An Introduction to Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit (Ondine)

Created and narrated by Chairat Chongvattanakij.

[@user-sw9sc9xh9v]

Thank you for choosing Ivo Pogorelichs interpretation. GOAT 🐐

[@mikebel74]

Brilliant analysis. I’ve been captivated by this piece for many years. I’ve heard hundreds of interpretations by the greatest pianists. It never ceases to go directly to my soul. It evokes magic, vastness, awe, cleverness, and goes to the essence of existence itself. Ravel does that for me. Whether Rhapsodie Espagnole, Gaspard de la Nuit, Sonatiine, or the brilliant Daphnis et Chloe, Ravel does something to me that no other composer can. It’s hard to put into words. But thank God this brilliant musician did live and produce an oeuvre which is unique, and each piece he wrote is a precisely polished jewel. Definitely an example of quality over quantity, IMHO. Thanks for your post. Much enjoyed!

[@Poeme340]

I couldn’t agree more!

[@unsiliquaria]

Ravel's music is one of the things that make me grateful to be alive on Earth. His music is the sound of the new and wondrous even today.

[@VsevolodTokmakov93]

Best musical analysis I have seen on KZbin. It's got it all. Harmony, melody, form, poetic meaning, an attempt to penetrate the composer's thoughts. This left me in tears.

[@Rene-uz3eb]

Ok I think this is what’s happening harmonically 9:26 The melody is actually in B major. The right hand alternates between the tonics C# and A, which happens to be two steps to the left and to the right of B, on the circle of fifths. So Ondine’s world and the guy’s are four fifths apart harmonically, ie far, but they both meet in the middle at B, while we can still hear their respective worlds/original tonics as the right hand. So the melody is actually them both, her calling first two notes and him replying the three.

[@atab24]

this channel is criminally underrated!! amazing analysis

[@Vincent-ig2cb]

Wow... I watched it all, lovingly. I just wish that my music theory was up to following it, but I'm still totally hooked on Gaspard as much as ever. Thank you so much for this study, which has been a labour of love. The greatest piece ever written for the piano, my opinion and I'll stick to it.

[@DearProfessorRF]

Wow. What a great spot-on analysis of this work, my favorite of all Ravel’s composition. Fantastic analytical job for a fantastic artistic creation. How Ravel came up with the musical formula to create. these sounds is beyond my humbly human comprehension.

[@oudompianist5594]

You deserve an award for this spectacular analysis video! This is absolutely my favorite piece of all time. I do want to point out though, at 25:41, measure 70 and 71 is a G#7 flat 5 chord, which is different than the previous two measures. Thank you so much for creating this video! I gained plenty of new insights from this.

[@Felix_Li_En]

Lol your "Thanks for watching" just reminds me the legendary "I am finished, thank you." of the brilliant warming up by Cziffra! A straightforward thank after a fantastic job! 😆😆

[@CyrusandAurelius]

This is so wonderful! I wish you return to create more!

[@florencioigual]

Brilliant analysis of a brilliant and eternal piece of music

[@eliask7859]

Thank you 🙏

[@robbes7rh]

A very fine exposition of this work. The visual clarity of the musical examples you discuss contribute greatly to the overall success of this video. It sets a high bar for music analysis videos.

[@traduzindo_shorts]

What a FANTASTIC analysis.

[@user-ms6fp4uj5m]

This is a just wonderful video. Thank you so much!!

[@ignaciopinopiano9423]

Thank you very much, I really admire your work! Please, if it's not too demanding, give us an analysis of Le Gibet and Scarbo. Greetings from Chile!

[@Hfgfhgd-7896-werden]

Absolutely loved your work! Deep insights in both theoretical and artistic parts of the peace makes it compelling for listeners as well as performers. I would appreciate your analysis on further two Poems "Le Gibet" and "Scarbo" 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@nathanthomas974]

Great analysis of my favorite piece

[@josesouza9820]

Excellent analysis!

[@SenicoOcines]

more Ravel pls 😍😍

[@user-we6hm5zl9h]

Very nice analysis.

[@joekbaron1205]

Hi Chairat, thanks for this video and I’m so happy that you uploaded again, could you please do more in depth looks at symphonies, maybe the popular Mozart ones or Brahms? Love from the Netherlands❤️

[@caterscarrots3407]

Oh, do Symphony no. 39 in Eb if you do Mozart symphonies please. I love how dramatic that symphony is, it's like it foreshadows Beethoven's Eroica.

[@joekbaron1205]

@@caterscarrots3407 i actually haven’t listened to 39 yet, but I love 25 and 40, which recording do you recommend to first listen to 39?

[@caterscarrots3407]

@@joekbaron1205 Well, I haven't listened to that many recordings of it, but this is one of my favorites: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qH6UfXSVl9Oag7M

[@rajafloma8856]

Fantastic job thanks for sharing

[@Rivse]

Amazing analysis. I would love an analysis of II. Le Gibet plus III. Scarbo. Thanks 💖

[@DByrd24]

At 11:25 the 4-note motif can also be heard in George Gershwin’s “Summertime” in his opera “Porgy & Bess.”

[@aleksandarjankovski6542]

Bravo and thank you!

[@Joe_Young_Pianist]

Fantastic content!

[@anandgodane8022]

Thank you so much sir ❤️

[@blacksky492]

Great video

[@Barrybeastmode]

I see this work as being more of a representation of Jake and Logan’s falling out over the promotion of the Prime energy drink brand.

[@lovaaaa2451]

Wow. Absolutely brilliant, I would love to see more analysis videos, count me subscribed. Side note, is it not frustrating to look at the sheet music and thinking about the representation of ondine dissapearing without a trace and Ravel having written ''sans ralentir'', and still the pianist slows down giving us a peaceful ending in the tonic...

[@febilogi]

24:29 reminds me of giant steps john coltraine 😉

[@EmdrGreg]

This is wonderful. Have you done the other pieces?

[@IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5]

You should do one on Scarbo!

[@ifoundleon]

Fascinating analysis. Although, I often find that this level of theoretical analysis is akin to someone trying to understanding the brilliance of a painting by analyzing the chemical structure of the pigments used. It reaches a point at which the emotional motivations and intellectual inspirations of the creator are obliterated by compositional reasoning. Like dissecting a human body to try and find the soul. As someone who both composes and paints, I tend to believe that inspiration arrives without a theoretical agenda, and over time and experimentation, is refined, distilled, and grounded within theory. Most music theorists I know tend to think backwards. They take it apart and try to rebuild it, not realizing that the creation evolved organically, instead of rationally.

[@WondrousHello]

Please do le gibet next 😃

[@benhouhousmail6563]

very nice analysis, thank you. Please who is the pianist playing? his interpretation is amazing!

[@chairatchongvattanakij]

Ivo Pogorelich

[@user-zt1zn6lz1g]

Very interesting video. Where did you get Ravel’s autograph?

[@juwonnnnn]

👏

[@brianzayman2228]

Ondine's intention are malign: she begs the man to join her under the water = drown himself.

[@stynway59]

It's the basic level of the "Little Mermaid" tale. H C Anderson and Disney gave it a happy ending.

[@TomerII]

You shouldn't interpret the opening chord as a dominant. The opening is modal. It is in the mode of C# mixolydian b6, which is the classic mode for major-minor mixture, and is frequently used even by Rachmaninov.

[@XinhaoZheng]

Where did you find the manuscript of this piece?

[@christophetanquerey8418]

very interesting analysis as Messian .. ( however beyond poetics arguments needs ,to be played, arrangements and astuces to be played ....)

[@fb7876]

Who is playing?

[@zeke7269]

Sounds like Pogorelich

[@fb7876]

@@zeke7269 very much, yeah - the best of the best in my ears;-)

[@stynway59]

I suspect there are better. He neglectes some important melodiy lines.. But he does well

[@Barrybeastmode]

It’s Jake Paul

[@angkhangnguyen5017]

pleease tell me, who is the pianist

[@Enricoooo]

Pogolerich i think

[@Barrybeastmode]

Jake Paul

[@EmilWang-ql9ji]

This piece is very difficult to understand. I'm confused af