Paris In the Springtime
Sean Rafferty goes in search of the Ecole Niedermeyer and the two musicians who Berlioz thought were a cut above the "ephemeral insects hovering over this stinking morass which we call Paris."
Gounod Saltarello Ulster Orchestra, conductor Emmanuel Plasson
Gounod Chanson de Printemps Emma Bell (soprano), Andrew Smith (piano)
Saint-Saens Morceau de Concert, Op 94 Michael Thompson (horn), Ulster Orchestra, conductor Kenneth Montgomery
Faure Piano Quintet No 1 in D minor Noel Lee (piano), Parisii Quartet Gounod Symphony No 1 in D Ulster Orchestra, conductor Takuo
Yuasa Faure Les Roses d'lspahan, Op 39 No 4 Alice Coote (mezzo), Iain Burnside (piano)