Happy Birthday and Joyeux Anniversaire to Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)!
Leonard Bernstein once said “Ravel's way of handling the orchestra is the most exciting and glamorous you can find in all music—and imitated by dozens of other composers, I can tell you. And his piano music is so brilliant and difficult that it's always a test of a pianist to see if he can play it at all.”
We share with you Leonard Bernstein conducting and performing Ravel’s “Piano Concerto in G” with the Orchestre National de France:
Maurice Ravel, Parisian Night Owl
Maurice Ravel Maurice Ravel (Wikimedia Commons)
Maurice Ravel’s secret to composing piano music was innovation and observation, using the resources of the modern piano to its full potential. His first piano lesson was at age seven, and he entered the Paris conservatory when he was just 14 years old. However, Ravel never stopped being a student. He relished in Paris's creative atmosphere, especially at nighttime, using this as major inspiration in his work.
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Ravel’s music is brought to life in this episode through Emil Gilels, Martha Argerich and Arturo Benedetti Michaelangeli, among others.
Program playlist (all by Maurice Ravel):
Sonatine: 3. Animé
Martha Argerich
Philips
Pavane for a Dead Princess
Angela Hewitt
Hyperion
pavane
Line breaks: pav¦anePronunciation: /pəˈvan
, -ˈvɑːn/
(also pavan /ˈpav(ə)n/)NOUN1A stately dance in slow duple time, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries and performed in elaborateclothing.MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES1.1A piece of music for a pavane:the repertory consists mainly of pavanes andgalliardsMORE EXAMPLE SENTENCESOrigin
mid 16th century: from French pavane, from Italianpavana, feminine adjective from Pavo, dialect name ofPadua.
Le Tombeau de Couperin: Toccata
Emil Gilels
Philips
toccata
Line breaks: toc|cataPronunciation: /təˈkɑːtə
/
NOUNA musical composition for a keyboard instrumentdesigned to exhibit the performer’s touch andtechnique.MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCESOrigin
early 18th century: from Italian, feminine past participle of toccare 'to touch'.
Noctuelle
Jacques Fevrier
Naxos
Gaspard de la nuit: 2. le gibet
Walter Gieseking
Philips
Piano Concerto in G: 2. Adagio assai
Arturo Benedetti Michaelangeli
Une Bargue sur l'Océan
Leonard Pennario
MSR
Piano Concerto in G: 3. Presto
Krystian Zimeran; Pierre Boulez
Deutsche Grammophon
作 者: | 施特格曼 | ||
出版社: | 人民音樂 2014 |
是巴伐利亞國王路德維希二世的同類
於1875年3月7日出生於西布雷城
於1897年進入加布里埃爾·福雷的作曲班
事件ⅰ:羅馬大獎
事件ⅱ:拉威爾和德彪西
無論如何,我現在很愉快
事件ⅲ:《自然界的故事》
盡力譜寫完全不同的東西
曾經心緒欠佳
根本沒有預料會有這麼快
事件ⅳ:榮譽勳位
已經完全習慣了孤獨
腦海中還有那麼多音樂註釋拉威爾年表評論作品目錄作者簡介
於1875年3月7日出生於西布雷城
於1897年進入加布里埃爾·福雷的作曲班
事件ⅰ:羅馬大獎
事件ⅱ:拉威爾和德彪西
無論如何,我現在很愉快
事件ⅲ:《自然界的故事》
盡力譜寫完全不同的東西
曾經心緒欠佳
根本沒有預料會有這麼快
事件ⅳ:榮譽勳位
已經完全習慣了孤獨
腦海中還有那麼多音樂註釋拉威爾年表評論作品目錄作者簡介
米夏埃爾·施特格曼,1956年出生於奧斯納布呂克,曾在明斯特(音樂學、羅馬語族語言文學研究、哲學和藝術史)和巴黎(在梅西昂的大師班學習創作,等等)受高等教育。1981年,以關於卡米耶·聖一桑的一篇論文獲得哲學博士學位。從1981年到1987年,在明斯特大學任教並擔任《新音樂雜誌》(NeueZeitschrift ffir Musik)編輯。為唱片公司、廣播機構和出版社做了大量工作,最近一次(1992年)和加拿大鋼琴家格倫·古爾德有關。至今創作了大約40部音樂作品,其中包括單人廣播劇《魯道爾夫之二》(Rudolf Zwei)(西德意誌廣播電台,1994年)。米夏埃爾·施特格曼為“羅沃爾特專題著作”撰寫了《安東尼奧·維瓦爾迪》(rm338)和《卡米耶·聖-桑》(rm 389)。