Complete music collection “commmons: schola” series fully supervised by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Volume 4 is by Ravel.
Maurice Ravel is a modern French composer who symbolizes the beginning of the 20th century.
12 carefully selected sound sources by Ryuichi Sakamoto, including ``Bolero'' conducted by Ravel himself, and unraveling the elaborate and mechanical musicality of the artist, who is considered alongside Debussy, who lived at the same time, but took a completely different path. A book consisting of discussions, explanations, and a chronology.
- "The Play of Water" Martha Argerich [Recorded in 1960]
- "String Quartet in F major - 1st movement Allegro moderato"
Alban Berg Quartet [Recorded in 1984] - "Sonatine - 2nd movement Minuet"
Vlad Perlemutaire [Recorded in 1955] - "Natural History - No. 1 Peacock"
Gabriel Bakier, Dalton Goldwyn [Recorded in 1981] - “Gaspard of the Night ~No. 1 Water Spirit”
Martha Argerich [Recorded in 1974] - "Minuet in the Name of Haydn"
Vlad Perlemutaire - "Ma Mère Roi ~Fairy Garden"
Ernest Boer conductor Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra [Recorded in 1972] - "Daphnis and Chloe - Sunrise from Part 3"
New York Philharmonic conducted by Pierre Boulez
Camerata Singers, Abraham Kaplan [recorded in 1975] - "Three Poems of Stéphane Mallarmé - No. 2: Vain Wishes"
Felicity Lott, Dalton Baldwin
Orchester de Paris Chamber Ensemble conducted by Michel Plasson - "Sonata for violin and cello - 1st movement Allegro"
Mari Fujiwara Jean-Jacques Kantorow [Recorded in 1985] - "Piano Concerto in G major - 3rd movement Presto"
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Ettore Gratsis [Recorded in 1957] - "Bolero"
Orchestra Lamoureux conducted by Maurice Ravel [recorded in 1930]
commmons: schola vol.4
Ryuichi Sakamoto Selections:
Ravel
¥ 8,500 (excluding tax) [CD album] Released 12/23/2009
Buy a productcommmons: schola focuses on Ravel, a French musician famous as the composer of ``Bolero.''
Emeritus Professor Ryuichi Sakamoto passionately and carefully explains the appeal of Ravel's works, which developed in a completely different way even though they lived in the same era as Debussy, who was featured in the previous section.
Part 1
[22 minutes 24 seconds]
2010/01/21
1. Introduction
・Previous commmons: schola
・What is Impressionist music?
・Ravel's early life
・Relationship between Debussy and Satie
2.Song commentary (1) ~Early and middle songs~
・"Water play"
・“String Quartet in F major ~ 1st movement
Allegro moderato” (with improvisation by the professor)
・"Sonatine - 2nd movement Minuet" (with improvised performance by the professor)
Part 2
[18 minutes 07 seconds]
2010/02/11
1.Song commentary (2) ~Songs from the second half of his life~
Three songs explored from the relationship between Debussy and Satie
・"Three Poems of Stéphane Mallarmé - No. 2: Vain Wishes"
・"Sonata for violin and cello - 1st movement Allegro"
・"Bolero"
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