Os Filarmónicos

Faltam menos de dez dias para o concerto da Orquestra Filarmónica de Berlim com Sir Simon Rattle na Gulbenkian. O evento encontra-se esgotado, pois. Do programa constam obras de Ligeti, Wagner e Debussy, Daphnis et Chloé (Suite nº 2) de Ravel e a Renana de Schumann.

Um pequeno excerto da obra de Ravel, pelos Filarmónicos, mas dirigidos aqui por Yannick Nézet-Séguin:

Também no dia 23 de Novembro, mas ao meio-dia, talvez pensando em quem não conseguiu arranjar um lugarzinho para a noite, o Ensemble de Metais da Berliner Filarmoniker vai dar a Volta ao Mundo em 50 Minutos.

Hélène Grimaud - Concerto em sol de Ravel

Samedi 24 janvier, connectez-vous sur www.medici.tv à 20h00 [19h00] pour suivre la pianiste Hélène Grimaud en direct, gratuitement, de la Cité de la musique. En association avec France 3 et France 2, le concert sera aussi diffusé sur www.citedelamusique.fr.

Hélène Grimaud interprétera le Concerto en sol de Ravel avec le Chamber Orchestra of Europe dirigé par le jeune chef russe Vladimir Jurowski. Egalement au programme, Métamorphoses et la Suite Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme de Richard Strauss.

Pour ceux qui ne pourront pas suivre le concert en direct, celui-ci sera disponible en VoD pendant 60 jours.

Artur Pizarro - Ravel, volume II

Mais um disco de piano para ter em casa e para oferecer aos amigos. É o segundo volume das obras completas para piano de Maurice Ravel, tocadas por Artur Pizarro e gravadas em Bristol, no Reino Unido (o primeiro volume foi gravado no Teatro de São Luís).

Eis um excerto da crítica de Charlotte Gardner no sítio da BBC:

"There is a popular children's tale about a necklace of raindrops that I think would have appealed to Maurice Ravel. When I imagine the composer, I picture the tiny Frenchman alone, immaculately suited, head full of his beloved fairytales, winding up his collection of mechanical toys. Whilst this is an undeniably whimsical thought, its inspiration comes from his music, the crystalline notes placed inside antique forms with a near-fanatical delicacy and precision, like a necklace of raindrops. Stravinsky once described Ravel as, ''the most perfect of Swiss clockmakers'' and, whilst we can debate the Russian's intended meaning until we’re blue in the face, I doubt he was referring to Ravel’s engineering father or his tenuous connections with the homeland of Toblerone. More likely is that he recognised a master musical technician who married form with beauty to often dazzling effect. Analogies over, the reason why I'm at pains to convey all these images is because they sum up for me how Ravel's music should sound – like magical musical filigree - and my delight at hearing Artur Pizarro achieve just such an effect."

Sonatine - Animé (excerto)

Festivais de Verão no ARTE

O canal ARTE mostra-nos reportagens, entrevistas e alguns concertos (na íntegra) dos festivais deste Verão.

O encenador Stéphane Braunschweig fala da sua produção
de "Siegfried" em Aix-en-Provence:

Valery Gergiev e Hélène Grimaud no Festival de Verbier:

UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra
Valery Gergiev direction
Kristina Kapustynska mezzo-soprano
Hélène Grimaud piano

Shchedrin
La tzigane Grusha, aria pour mezzo-soprano et orchestre extraite de l’opéra «Le Pèlerin enchanté»

Ravel
Concerto pour piano et orchestre en Sol majeur

Mahler
Symphonie N° 5 en ut dièse mineur

Michelangeli - Ravel - Celibidache

Não sei qual é a orquestra, nem quando foi registado, mas os dedos de Michelangeli são milagrosos e os olhos de Celibidache falam connosco. É o 1º andamento do Concerto para piano de Ravel.

Artur Pizarro - Ravel, volume I

Artur Pizarro tem um novo disco, gravado no Teatro de São Luís, na sequência das integrais de Ravel e Debussy que aí interpretou, há cerca de seis meses. Ainda não o ouvi, mas está aqui uma crítica fresquinha no site da BBC.
Um dos melhores pianistas da actualidade, como pôde comprovar quem o viu tocar o concerto para piano de Tchaikovsky, em Fevereiro, na Gulbenkian.

BRAVO, PIZARRO!




















Artur Pizarro
The Complete Works Of Ravel, Vol.1

Composer: Maurice Ravel
Performer: Artur Pizarro
Label: Linn
Cat#: CKD290
Released: 2007-03-05

HIGHLIGHTS

* Ondine, from Gaspard de la Nuit
* Alborada del gracioso, from Miroirs

REVIEW

The five works on this CD – the first of two volumes Artur Pizarro is releasing of Ravel’s complete piano music – create a fascinating and almost surreal musical journey. From the watery magic of Jeux d’Eau and the dark virtuosity of Gaspard de la Nuit, to the multi-faceted Miroirs and the brilliance of La Valse, this recording highlights not only Ravel’s amazing ability to depict extra-musical characters and events through music, but also Artur Pizarro’s very individual way of bringing these phenomena to life in his playing.

One of Linn’s hybrid super audio CDs (SACD), this disc can be played on both super audio and regular CD players, and demonstrates perfectly how SACD benefits the piano more than any other instrument. When listened to on SACD it reveals a rich sonority across the whole range of the instrument. The low end is detailed and never gets lost or muddy, while the top end is always smooth and never harsh, as normal CDs often can be.

But Pizarro’s playing itself has no small hand in what makes this such a rewarding disc to listen to. His interpretation of Ravel is refreshingly personal and un-sensationalist, and although he never goes too far in terms of fortes, it doesn’t seem to matter. The detailed nature of SACD highlights his subtle use of the pedal throughout, allowing the rapid arpeggio passages to be heard without any kind of smearing to spoil the clarity. Even in the disc’s most complex passages – and in Gaspard de la Nuit we encounter one of the piano repertoire’s real monster-works - Pizarro’s playing gives the impression of being as free from resistence as the 'fountains, cascades and streams' Ravel describes in his Jeux d’Eau.

This is a very grown-up disc on all counts. I would definitely recommend it and look forward to hearing the second volume.

Reviewer: Claire Rogers

Maurice Béjart - Bolero (II)

Ravel e os braços de Maya Plisetskaya

Maurice Béjart - Bolero (I)

Béjart criou o Bolero para os braços de Maya Plisetskaya. Aqui dançam Elisabeth Ros e Octavio Stanley. O solista dança sobre um estrado, à volta do qual estão sentados os homens. Pouco a pouco, estes levantam-se e entram num jogo sedutor com uma grande carga erótica.