1/5. Mother: Spain and Visions of Childhood
Donald Macleod surveys the music Ravel wrote in connection with the people around him, beginning with pieces associated with the composer's mother and the Basque heritage that was so important to him.
Vocalise en Forme de Habanera; Chanson
Espagnole (Chants Populaires) Teresa Berganza (mezzo), Dalton Baldwin (piano)
Ma Mere I'Oye Pascal Roge and Denise-Françoise Roge (piano duet)
Rapsodie Espagnole Boston Symphony Orchestra, conductor Seiji Ozawa Toccata (Le Tombeau de Couperin) Angela Hewitt (piano)
L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (excerpt)
Soloists, New London Children's Choir,
London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Andre Previn
Producer Megan Jones Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight