Honens @ Home: Alessandra Ammara performs Ravel
Today's excerpt comes all the way from Italy, from 2000 Honens Laureate Alessandra Ammara performing Maurice Ravel's Scarbo from Gaspard de la nuit. Composed in 1908, Gaspard de la nuit is considered one of the most difficult pieces in Ravel's repertoire. The work is a window into Ravel's lively imagination and musical inventiveness. It is a triathlon for a pianist, with a moderately fast opening movement, a slow movement in the middle, and Scarbo, a fast, impressive finale. Scarbo jump...