Ravel - Gaspard de la Nuit, No. 1, “Ondine“ Sheet Music + Audio

Maurice Ravel - “Ondine,“ from Gaspard de la nuit, 1908-1909. Performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Gaspard de la nuit is a three-“poem“ suite, each work based on a poem by Aloysius Bertrand. This piece, “Ondine,“ depicts a water fairy wooing an observer, trying to seduce him into the watery depths of her kingdom. The shimmering opening reflects light ripples upon a calm body of water, and gradually builds into a torrent of notes. “Listen! Listen! It is me, Ondine, spirit of the water, bru