5/5. The Machinery of Ravel's Mind. Ravel had a passion for mechanical things and he collected hundreds of miniature working models and toys. His father was an engineer and inventor and it was for him that Ravel wrote the first of his two operas, L'Heure Espagnole, in which all of the characters are obsessed by time. With Donald Macleod.
Ravel L'Heure Espagnole (Introduction; Scenes 1 and 2) Jane Berbie (soprano), Jean Giraudeau (tenor), Gabriel Bacquier (bass-baritone), French Radio National Orchestra, conductor Lorin Maazel
Musorqsky, orch Ravel The Old Castle; Baba-Yaga; The Great Gates of Kiev (Pictures at an Exhibition) Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Muti
Ravel Concerto for piano (left hand) Krystian Zimerman , London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez
Trois Poemes de Stephane Mallarme
Felicity Lott (soprano), Chamber Ensemble of Paris, conductor Michel Plasson
Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight