Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Benjamin Staern writes about this work:
"The trumpet soloist works as a sender ”are reflecting the news” and the brass quintet like a ”receiver that comments the action”. They are confronted and changing roles in between during the course of the journey were the soloists moves from noise towards pitch while the brass goes right the opposite, from pitch to noise. The work is divided into three movements that is played without a break."
COMPOSER: Benjamin Staern
TRUMPET: Jeroen Berwaerts
BRASS QUINTET: Stockholm Chamber Brass
TRACKLIST:
0:00 - I. Agitato
9:07 - II. Corrente
13:43 - III. Cadenza
15:27 - IV. Agile
NOTE: This is a live performance!
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Benjamin Staern writes about this work:
"The trumpet soloist works as a sender ”are reflecting the news” and the brass quintet like a ”receiver that comments the action”. They are confronted and changing roles in between during the course of the journey were the soloists moves from noise towards pitch while the brass goes right the opposite, from pitch to noise. The work is divided into three movements that is played without a break."
COMPOSER: Benjamin Staern
TRUMPET: Jeroen Berwaerts
BRASS QUINTET: Stockholm Chamber Brass
TRACKLIST:
0:00 - I. Agitato
9:07 - II. Corrente
13:43 - III. Cadenza
15:27 - IV. Agile
NOTE: This is a live performance!
Please be aware that all of the music (and images) featured in this video belong to their respective owners, and I or this channel does not claim any right over them. I upload these solely for archiving purposes, and for the sharing and enjoyment of great music. Monetization is not enabled. If you are the rightful owner of copyrighted material used and would like the video removed from YouTube, please, instead of reporting/striking my channel, leave a comment below with your statement and I will take the video down effective immediately.
![Maurice Ravel — Gaspard de la nuit (1908) (Szuyu Su, piano) [w/ score]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Le9unM1ansU/mqdefault.jpg "Maurice Ravel — Gaspard de la nuit (1908) (Szuyu Su, piano) [w/ score]
One of Maurice Ravel’s most famous and virtuosic masterpieces, “Gaspard de la nuit” (Treasurer of the Night), and its subtitle “Trois poèmes pour piano daprès Aloysius Bertrand” (Three Poems for Piano By Aloysius Bertrand), takes from Aloysius Bertrand’s collection of poems of the same name. The three poems Ravel chose from this collection depict dark and foreboding imagery, such as the evil seduction of a water spirit, the grotesque world surrounding a hanging corpse, and the terror induced by a menacing gremlin. With exceedingly complex use of rhythm and intricate phrases, ingenious harmonies and colors, and profound structure, Gaspard de la nuit has been famously called one of the most difficult pieces in the entire piano repertoire. In particular, the third movement “Scarbo” is a ferocious technical achievement. Ravel quotes about this piece, “I wanted to make a caricature of romanticism. Perhaps it got the better of me.”
My personal favorite recording of this piece that I’ve heard, this recording was brilliantly performed by Taiwanese pianist Szuyu Su at her Spring 2021 Graduation Recital with the Curtis Institute of Music, which premiered on 4/23/2021. (Original full recital video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nuu2tZWm6U4)
COMPOSER: Maurice Ravel
PIANO: Szuyu Su
TRACKLIST:
0:00 - Introduction
0:07 - I. Ondine
6:34 - II. Le Gibet
13:13 - III. Scarbo
Please be aware that all of the music (and images) featured in this video belong to their respective owners, and I or this channel does not claim any right over them. I upload these solely for archiving purposes, and for the sharing and enjoyment of great music. Monetization is not enabled. If you are the rightful owner of copyrighted material used and would like the video removed from YouTube, please, instead of reporting/striking my channel, leave a comment below with your statement and I will take the video down effective immediately.
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