Ravel’s Tiny Masterpiece

The first 500 people to use my link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare 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 introduce