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nowaypablo  ·  3696 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Maurice Ravel – Prelude

Couldn't agree more. With my bias, I wouldn't mind him composing a couple more

Pavane's worth of chamber and orchestral music if it means an eventual piano arrangement.

In terms of sentimentality, there's this thrill in knowing how difficult some of his pieces can be to perform, because in the back of your head you know you're about to break a sweat over the quietest, prettiest flutterings you've ever heard. Meanwhile your fingers are absolutely and possibly bending time.