with Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano) Philippe Entremont (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra leader ELI GOREN conductor Pierre Boulez Introduced by KENNETH VAN BARTHOLD
Ravel's command of orchestral texture and colouring was superb. Yet he once described the whole orchestra except for the string section as ' merely the salt and pepper you add to the cooking.' He used to compose with the piano, and much of his orchestral music was first published for piano.
In this programme we hear:
Lever du jour (Daphnis et ChlotS) Asie (Shehirazade)
Alborado del gracioso - first as written for the piano and then in the orchestral version
Piano Concerto for left hand
Producer DAVID BUCKTON