Maurice Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major
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- - Composer: Joseph-Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 -- 28 December 1937)
- Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor: Ettore Gracis
- Soloist: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
- Year of recording: 1957
Piano Concerto in G major, written in 1929-1931.
00:00 - I. Allegramente
08:37 - II. Adagio assai
18:02 - III. Presto
The piano was Ravel's favorite instrument, and of his two extraordinary concertos, the Piano Concerto in G major was, in his opinion, "more Ravelian." Indeed, the two works are profoundly different, but without being, as Vladimir Jankélévitch observed in his book about the composer, more (or less) Ravelian than the other. Nevertheless, Ravel's opinion should not be dismissed, for it reflects his personal predilection, and, as any listener can tell, the work literally overflows with exuberance, delight, and verve. The Concerto may have been conceived in 1928, the year Ravel received his honorary doctorate from the University of Oxford. While some commentators have found the source of this Concerto in Ravel's Rhapsody on Basque themes Zazpiak bat, a project which remained unfinished, Robert de Fragny remembered that the composer had remarked that the dazzling opening theme came to him during a train ride from Oxford to London in 1928. In 1929, despite failing health, Ravel talked about a world tour on which he would perform his Concerto. While the world tour never materialized, the composer's life was sufficiently hectic, as he received a commission to compose another piano concerto, the Piano Concerto in D major (for the left hand).
Completed in November 1931, the concerto was premiered in January 1932, in a legendary performance by Marguerite Long. The sensations that this work conjures up, right from the beginning, are brightness and boundless energy.
- Opening with a whiplash sound, the first movement, Allegramente, proceeds rapidly, from an initial burst of light, composed of a lively piccolo tune threading through crystalline, harp-like piano figuration, to the incisive ending, traversing the many truly magical, even mysterious, moments of repose, when the piano indulges in dreamy, languid soliloquies. Delighting in the piano's expressive potential, Ravel fully employs the instrument's sonority, weaving, for example, a trill into a melody. The piano's rich and subtle discourse is magnificently matched by the orchestra, which, appearing in many guises, mimics and complements the piano, reinforcing the sensation of relentless energy by sharp, metallic, insistent statements by the trumpet. Ravel's splendid orchestration (like his "Daphnis and Chloe", uploaded on this channel), which tempts the listener to experience this work as a brilliant, and almost self-sufficient, demonstration of sheer musical color, reflects the composer's interest in jazz, evidenced by blue notes, trombone glissandi, and similar effects. However, the jazz elements are profoundly Ravelian, which means that they hardly strike the listener as out of context.
- The remarkable second movement introduces an introspective, soulful atmosphere, seemingly quite remote from the bustle of the previous movement. A simply stated solo piano theme, of a disarming yet profoundly soulful simplicity, suggesting, perhaps, the image of a solitary promenade in the moonlight, yields to a timeless flute theme which expresses feelings of longing, sorrow, and subdued, yet clearly stated, passion.
- The final movement, as the piano wends its way through a series of shrieks and wails, executed by woodwind and brass instruments, affects the listener as a mounting wave of sound. A sudden, abrupt exclamation concludes the seductive cacophony of this climactic movement, and the listener experiences a desire to revisit the enchanted landscape of a musical work whose limpid formal structure contains a seemingly boundless world -- without a trace of creative fatigue or ambivalence -- of elegantly turned musical ideas.
The concerto is dedicated "à Marguerite Long". - Hudba
What a genius this guy was. A human being capable of coming up with music like this is a miracle.
6:35 this is an example of peak mastery of piano technique. To be able to play this passage where the piano mimics a human voice singing with vibrato and the soft undulating waves of arpeggios in the left hand requires immense technical prowess along with vocal knowledge. This is one of my favorite passages in all of piano repertoire, because it almost tries to defy the natural attack and decay of striking a note on the piano. It is also a return of the melody at 2:14, which is such a tender and vulnerable moment.
I knew it reminded me of something vocal! It's so operatic. That's absoultely amazing. I love Michelangeli.
The second movement is one of the most beautiful movements I have ever heard.
It's quite avant-garde with lots of #dissonance, so I'm not sure it's beautiful, like #RachmaninovsPianoConcertoNo2. It's haunting, eerie and spooky. I hate #AvantGarde music normally, but the 'bum notes' in the 2nd movement have real meaning.
you're damn right about that
@@goatlips8127 avant-garde??? are you living in the 19th century? avant-garde is like ligeti and crumb stuff
@@zachguo6372 sometimes you run into people that just haven't heard much yet, their frame of reference is small but the idea that they know what is good is rigid
Goat Lips That’s impressionist harmony nothing near to avant-garde what the fuck
This is such a bop
Imagine vibing to this before decade+ of economic decline and the greatest war ever
Thank you for saying this, instead of the retarded garbage most other people say about how they can feel the universe calling them from the deepest depths of their soul or some shit
The economic decline had just started
7:00 is a quick peak into heaven
This is the kind of composition that vastly expands the vocabulary of music. Like Ravel's Le tombeau de Couperin, Debussy's Etudes, and other visionary pieces from the marvelous early 20th century musical minds.
I have to say that the Adagio Assai is one of if not the most transporting music piece I’ve ever listened to in my life.
I closed my eyes and I saw a disabused leave from the city to a road boarded with trees, I saw a walk from the road through a plain with lush green herb, dancing with the wind under an old windmill touching a now calm and cyan puddle. I saw a fairy taking steps from the top of it, turning around while reaching the soil then disappear without her foot ever touching the ground. I saw a walk towards the mountain under rain, under snow, with a mantle menacing to fly away under the storm. I saw a peaceful village with familiar faces. I saw a maiden waiting for her beloved to return, walking alongside him, greetings friends, visitors and neighbors on the way, and then reaching a soft wooden house. I saw the vision disappear as the movement ended.
Man, I love music. I cannot help but wonder how the humans managed to find something in our world that fitted so well with our own emotions, as if it was there just for us to hear, create and be amazed by.
who asked
@@hello-rq8kf Who said someone had to?
@@hello-rq8kfyou're such a moron
One of the greatest of all piano concertos. It never grows old. Ravel was a genius.
LOL, it's fairly awful either side of the 2nd movement. Ravel wishes he could've written melodies like in #Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.2.
@@goatlips8127 LOL, you're a total moron. 😂🤣😂
@@goatlips8127 awww poor baby cant wrap its brain around dissonance and atonality? Also, there's no comparing Rach to Ravel. They're at opposite ends of the spectrum.
@@cobblestonegenerator #autistic spectrum. I can compare non-musical shite with musical melody if you cannot.
@@goatlips8127 give me thought out reasons why you consider this bad music. If you can actually convince me, then ill agree. Though, if all you can do is spread purposeless vitriol about amazing composers, then your insults mean absolutely nothing.
Damn those F# against G major arpeggios at the start... are just miraculous
I think the opening of this concerto is my favorite opening of any piano concerto ever :) Even better than the chords from Rachmaninoff 2, or Brahms 2...
No need to compare it to the opening of Rach 2, both 2 of the most amazing concerts of all time, both completely different style, both great openings...
lefipe
@@mathcampos_ port
It sounds really Spanish
7:23 based little toccatina section, wonderfully bombastic!
Very bombastic!
I wish Ravel had written more music.
I wish Gershwin had written more music as well…
@@Dylonely42 So do I.
My mother learned this concerto for her university final year; I can't begin to imagine how devilish it was, but also how beautiful. Years later, we went to see our local symphony orchestra playing this live with a soloist. Talked to a friend afterward; all of us still had shockwaves going through our systems from the piece. Friend's reaction summed it up: 'During the second movement, I wanted to cry.' There's nothing else to say - it's just sublime.
2:52 my favorite part, so beautiful
Many years ago one of my students in an introductory class of psychology asked me to listen to the flute solo in the adagio asai starting at 10:00 and continuing on til 12: 30 or so. I have never forgotten that moment and it is etched into my frontal cortex until I die. Ravel is a genius and I am proud to say his music is the most extraordinary of all.
Why frontal cortex?
The flute solo begins at 11:40.
Are you still alive?
00:00 I Allegremente
08:37 II Adagio assai
18:02 III Presto
I can't get over how happy the little section from 8:12 to 8:18 makes me feel.
11:40 best orchestral intro ever.
I'm amazed at how good the recorded sound is--from 1957!
I really think this version's pianist nailed the section from 20:17 to 20:54, they made the build up very worthwhile when they hit that high part, and it makes the entire piece very satisfying.
This concerto is full of wonderful passages. But i'm just in love with 2:14 , he harmonized that melody so beautifully.
The second movement is a tender breath between piano and orchestra after a passionate night.
2:52 7:00 13:24 15:00 (16:26)
Genius melodies.
Schumann used a melody similar to 15:00 in his op. 56 no 1.
we like a jazzy Ravel
To think I despised studying this when I was in school. After becoming obsesed years later with classical music I finally return to it and my mind has been melted by the raw striking genius. Infact the genius is so outrageously intense it's overwhelming, my life is a lie and my heart bleeds with fury and passion. Classical music is THE music.
Ezra Nixon Ravel is indeed an incredible genius. The two piano concertos, his string quartet, Daphnis et Chloe - he truly created unique sounds, colors and moods that are so characteristic and yet completely different from each other. He has an unbelievable harmonic language that engulfs the listener in a fantasy world beyond your imagination. I believe Daphnis et Chloe is the best work of art created by man kind.
@@liriking11 I recommend listening to Debussy's String Quartet as well. Ravel's String Quartet is based off of Debussy's string quartet and Debussy's is actually better in my opinion.
It's funny, I have the same thought for modern and contemporary music. By the way, Ravel is considered a modern musician ...
Well, I guess, I only have one thing to say: Welcome home.
LOL, it is talentless, tuneless garbage outside of the 2nd movement.
Being a hindustani classical singer.. since 14yrs... And then coming to playing classical piano for 8yrs.. and playing ravel and hearing it works.. makes me amaze and wonder how classical music is rich...
Beautiful music... Technically hard but not impossible...
Love ravel...
The 2nd movement is the most beautiful thing I've heard in my life, sounds like a fairytale!
that second movement gets me everytime. I wish it never ends.
One of the most beautiful pieces of music I’ve ever heard!
I can never listen to the first movement without pretending to conduct it! Ravel was an utter genius and legend
3:51 ... Some metal guitarist should pick up (from measure 17) as a complete necro riff. I love runs like these.
The second movments so good that even on a first listen its amazing.
I don't have words to describe my feelings. Happiness, astonishment, ravishing music! The second movement . . .. !
I can't even express all the emotions that are running and expanding and flowing in my mind with this masterpiece. It feels as if it takes me to a previous life or through my whole life at the same time... devastating and exhilarating at the same time.
Grazie Arturo Benedetti Michelangelo, sarai per sempre un pezzo del mio cuore
I believe that every great composer would take their hat off to Michelangeli for his trills.
Michelangeli and Gilels have the greatest trill technique imo. Truly outstanding geniuses
Trills are probably the hardest piano technique. Especially on an upright
Wow, that second movement, just wow.
The piano pieces that are the hardest to learn to play usually sound the best. Amazing piano concerto.
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli lives in this concerto as he plays it. Every pause he takes before playing in rhythm shows his intense feeling for this piece.
No better performance and his performance in 1957 is ageless! Bravo, Arturo!
One of the greatest recordings ever of this fantastic concerto
+bubffm not really
"not really" - I genuinely laughed out loud. "You can't play Ravel's G Major any better than Michelangeli" is something both Emil Gilels and Sviatoslav Richter are on record as saying
ok then
+Miles Shore pwned
bubffm I like Zimerman's recording with Boulez lol
Every piece ravel makes sounds like water and i cant get over how pleasing that is to the ear!!
evidently you have not listened to Gaspard de la nuit
Gaspard de la nuit also sounds like water in a way
@@btk-3780 Well Ondine is a water nymph
I am 100% in love with the first movement ending!
It is said that Ravel and George Gershwin had talks together when the "American" was "In Paris".
Who was in Paris.
Cmon
Say it
Seems logical to me.
The piece to crown all piano genres in one. Classical, baroque, medieval even at times, romantic of course, jazz, and just general 20th century. Later 20th century as well (because Ravel was way ahead of his time - some of it sounds like bernstein or something at times.)
no wonder Gershwin wanted to study with Ravel
Thank you for the score!!
Probably the greatest interpretation ever recorded.
It is a great interpretation. Closest I've heard to Nadia Boulanger (can't find it anywhere now), who was in my opinion the best...
The second movement, and especially the passage from 14:24 to 15:00, is so beautiful.
Shout out to the orchestra and all their soloists, especially in the 3rd movement (I hear you, Bassoon bro.)
No. If you look at the score, there are parts where the horn goes solo but I can't hear it. and it is supposed to be mf while the trombone p, so I wonder if they deserve such praise. :(
6:29 the music flows so well there is no pause or delay in the way the musical thought is captured.
Ravel's jazz-influenced compositions
1923-27 Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano
1929-31 Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
1929-31 Piano Concerto in G
/ Per wiki /
For the Left Hand? Really? That concerto sounds more folk inspired to me. Then again, i haven't really researched it. In G though for sure. There are parts of this concerto that sound like they were written by Gershwin lol
Awesome concerto! I listen to it while chilling near the seashore at night
Jolie citation de la Rapsody in Bleu de G Gerschwin. On adore
That regularity is amazing, such mastership and magical sound! At 6:14 and more at 6:34
I really appreciate the combination of music and score! Thank you.
13:34 The psychological maneuvering and the artistic design it took to achieve such a profound sense of reassurance and peace. I'm speechless. Again at 14:16
I can laugh, cry, and dance to this. Thanks Olla.
I absolutely adore the 3rd movement
Its basically jazz
You've gotta be mad
@@ilikebeefso?
@@SevenEyesofGod wdym "so" i didnt make any points
On ne peut imaginer plus belle interprétation de ce chef d'oeuvre.
Certissimus.
This is an amazing work, especially that calm middle movement which must rank as one of the loveliest pieces of writing for the piano ever. The outer movements pack a real punch.
I can see the gershwin's influence in this piece
Jostim Romero Vargas somehow similar to the rhapsody in blue
Also Copland's Rodeo.
On the contrary: Gerswin was influenceed by Ravel. Take notes that Ravel was solder.
I think the influence was mutual
@@jostimromerovargas8364 the influence was definitely mutual... after they met, Ravel composed somewhat jazz concerto (this one) and Gershwin somewhat classical one. This concerto reminds me American in Paris a lot :)
I agree the second movement is Beautiful,touches me everytime,love Ravel a genius,Bye for now love Alan
every time you listen to that first movement, the better it gets.
Michelangeli interpretation of this concert is just sublime; the best of all times by far!! Michelangeli was one of the greatest pianists ever!
Ive got this recording on vinyl and cd coupled with Rachmaninoffs 4th, incredible performances
Alongside his performance of Rachmaninoffs 4th
It's wonderful but the great Nadia Boulanger's performance tops it... (this one is the closest I've heard to her interpretation). I had that recording in the 70s but cannot find it anywhere now. Of course Nadia was a student of Faure's and a classmate of Ravel, so she knows how the master wanted it to be played...
Hauntingly beautiful second movement.
Just heard this on the radio and it got to me
I admire your taste in music greatly, as it matches mine. Modern Ravel, Rautavaara, Ornstein, Prokofiev, I love it all.
Mine extends a bit into the time after some of those composers, most notably Nikolai Kapustin.
I honestly feel that I'm the only impressionist-jazz period liker.
haters back off
Do exists haters of impressionist composers or Kapustin???
Some, yes. I personally know a classmate of mine who hates Kapustin but likes Ravel and Debussy.
Shostakovich no? Yeah, he can be leaning towards neo-classical.
The 2nd movement's dissonance makes it really eerie and fascinating. But normally avant garde compositions have no meaning and no musical value. I don't know of Rautavaara, Ornstein or Kapustin, but if they could've written #RachmaninovsPianoConcertoNo2 they would have, LOL!
4:57 that sounded like dies irae
It is Petroushka
Not sure if it’s specifically a reference to the dies irae but it’s definitely there. The b flat down to the a back to the b flat then down to the g. Only difference is in rhythm.
Wonderful concerto.
How on earth did this lovely piece end up at #300 on the recent 2018 Classic FM ‘Hall of Fame’?
Well Classic fm is absolute garbage, that might have contributed
I guess there must have been 299 better ones.
I've been listening to this piece recently. I used to have it on an old CD (or perhaps just the 2nd movement?) and am enjoying getting acquainted with it, altho it's quite a lot of music and very erratic. Really enchanting too. Last year my piano project was rhapsody in blue, this might be this year's 👍
Brilliant!
fantastic..Michelangeli's performance is mAGICAL!!!
I agree, just the added high B note in the very end of the 2nd mvmt doesn't hit my taste...
Yooo those glissandos are smooth ngl 😮
Lovely music and lovely description! It seems you love the music a lot, reading your commentary :)
It is odd. Despite the beauty of the second movement, I never cry until the third movement begins. It's as though the second movement is the hardship, and the third movement is the relief
Movement 1 and 3 underrated
brilliant!
I'm hearing a bit of the theme from the Tombeau de Couperin's minuet at 13:22 and 14:05.
Wow that bassoon part at 20:00!!
Le ré# et le la bécarre à 1:05 sont, dans le contexte, un grand moment de la musique, si expressif.
13:27, 14:09, and 16:30 all sound so warm to me
Other composers’ piano concerto:
💧🌳🌹🎼⛰💎❤️🥲
Ravel’s piano Concerto:
🌈🍭🎪🎡🔮🎉🎈😆
This is a very nice performance from 1957.
Yes... Is so much beautiful... Do you have heard the 2nd movement of Piano Concerto by Francis Poulenc?
Absolute peak of French concertant music!
FANTASTİC MUSİC, WERY SPRİTİOSO
Just... neat.
First movement makes me think of Magnolia Star, that one ILMEA piece, especially at around 5:00
19:03 "who lives in a pineapple under the sea"
STOP YOU RUINED IT LOL
Ειναι ένα ποίημα💞❤️💕
really like 😘
20:18 - 20:42 IS SO INTENSE HOLY SHIT
True! Ironically, the whole passage is relatively easy for the pianist, who gets a break from the hard stuff for a while.
Capolavoro assoluto!!!
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Why does Michelangeli delay the top line in the second movement, does that help bring out the left hand waltz? I love it whatever it's meant to do. Excellent expression there and throughout the piece.
6:19~はラヴェルらしい華麗なピアノ書法
21:00 Godzilla's theme O.o
I cant believe I never noticed that before!!
The part at 14:46 reminds me of a tremolo violin part in Ravel's sonata for violin and piano (first movement).
OMG this concerto will NEVER bore me .... genius !!!!!!!! we've got here like hundred different kind of musical landscapes ... this is absolutely mind-blowing
3rd movement 18:02
riveting. truly_-+
15:00 best
OMG yes. Goosebumps everytime. Plus 16:14 16:49
11:38