Poster Maurice Ravel at the piano, 1912
Maurice Ravel at the piano, 1912
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Ravel's economical complexity

In 1922, Maurice Ravel premiered a piece for violin and cello. It is so dense and challenging that a musicologist of the time suggested that Ravel rearrange it for orchestra, spreading the notes out across many instruments rather than two. On today's show, hear Amy Schwartz Moretti and Yegor Dyachov perform Ravel's Sonata for Violin and Cello, from a concert in Seattle.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Gian-Carlo Menotti: Ricercare on a Theme from ''The Old Maid and the Thief"
Charlie Albright, piano
Vivace
CAPC Music 884501469760

Shawn Conley: Yann's Flight
sybarite5
Chamber Music Society of Saint Cloud, St. Cloud at Atonement Lutheran Church, St. Cloud, MN

Nikolai Kapustin: Variations Op. 41
Charlie Albright, piano
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA

Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Maurice Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition (selected movements)
Los Angeles Philharmonic; James Conlon, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA

Hour 2

Fritz Kreisler: Caprice Viennois, Op. 2 for violin and piano
Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; Elizabeth Pridgen, piano
Kaleidoscope
DSL 92126

Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY

Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello
Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; Yegor Dyachkov, cello
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA

Purandara Dasa (arr. Stephen Prutsman): Govinda
Stephen Prutsman, piano
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA

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