How does Ravel’s music differ to romantic composers? How would you play it?
I’m working my way through Ravel’s Sonatine for piano, and I’m struggling with interpretation. My teacher says I play it with lots of rubato like its a romantic piece. How should impressionistc music be played/interpreted?
Any opinions/advice welcome … thanks!
Oh and have a nice day x
The Sonatine makes quite clear the difference between Debussy and Ravel. Debussy was more « objective » in form, using his tonal materials to set a mood or « paint a picture ». Debussy didn’t write « Sonatas » per se until late in life, and he stuck an opus number (Op. 10) on his String Quartet as a way of « thumbing his nose » to those who insisted everything had to follow textbook classical rules. (No other Debussy work has an opus number. He also wrote a « Premiere rapsodie » for clarinet, but never a « deuxieme rapsodie »…)
Ravel stayed closer to classical forms and dance styles – another prime example would be « Le Tombeau de Couperin », which is a baroque suite seen through early twentieth-century eyes. Even his ground-breaking « Jeux d’eau » is, in his own words, in a first movement sonata form without adhering to the classical tonal plan.
Some rubato is necessary to perform the Sonatine well, but look at the score – he wrote it in for you. So to do much more would be like sticking a couple of pairs of false eyelashes on an already-beautiful woman.
Listen to the sounds you are creating – voice the melody over those lovely harmonies, noting that sometimes his odd hand positions may result in a non-traditional voicing.
Tributo ad Arturo Benedetti MICHELANGELI: RAVEL piano concerto in G Major- I Tempo 1957
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