Movements. Schumann, Ravel & Stravinsky

Featuring

George Li
Robert Schumann
Maurice Ravel
Igor Stravinsky

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Compositional Technique

Both Schumann and Ravel link pieces in different keys together through a shared note, which transforms the mood with a harmonic shift.

Compositional Technique

Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze uses two main harmonic centers, G major and B minor, to create a 'tonal universe' of related keys, departing from traditional classical rules.

Composition History

Ravel's Valses nobles et sentimentales was later orchestrated for a ballet titled Adélaïde, ou Le Langage des fleurs.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The album's program explores the evolution from introverted to extroverted musical landscapes, as exemplified by Schumann's Florestan and Eusebius characters.

Recording & Production

This recording was made in June 2023 at the Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM).

Compositional Technique

Stravinsky's Three Movements from Petrushka, though a piano work, is heavily influenced by orchestration, being a truncated arrangement of the ballet of the same name.