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Composer of the Week: Ravel

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Introduced by Roger Nichols , with excerpts from Ravel's letters and contemporary correspondence read by Christian Rodska.
"Musicians faithful to their own national consciousness and to their own individuality often appreciate compositions totally different from their own."
Chants
Populaires Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Gonzalo Soriano (piano)
Deux Melodies Hébraïques
Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Lyon Opera Orchestra, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Menuet Antique
Vlado Perlemuter (piano)
Ballade de la Reine ; Manteau de Fleurs
Mady Mesple (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano) Les Grands Vents
Gerard Souzay (baritone), Dalton Baldwin (piano) Tout Est Lumière
Chorus and Orchestra of the Sorbonne, conductor Jacques Grimbert Introduction and Allegro Louis Lortie and Helene Mercier
(pianos)
Repeated next Tuesday 11.30pm

Contributors

Introduced By:
Roger Nichols
Read By:
Christian Rodska.
Unknown:
Populaires Victoria
Piano:
Gonzalo Soriano
Soprano:
Barbara Hendricks
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Piano:
Vlado Perlemuter
Piano:
Ballade de la Reine
Piano:
Dalton Baldwin
Baritone:
Gerard Souzay
Piano:
Dalton Baldwin
Conductor:
Jacques Grimbert
Conductor:
Allegro Louis Lortie
Conductor:
Helene Mercier
Source: Radio Times

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