Stravinsky | Ravel | Gavin Gamboa

Stravinsky | Ravel

by Gavin Gamboa

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price

	1.	Serenade in A — I. Hymn 04:14
	2.	Serenade in A — II. Romanze 03:15
	3.	Serenade in A — III. Rondoletto 02:56
	4.	Serenade in A — IV. Cadenza Finale 03:24
	5.	Valses nobles et sentimentales — I. Modéré — très franc 01:52
	6.	Valses nobles et sentimentales — II. Assez lent – avec une expression intense 02:02
	7.	Valses nobles et sentimentales — III. Modéré 01:37
	8.	Valses nobles et sentimentales — IV. Assez animé 01:13
	9.	Valses nobles et sentimentales — V. Presque lent – dans un sentiment intime 01:13
	10.	Valses nobles et sentimentales — VI. Assez vif 00:48
	11.	Valses nobles et sentimentales — VII. Moins vif 03:25
	12.	Valses nobles et sentimentales — VIII. Epilogue: lent 07:12

about

The Serenade in A of 1925 represented Igor Stravinsky’s new instrumental style, which embraced a detached, sterilized romanticism with an orchestral logic in the articulations and textures, all within the limitations of the piano dynamic. The four phases which make up this work convey the properties of a classical Serenade in the abstract (dynamics, texture, rhythm, melody), and lead to a conception of the dance associations without actually being dance pieces in and of themselves.

Maurice Ravel, in a direct allusion to Franz Schubert (who in 1823 composed a set of 34 dances titled Valses sentimentales, and in 1826 another set of 12 titled Valses nobles) seems to have been prompted into his own explorations, channeling sensual sonorities, buoyant figurations, and profound elegance and restraint into the Viennese waltz form, filtered through his Parisian sensibility. It seemed appropriate to pair this effervescent, evocative impressionist work with the diametrically opposed angularity and rigidity of Stravinsky’s cubist conception of the Serenade, achieving a coherence and binary oppositional balance that each composer may have found mutually reinforcing.

credits

released January 14, 2014

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Serenade in A (1925)

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Valses nobles et sentimentales (1911)

_______________________________________________________

Gavin Gamboa, piano
5 December 2013
Teatro Peón Contreras
Mérida, Yucatán, México

This performance is on YouTube:
Stravinsky Serenade in A: youtu.be/MPLJi4_hFjE
Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales : youtu.be/GrNxfcur_yw

Further notes:
gavart.ist#M%C3%BAsica%20hace%20100%20a%C3%B1os

Cover: Stravinsky sketch by Picasso (1920) + Ravel sketch by Ghostbloom van Asten

license

some rights reserved

about

Gavin Gamboa Los Angeles, California

composer • pianist

profile drawing by mckay felt

he/him/they

one album per month from 2014-2020

current studio:
piano
bitwig
maxmsp
orcλ
tidalcycles
renoise
dorico
eurorack ... more

contact / help

Contact Gavin Gamboa

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Gavin Gamboa, you may also like:

At Pioneer Works
by Les Filles de Illighadad

supported by 4 fans who also own “Stravinsky | Ravel”

I love these women. the voices mesh together perfectly; also the world music is exceptional. I have all of their albums and they're all excellent. Give them a listen. Steve Lake
go to album
Chapitre II
by Tambour

featured on Bandcamp Radio Sep 19, 2017
go to album
Sun Spot
by Alfredo Ovalles

Gorgeous and haunting performances of contemporary classical pieces for piano and electronics from Alfredo Ovalles. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 4, 2022
go to album
Scatter My Ashes
by Octet Ensemble and William Susman

“Scatter My Ashes” exists at a crossroads between multiple styles, but emerges with something rich, textural, ambient, and riveting. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 7, 2022
go to album
Going Home (Album)
by Tristan Eckerson

Completely improvised piano pieces that have a stunning warmth & beauty, as tender as a gentle embrace. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 10, 2022
go to album
A Closer Look Reveals
by Michael R. Oldham

Chicago composer & pianist Michael R. Oldham uncorks a dazzling album of piano compositions, bursting with warm, uplifting melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 30, 2021
go to album
Iris Arco (EP)
by Tristan Eckerson

Rippling and disarming piano ballads from this Cincinnati composer that knock you out with their beauty. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 23, 2021
go to album