounded by mist and fog around a mysterious island, as the day rises and the currents increase, the fog disappears and appears something colossal and unbelievable, where the listener has a pause to re think about the beauty of the climax before he/she is drawn back into a raging wave of ocean
Gibet: A sunset stained with blood, like Edvard Munch's Scream, the landscape tainted with red and vibrant colors, as the blurry image of the hanged man appears, the scene turns into a vibrant but contrasting image of tragedy
Scarbo: A Goblin who lurks at night, mischieve and devestating, as it creeps up into houses, suffocation begins and a violent rage happens out of nowhere, there is subtle beauty in the scenes. As the rambling continues, the climax and dramatic power arrives, with overwhelming technical difficulty and beauty, the curtains draws on this play temporarily, as the mists gather up, the goblin lurks back into the shadows, only to return with a wonderful passage of notes, as it continue its rampage, another drama appears to end the scene off with complete shock and leaving the listeners amazed at the masterpiece they just heard.
Yes, the pieces follow the narrative so closely, their almost like a film score. The words become visual through sound
One of the best performances of this masterpiece I've ever heard.
It’s amazing how much the part leading up to 4:14 seems like it’s going to resolve but doesn’t.
Hiç türkçe yorum göremedim. Maurice Ravel candır.. :)
Buralarda bizden birilerinin olduğunu görmek çok güzel ;)
" "Gaspard de la nuit" is an old French expression for the Devil." Ah !!!! d'où tirez-vous ça ???????
My favourite piece of all time. After years I can enjoy this like the first time, so colourful and mysterious..
so agreee....its just so good however that own compositions become easy victims of self-ridicule
I always imagine being in a garden
At twilight and I meet a
Welcomed visitor....
4:14...I am not satisfied but relieved at the same time...how is this even possible??
I can almost hear Ravel coming to this point in the composition (4:14) and realising that the piano cannot quite physically convey the musical thought. We can only imagine that had he orchestrated these poems, the emotion would be overwhelming.
It's by W.M.J. Turner, "Norham Castle, Sunrise".
Are you still alive??
Turner, a pre impressionist. Visionary.
Those 2 metronomic notes in the second movement show how powerful quiet music can be.
That tolling of the bell..
Un mot me vient à l'esprit chaque fois que j'écoute du Ravel....Féérique!
Pretty sure the piano goes out of tune toward the end from the stress, physical and emotional
...I very much doubt that ;-).
C'est hors du temps,on peut écouter ça en 2250,ça sera toujours un ovni d'émotions
It is incredible that a song manages to convey that level of immersion.
*piece
As Aloysius Bertrand's poems, this is a bit strange but beautiful !
la meilleure interprétation que j ai pu entendre..! bravo à mr Bavouzet
This piece is so lovely...I am hypnotized ... Thank you for this soothing piece by Ravel☺️
beautiful!This music is like Wonderland!
I thoroughly enjoy the tone of this piece, it is interesting how music from over 100 years ago can be felt, it is a timeless emotion that Ravel composes. Music today does not posses this quality with such power. These feelings are so essential that they are not of the times, but transcendent of them.
+MultiMillett you talk like there was no jazz
+MultiMillett "music today", ahaha, Ravel himself (who was really interested in all sorts of stuff) would have found this a stupid thing to say. Each era has wonderful music, but unfortunately each era also has bitter people, all saying the same bulls***. Mozart, Turner, Picasso, Ravel, Parker, Davis and all the others had to face people like that, and I bet they were annoyed too...
+MultiMillett What 'music of today' do you mean? There's plenty of great stuff out here. Maybe doesn't fall in the classical music category, but plenty that will stand the test of time...
+Shawn Wooster THE ONLY GREAT MUSIC OF TODAY IS JAZZ AND MUCH OF IF INFLUENCED BY BLACK MUSICIANS. THE CLASSICAL COMPOSITIONS OF ANY BEAUTY STOPPED AFTER RACHMANINOFF STRAVINSKI, PROKOFIEV. MUSIC OF "TODAY" IS NOT WORTH EVEN PRETENDING THAT IT IS MUSIC.
IT IS ONLY A BUSINESS FOR VARIOUS USES LIKE MOVIES, ETC. LIKE MODERN- ART WHICH STOPPED THE SAME TIME CLASSICAL MUSIC STOPPED. NOW ART IS JUST A BUSINESS FOR FOOLS.
+Ron Walker Music was always a business after it left church/ritualistic setting. Get used to it.
discovered this masterpiece through twoset's painting video :)
Che magnifico pianista!!! Sulla genialità di Ravel e sulla bellezza incommensurabile di Gaspard de la nuit non c'è altro da dire se non "grazie, Maestro!"
This is perhaps one of the most beautiful pieces written for piano
Subjective.
S30V It is objectively one of the most well written pieces in the sense that the understanding of the intricacies of not just piano playing but the writing of music itself is unbelievable. There really is layer upon layer of not just difficulty for difficulty’s sake but genuine and considerate attention to details expressed within the poems the three pieces are based upon. It is objective also that some people ( like Ravel ) possess abilities that cannot really be categorized as anything other than supernatural - there really is no plausible way of explaining how one man is capable of producing work such as this.
@@TheJazzMemoir they are not even close to gaspard de la nuit.
@@TomCL-vb6xc It is subjective. I feel that one of the most beautiful pieces for piano is Sorabji’s Fantaisie Espagnole, but it takes a very dignified ear to actually grasp the melody and theme in the music. It is so beautiful, although I do agree Ravel is a beautiful Imporessionist to listen to as well. This piece is as beautiful as you say, but not on everyone’s favourite pieces list.
@@TheJazzMemoir bruh
Your description is always precise and perfect. In many times much better than Wikipedia!
I thought its demonic tone ,but not, what a pleasant tone its relaxing to my ears
wow ceci est quelquechose de très unique. J'adore
Daphnis and Chloe is his GREATEST work. The sounds of heaven.
totally ruined by the sudden loud blaring embedded ads...goodbye, neuIlaryRheinKlange
Get Adblock Ben... it is impossible to have commercial in the middle of this, on is ready for murder !
Ondine feels too much like a dream
Wow! Nice liner notes to go with this beautiful work of music! Good job on them!
sounds so bizarrely space-age! love it
To the 11 people who thumbs downed this magnificent performance of one of the greatest gifts to humanity.. what happened to you?
They don't know...
Maybe they're mis-clicks?
They didn't like the piece. Not everyone has the same taste.
Didn't like the lyrics
The Scarbo is considered to be the most difficult piece in the repertoire.
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet è il miglior inteprete di Ravel e Debussy -
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is the best interpreter of Ravel and Debussy
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet est le meilleur interprète de Ravel et Debussy
This is what my mind, soul and body needed, thank you.
Just breathtaking...
Ce tableau de Turner est un excellent choix pictural ;-).
a masterpiece, accompanied by an artistic masterpiece, painting by J.M.W. Turner, Norham Castle Sunrise, 1845
Thank you. I thought it was Turner, but I like to know these things.
I'm not entirely sure what I listened to, but I know I'm inlove with it
I have just experienced listening to this music with toads singing on the background. It imitated the ghastly presence of Scarbo in the poems of Aloysius Bertrand.
06:42 this part is unbelievable.
It really is! And yet, it's merely an arpeggiation of the (also beautiful) opening notes.
It’s 4:26 am December 20th
It's Friday, March 13,2020
4:30 AM
The 1st month
That makes me happy. That you feel comfortable around me. I know it's been that way for a while and it's not anything new but. It still makes me happy. I like it when people feel safe around me. I love it when you want to be around me. Because I want to be around you.
So this is what Ravel Morrison has been doing
Bravo! That's a very beautiful interpretation! well done !
I just gotta say, this music was made for that image, it perfectly encapsulates the essence and feel of the piece
A longer piece starts like the morning sun on the surface of the sea,
A leaf falls on my chest,
My body of water
The oceanic breeze moves it
It moves through skyscrapers
A train is passing over our head
Electric cars have been flying between heaven and earth
They have the shape of bulls
Trojan horses
Love letters, wet, sinking
The ink drops on your glass of water
Your spirit animal is the squid
Your color surrounds you
You flee at night, when the bed is still warm so I don’t miss you
The oxygen in my lungs travels to my blood and right to you screen, you adjust the light, you adjust your new eyes while searching for my edge... I understand you And I let the breeze do whatever it likes with you
What a composition here I enjoyed reading while listening to such a gift when too many focus on what joys cannot easily be found even in sorrow and pain.. Beautiful writing! ❤🌙MG x
read it aloud.
goosebumps...
Google Ken Sasaki's (dec. 1991) interpretation. In my opinion the best performance of all. Very fluid and effortless.
Bavouzet always takes me to another planet with his playing, it's so distinct as well
I love the painting
And the lamb lies down on Broadway.
Being for real,the painting looks..uneasy for me..it feels like that deer is the last thing alive,and the piece is like god showing what life is with one living thing. . .
C est un choc à chaque écoute
Gaspard nuit et jour !
There is no doubt a analogy to Chopin's 2nd sonata with the Funeral March associated with the image of death, here the Gibet for hanged people and then the last movement is the weightless soul that has abandonned the body, flying around headlessly in search of eternal rest, in both Chopin's Sonate and in Ravel's Scarbo.
I love this music. No lyrics but beautiful, pure sound.
The "lyrics" are in the sparse poems that inspired them, by Aloysius Bertrand. You'll hear everything he describes in Ravel's music
what a beauty !!!!!
This is so perfect…….. if I weren't examing two Chinese glass eggs with a magnifying glass… I don't know how I could possible handle a "Work" like this. It goes beyond earthly bounds. Having both a transcendent theme and technically impossible to play. Who would even try? Both the theme…. and the artist… are hidden and yet present in the shadows. "Gaspard." WOW! Ravel. What artist is playing the piano with such insight?! Who is this? A little help here guys. OK? Who are his/her teachers? Awake. !!! Sent with love. CVD
At the bottom of "Show More" in the description is this: Pianist: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Everybody's got a website, including this fabulous pianist: www.bavouzet.com/.
As the above man mentioned the pianist is listed under the bottom. Perhaps it is you who should awake?
Stephen Campbell Of course, Dear. How right you are. Sent with love. CVD
thank you but upload louder please
7.14 onwards in just beautiful, subtle and sublime
8:30 - 9:30 I heard some debussy.
Nope
yes, from images - hommage a Rameau
this will always be my definitive recording of the piece.
I would like to hear your opinion on Ken Sasaki's interpretation.
Hmm, I've never heard it! I'll give it a listen and let you know what I think. @@starlodear2987
so? what do you think?
still like Bavouzet better! :x @@khorps4756
This version is on a par with that of Pogorelich. Extremely articulate and passionate.
Thanks for scholarly explanation from our room host!
like i imagine heaven would sound like and if not heaven paradise, oh hold on, musical colorful poetry, dreamy impressiomysticism... yes, ravel reached...
1:22, simply magical
Can anyone explain to me How these beautiful pieces of Ravel's music were based on poems by Aloysius Bertrand ? In the meantime perhaps google might help me.
collection of prose poems by the French Romantic Aloysius Bertrand inspired Ravel to write his piano cycle “Gaspard de la nuit”. Unlike earlier works he does not merely create an atmospheric depiction of the literary model - in a fascinating manner he recounts the eerie-grotesque scenes using musical means. His “three romantic poems of transcendental virtuosity” were supposed to surpass the technical refinement of Balakirev’s “Islamey” (HN 793), which was considered unplayable at the time.
Thanks Google
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