Rosanne Philippens & Yuri van Nieuwkerk Play Ravel

I really like the visually engaging camera work on the Dutch television show Vrije Geluiden (click here for a memorable past performance) in this clip of violinist Rosanne Philippens and pianist Yuri van Nieuwkerk playing the second movement of Ravel's Sonata for Violin and Piano. I only wish the microphone was a bit closer to Rosanne, as some of her softer sounds seem to get lost alongside a much more brightly recorded piano.

The Boston Trio Plays the Ravel Piano Trio 1st Movement

I've already posted the second movement of the Boston Trio's recent performance of the Ravel Piano Trio in Boston's Jordan Hall. Here they are playing the first:

Susan Graham Sings Asie from Ravel's Shéhérazade

I just discovered Imeem this evening and will be making my way through their classical listings in the next few weeks. Below is an embedded recording (via the Imeem Classical Music Group) of Susan Graham singing Asie from Ravel's Shéhérazade, with Yan Pascal Tortelier conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Ravel's L'Indifferent with Tatiana Troyanos and Martin Katz

This 1985 performance of L'Indifferent, the third song in Maurice Ravel's Shéhérazade, features legendary American mezzo soprano Tatiana Troyanos with Martin Katz playing piano. I particularly like the way that Katz voices the opening of the song with an effortless sensuality of tone.



(English translation by Ahmed Ismail can be found here)

Il est doux from Ravel's Chansons Madécasses on YouTube

The third song from Marice Ravel's Chansons Madécasses as performed by mezzo-soprano Maren Engelhardt, flautist Eva Skrinjaric, cellist Christine Hu, and pianist Francis Perron, in an Arthouse Videoclip directed by Wolfgang Rupert Muhr and filmed/edited by Christian Haake.

Nahandove Music Video on YouTube

This video of Maurice Ravel's Nahandove (from Chansons Madécasses) was directed by Wolfgang Rupert Muhr and filmed and edited by Christian Haake as part of their student work at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Unfortunately, there is nothing on their YouTube page listing who the four performers (voice, piano, flute, cello) might be. Their YouTube page has recently been updated to list the performers: mezzo-soprano Maren Engelhardt, flautist Eva Skrinjaric, cellist Christine Hu, and pianist Francis Perron (thanks for the update, Christian!) What I find interesting about this video is the progression from morning to night that parallels the passage of time hinted at in Evariste de Parny's text.

YouTube of Henryk Szeryng playing Ravel's Tzigane

Any idea who the pianist is on this YouTube video of Henryk Szeryng playing Ravel's Tzigane? He certainly plays the deadly repeated-note tutti well, if a little slow.