(1845-1924) With Donald Macleod.
1: Venice and Before. The first programme in this week's chronological survey of the music of Gabriel Faure , which will include several of his chamber works and each day one of his song cycles.
La Naissance de Venus Soloists, the Sixteen, BBC Philharmonic, conductor Harry Christophers
Ballade,Op 19John Ogdon (piano)
Cinq Mélodies de Venise, Op 58 (Song cycle to poems by Verlaine) Gerard Souzay (baritone), Dalton Baldwin (piano) Producer Piers Burton-Page