It has three movements, each based on a poem by aloysius bertrand. Like ravels best work, constant will have you believing that the piano original never existed, and he achieves a genuinely ravelian sound the solo contrabassoon that launches scarbo is a particularly idiomatic touch. Maurice ravel maurice ravel plays ravel 1966, vinyl. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Scarbo a work for solo piano by french composer maurice ravel 18751937, based on. Previously, he won first prizes at the following international competitions. It has 3 movements, each based on a poem by aloysius bertrand. As much as ravel was a consummate master of the orchestra, i dont think he could have improved constants work. Ravel set out to engineer a superhumanly hard piece to play, filling it with imaginative and eerie musical images. The work is famous for its difficulty, and scarbo is considered one of the most difficult solo piano pieces ever written. Trois poemes pour piano dapres aloysius bertrand 1908 i. If you like my uploads and would like to support my chan. Ondine le gibet scarbo orchestration by marius constant. Click the bell to always be notified on new uploads.
Considered one of the first examples of modern prose poetry, it was published in the year 1842, one year after bertrands death from tuberculosis, as. The study of orchestration and instrumentation can shed light on the variable timbres, colors and different interpretations that pianists can utilize in their learning and interpreting of a piece. But as a test of pianistic skill, gaspard is one of the most fearsome challenges ever written. I provide the original scanned version and the filtered, because the filter does some changes smoothening, sharpening borders and some portions of the scan get lost sometimes when they are too small e. The study of orchestration and instrumentation can shed light on the variable timbres, colors and different interpretations that pianists can utilize in their learning. Gaspard of the night fantasies in the manner of rembrandt and callot is the compilation of prose poems by italianborn french poet aloysius bertrand. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 3. Hello, im rousseau, i make piano covers of classical and pop songs with a reactive visualizer. French pianists figure prominently in the accounts of gaspard currently available, from robert casedesus sony and vlado perlemuter nimbus to cecile ousset berlin.
Publication date 1909 topics pieces, for piano, scores featuring the piano, for 1 player collection imslp. Stephen johnson and radio 3 new generation artist pianist, cedric tiberghien consider some of the ingredients. In talking with nonpianist music lovers, gaspard does not stand out as more favored or with the perception of being musically superior to miroirs, or debussys images, just to mention two works that i generally prefer for musical reasons. The orchestration demonstrates the rich coloring that is representative of the impressionists.
Ravel, in his own words, set out to write something that would be more difficult than balakirevs islamey. In it, you will meet scarbo the vampire dwarf, ondine, the faerie princess of the waters, and an unforgettable assortment of lepers, alchemists, beggars, swordsmen and ghosts. In 1908 ravel set three poems from bertrands eponymous collection, written in 1830. Orchestre symphonique francais osf conducted by laurent petitgirard.
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