Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
1. Mother - Spain and Visions of Childhood
Monday 21 February 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Monday 28 February 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
Donald Macleod surveys the music Ravel wrote in connection with the people around him, beginning today with pieces associated with the composer's mother, and the Basque heritage which was so important to him.
Playlist
Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera
Chanson populaires no 1: Chanson espagnole
Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano)/ Dalton Baldwin (piano)
EMI 5 69299 2 CD 1 tr 4 and 5
Ma mère l'Oye
Pascal Rogé and Denise-Francoise Rogé (piano)
Decca 440 836-2 tr 16-20
Rapsodie espagnole
Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Seiji Ozawa (cond)
DG 469 184-2 CD 1 tr 6-9
Le tombeau de Couperin (extract: Toccata)
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Hyperion CDA 67341/2 CD 1 tr 19
L'Enfant et les sortilèges [excerpt]
Pamela Helen Stephen (L'Enfant)/ Rinat Shaham (squirrel)/ New London Children's Choir/ London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / André Previn (cond)
DG 457 589-2 tr 22-25
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