Maurice Ravel - Sonata for Violin and Cello, M. 73

Maurice Ravel - Sonata for Violin and Cello, M. 73 (1920-1922)
Performed by Jean-Jacques Kantorow, violin, and Philippe Muller, cello

Movement One: Allegro - 0:00
Movement Two: Très vif - 4:40
Movement Three: Lent - 7:56
Movement Four: Vif, avec entrain - 14:53

[TimothyZhou]

I find this harmony utterly incomprehensible, but damn, Ravel's orchestration is masterful! It's amazing how many colors and textures he can evoke from merely two instruments

[markleneker]

"Sonata for a Good Violinist and VERY Good Cellist."

[justintuccimusic]

This is the first interpretation of this piece that makes sense to me. Beautiful.

[jiafeiskinnyproducts]

7:37 huh, one key for the violin and another for the cello. interesting!

[agogobell]

The last movement reminds me a fair bit of Bartók’s string writing.

[NareshNaresh-lrnq]

Making ecstatic as usual.Unforgettable experience, indeed.

[josephalvarez]

Ooh, was just looking for this score. Thanks for the upload!

[satosmi]

It's a great shame that we don't see more of Ravel's sonatas of this type (apart from another one for piano and violin) forming a more substantial suite, akin to Beethoven's late five string quartets. These late works - absolutely enigmatic, experimental for their time; filled with harmonic, textural and structural surprises; yet simultaneously musically compelling - have always been exhilarating to me.

[musiquemusique]

Un Ravel assez ardu, très loin de ses sompuosités orchestrales habituelles, mais passionnant, et magnifiquement servi par deux grands artistes.

[manthasagittarius]

Timothy Zhou, it's not intelligible in terms of functional harmony, but I find it emotionally rich and resonant, and it tickles the sensation of the brain too. I wish I had the skill to create an accompanying animation, maybe with fractals.

[NareshNaresh-lrnq]

The structures you bring ever belong to I think another world

[MrWhitty]

Freaking brilliant, an obvious throw(back>forward) to Bartok ..sheesh!

[satosmi]

The mysterious and cantabile "Lent" 3rd movement also reminds me of what Beethoven did in those slow movements of his final quartets (yes, I know that was long ago). And the 2nd movement is simply a percussive feast.

[juliee]

The second movement clearly inpired the music in The Grand Budapest Hotel

[samuelungar]

I find the rhythms and articulations/percussive techniques here very interesting. I only wish that the notes sounded good.

[johnryskamp]

What does this have to do with Debussy? Is he saying that him and Debussy were not on the same page?