The Ravel Sound with Norbert Müllemann and Stefan Knüpfer
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
Joshua Weilerstein
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
I so enjoyed making this latest episode in my collaboration with G Henle Publishers. I talked with two absolute experts in their fields, Norbert Mülleman and Stefan Knüpfer, all about how to edit Ravel's music, and how to create the Ravel sound on the piano. This episode definitely veers into some very nerdy territory, but Norbert and Stefan are both so brilliant at explaining very high level concepts in a way that anyone can understand, from a person who has never looked at a score to a professional performer. I think everyone will learn a lot from this episode and I don't think you'll ever hear Ravel the same way again after listening! Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Sticky Notes, the classical music podcast. My name is Joshua |
| 0:17.6 | Weilerstein. I'm a conductor and I'm the music director of the Orchestra Nacional de Lille and the Allborg Symphony. This podcast is for anyone who loves |
| 0:25.9 | classical music, works in the field, or is just getting ready to dive in to this amazing world |
| 0:30.8 | of incredible music. Before we get started, I want to thank all of my Patreon sponsors for making |
| 0:36.1 | season 10 possible. |
| 0:42.2 | If you'd like to support the show, please head over to patreon.com slash Sticky Notes podcast. |
| 0:48.0 | And if you are a fan of the show, please take a moment to give us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. |
| 0:50.2 | It is greatly appreciated. |
| 1:13.0 | First of all, apologies for the recording quality of this introduction. It's because I am in Allborg without my microphone. We are doing a recording this week with the Allborg Symphony of the two Strauss horn concertos and the Steingermgergerger Roll-Off horn concerto with the legendary Stefan Dore of the Berlin Philharmonic. Recording are often a very stressful process, but with Stefan and our producers and the orchestra, it has just been a joy every minute. |
| 1:19.1 | So we cannot wait for you to hear this recording. This episode is another collaboration with |
| 1:24.6 | G. Henley publishers. I've really been enjoying this collaboration all about |
| 1:28.4 | Ravelle and Friends. This is a little bit of a different episode in this collaboration in this |
| 1:34.3 | set of episodes. I talked with two different people. One is the editor-in-chief at Henley, Norbert |
| 1:39.9 | Muleiman, and we talked all about editing Ravelle's music. And that sounds a bit nerdy, but if all of you, |
| 1:47.6 | remember, way back in the pandemic, I talked with Norbert and also with Stephen Huff, the great |
| 1:52.5 | pianists, about Haydn Piano Sonatas. And Norbert was so brilliant at explaining the process of editing, |
| 2:00.2 | not in a way that only scholars could understand, |
| 2:02.9 | but that anybody could understand from a musician like myself to maybe you, a listener who's |
| 2:07.0 | never looked at a score before. So I was really happy that Norbert rejoined the show to talk |
| 2:15.3 | about editing Ravel, which is a whole different kettle of fish |
| 2:18.6 | to editing Haydn. |
| 2:21.7 | The second part of this episode is an interview with Stefan Knufebfer, who is a brilliant |
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