Description
Ravel's piano cycle "Gaspard de la nuit" was inspired by a collection of prose poems by the French Romantic Aloysius Bertrand. Rather than simply creating an atmospheric depiction of the literary model, Ravel recounts the eerie-grotesque scenes from Bertrand's poems in a fascinating musical manner. Ravel's "three romantic poems of transcendental virtuosity" were intended to surpass the technical refinement of Balakirev's "Islamey," which was considered unplayable at the time.
This edition not only presents an impeccable Urtext in a clear, larger format, but also includes the corresponding poem by Bertrand in three languages prefacing each part.
