3/5. In Chabrier's time Wagnerism was all the rage in France. The music he heard on a trip to
Munich in 1879 with Henri Duparc moved him to tears. Chabrier asserted that he only adopted elements of Wagner's ideals and was able to keep a firm hold on his own compositional approach. Donald Macleod considers this claim. Galop (Souvenirs de Munich) Pierre Barbizet and Jean Hubeau (piano, four hands)
Air de Gwendoline; Finale to Act 1 (Gwendoline) Soloists, Brno Czech Philharmonic Choir,
Slovak Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, director Jean-Paul Penin
La Sulamite Susan Mentzer (mezzo), Toulouse
Midi-Pyrenees Chorus (women's voices), Toulouse Capitole Orchestra, conductor Michel Plasson Le Roi Malgré Lui (excerpts) Soloists, French
Radio Chorus, French New Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
Repeated on Tuesday at 12 midnight