Ravel and his models, according to Josep Colom

In reaction to the complete Germanic predominance, during the transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth centuries French composers looked back to their musical past. Rameau and Couperin became sources of inspiration, as reflected in the works of Ravel. A comparative listening to sections of Couperin’s Quatorzième Ordre with parts of Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin illustrates the extent to which the updating of French harpsichord music in pianism of the time was deliberate. The video also presents other less obvious comparisons, such as the “Sérénade” and “Rêverie” movements from Borodin’s Petite Suite with A la manière de Borodin, in which Ravel reproduces the Russian composer’s style and technique with a surprising capacity for imitation. The concert concluded with two preludes, one by Chopin and another by Ravel, which reflect another largely unknown dimension of the different sources that inspired the French composer. The explanations given by Josep Colom himself provide the performer’s point of view, thus enriching the concert.
Works by A. Borodin, F. Couperin, M. Ravel and F. Chopin.
Josep Colom, piano
Excerpt from the concert of the "Nostalgia of the past" cycle
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January 30, 2013
Juan March Foundation, Madrid

[@lolesrodriguez8521]

Una maravilla de programa y de interpretación!!!!!!!!

[@friedrich1012]

Gracias

[@joachimkrist1464]

what a great musician!

[@yasminfainsteinpiano]

Que hermosa versión de la Tocatta de Le Tombeau!

[@lolesrodriguez8521]

❤

[@3KerO3]

Limitaciones las tuyas que no sabes apreciar lo mejor de una persona..
Merci Josep pour ce Couperin, délicieux petit bijou si pur! Les "affinités électives" chères à Göthe et plus tard les "correspondances" de Baudelaire trouvent dans tes associations leuir prolongement musical . Nous attendons la suite de ce jeu subtil.

[@francis363]

Grande Josep Colom.

[@unciclistacontraelsistema8620]

Este hombre siempre lleva la misma ropa...le estoy viendo ahora mismo, 5 años después, tocando otra vez en la Fundación Juan March...genial, como siempre, claro...de los poquitos pianistas veteranos que nos quedan de la escuela de Alicia de Larrocha...

[@sbulerio5634]

Sorprende la fama que ha adquirido Colom, incluso con todas sus limitaciones como pianista. Enhorabuena!

[@unciclistacontraelsistema8620]

¿perdone? no tiene ud. ni pajolaera idea de lo que dice...

[@jesuscastro5692]

Semejante comentario solo refleja un dañadísimo aparato psíquico de un narcisista que delira creyéndose único... cuán lamentable es su estado mental y espiritual...honestamente busque oficio

[@lolesrodriguez8521]

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