Ravel's Tiny Masterpiece

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0:00 Introduction with Loki
0:09 Ravel’s marvellous underrated Prelude
0:35 It’s an easier piece (quote from Scarbo played by Argerich)
0:47 The year 1913
0:54 Three great ballets of 1912
1:32 Collaboration with Stravinsky
1:46 Trois Poèmes de Stephane Mallarmé
1:57 Ravel, a composer of masterpieces
2:30 Inspiration of Schoenberg and Stravinsky
2:43 The third song in the Mallarmé cycle
3:33 Ravel straightens out the Mallarmé motif
4:22 A sight-reading test piece for the Paris Conservatoire
5:09 A short analysis of the Prelude
5:40 a simple illustration of Ravel’s harmony
6:13 Radiant D major, bitter-sweet D minor
6:44 Comparison with Puccini
7:14 More poignant than before
7:36 The most beautiful phrase of all.
8:11 Debussy: “It is the product of the finest ears that have ever existed”
8:55 Ian Coulter introduces Skillshare
10:37 Ravel’s Prelude in A minor (with animated commentary)

Ravel’s exquisite Prelude in A minor of 1913 is one of his shortest and least played pieces. This video explains the prelude in the context of Ravel’s life and work during the period it was written. There is a short explanation of how the music works, followed by a performance of the prelude with animated commentary at the end of the video.

Prelude in A minor (1913) by Maurice Ravel. Pianist Matthew King.

Check out other videos about Ravel on this channel:

An animated commentary on Ravel’s ‘La Valse’:    • Maurice Ravel's Volcanic Orchestration  
An animated commentary about Ravel's Gaspard de la Suite:    • Maurice Ravel's Stunning Piano Writing  
An animated commentary about Ravel’s Tombeau de Couperin:    • Maurice Ravel's Miraculous Orchestration  

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Edited by Ian Coulter ( https://www.iancoultermusic.com )
Produced and directed by Ian Coulter & Matthew King


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