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Sound Stories: Musical Parisians: 4: La Belle Epoque

on BBC Radio 3

With Richard Baker.
The 30 or so years before the First World War are sometimes referred to as La Belle
Epoque, when the pursuit of pleasure was one of the main occupations of Parisians. But it was also a time of tremendous activity in the arts. Stravinsky and Ravel created some of their most sumptuous scores, Yvette Guilbert ruled the Moulin Rouge, and in the Bois de Boulogne the band played on.

Satie Gnossiennes Nos 3 and 4 Pascal Roge (piano)
Debussy Prelude a l'Apres-Midi d'un Faune
Los Angeles Philharmonic, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
Ravel Scarbo (Gaspard de la Nuit) Cecile Licad (piano)
Debussy Jeux (excerpt) LSO, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Baker
Pianist:
Pascal Roge
Musicians:
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Pianist:
Cecile Licad
Musicians:
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas

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