{"id":4961,"date":"2022-02-08T03:12:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T03:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/?p=4961"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:54:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:54:39","slug":"ravel-scarbo-buniatishvili","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/ravel-scarbo-buniatishvili\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravel &#8211; Scarbo &#8211; Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gaspard_de_la_nuit#III._Scarbo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Scarbo<\/em><\/a> is the third and last movement from <em>Gaspard de la Nuit, Trois po\u00e8mes pour piano d&#8217;apr\u00e8s Aloysius Bertrand<\/em>, a suite of piano pieces by <a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/tag\/ravel\/\">Maurice Ravel<\/a>, written in 1908. The work was premiered in Paris, on January 9, 1909, by Ricardo Vi\u00f1es. The piece is famous for its difficulty, Ravel intended it to be more difficult than Balakirev&#8217;s <em>Islamey<\/em>. Written in G-Sharp minor, it depicts the nighttime mischief of a small fiend or goblin, making pirouettes, flitting in and out of the darkness, disappearing and suddenly reappearing. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/tag\/buniatishvili\/\">Khatia Buniatishvili<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/f39a8rhk8mI?start=860\" width=\"728\" height=\"435\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Ravel by Buniatishvili<\/h2>\n<h3>La Valse<\/h3>\n<p>La <a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/category\/waltz\/\">Valse<\/a>, Solo Piano <a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/category\/transcription\/\">Transcription<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/ravel-valse-buniatishvili-piano\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4994 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ravel-valse-buniatishvili-piano.jpg\" alt=\"Ravel - La Valse - Buniatishvili, Piano\" width=\"727\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ravel-valse-buniatishvili-piano.jpg 727w, https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ravel-valse-buniatishvili-piano-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>French Music by Buniatishvili<\/h2>\n<h3>Debussy&#8217;s Moonlight<\/h3>\n<p><em>Suite Bergamasque<\/em>: III. <em>Clair de Lune<\/em> in D-Flat Major<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/debussy-moonlight-buniatishvili\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3466 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/debussy-moonlight-buniatishvili.jpg\" alt=\"Debussy - Clair de Lune (Moonlight)- Buniatishvili, Piano\" width=\"728\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/debussy-moonlight-buniatishvili.jpg 728w, https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/debussy-moonlight-buniatishvili-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Scarbo: Other Performances<\/h2>\n<h3>Martha Argerich<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/tag\/argerich\/\">More videos by Martha Argerich.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/ravel-scarbo-argerich\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5107 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ravel-scarbo-argerich.jpg\" alt=\"Ravel - Scarbo - Argerich, Piano\" width=\"725\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ravel-scarbo-argerich.jpg 725w, https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ravel-scarbo-argerich-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Yuja Wang<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/tag\/wang\/\">More videos by Yuja Wang.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/ravel-scarbo-wang\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3541 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ravel-scarbo-wang.jpg\" alt=\"Ravel - Scarbo - Yuja Wang, Piano\" width=\"730\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ravel-scarbo-wang.jpg 730w, https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ravel-scarbo-wang-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Gaspard de la nuit : Scarbo \u2013 Alosyus Bertrand<\/h2>\n<h3>English Translation<\/h3>\n<p><em>Oh! How many times have I heard and seen him, Scarbo, when at<\/em><br \/>\n<em>midnight the moon shines in the sky like a silver shield on an azure<\/em><br \/>\n<em>banner encrusted with golden bees!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>How many times have I heard his buzzing laughter in the shadow<\/em><br \/>\n<em>of my alcove, and his fingernail scratching on the silken curtains of<\/em><br \/>\n<em>my bed!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>How many times have I seen him come down from the ceiling,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>pirouette on one foot and twirl through the room like a spindle<\/em><br \/>\n<em>fallen from a witch\u2019s distaff.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Did I then think he had passed out? The dwarf would rise between<\/em><br \/>\n<em>the moon and me like the steeple of a Gothic cathedral, a golden<\/em><br \/>\n<em>bell jingling on his pointy cap!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But soon his body would turn blue, diaphanous as a candle-wax,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>his face turn pale as a dying light, and suddenly he was fading<\/em><br \/>\n<em>away.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Original French<\/h3>\n<p><em>Oh ! que de fois je l\u2019ai entendu et vu, Scarbo, lorsqu\u2019\u00e0 minuit la lune brille<br \/>\ndans le ciel comme un \u00e9cu d\u2019argent sur une banni\u00e8re d\u2019azur sem\u00e9e d\u2019abeilles d\u2019or !<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Que de fois j\u2019ai entendu bourdonner son rire dans l\u2019ombre de mon alc\u00f4ve,<br \/>\net grincer son ongle sur la soie des courtines de mon lit !<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Que de fois je l\u2019ai vu descendre du plancher, pirouetter sur un pied et rouler<br \/>\npar la chambre comme le fuseau tomb\u00e9 de la quenouille d\u2019une sorci\u00e8re !<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Le croyais-je alors \u00e9vanoui ? le nain grandissait entre la lune et moi comme<br \/>\nle clocher d\u2019une cath\u00e9drale gothique, un grelot d\u2019or en branle \u00e0 son bonnet pointu !<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Mais bient\u00f4t son corps bleuissait, diaphane comme la cire d\u2019une bougie,<br \/>\nson visage bl\u00e9missait comme la cire d\u2019un lumignon, \u2014 et soudain il s\u2019\u00e9teignait.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scarbo is the third and last movement from Gaspard de la Nuit, Trois po\u00e8mes pour piano d&#8217;apr\u00e8s Aloysius Bertrand, a suite of piano pieces by Maurice Ravel, written in 1908. 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