Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera/ Chanson populaires no 1: Chanson espagnole

Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano)/ Dalton Baldwin (piano)

EMI 569299 2

CD1 T4

Ma mère l ??Oye

Pascal Rogé and Denise-Francoise Rogé (piano)

CD1 T5

Rapsodie espagnole

Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Seiji Ozawa (cond)

DECCA 440836 2

CD1 T16

Le tombeau de Couperin (extract: Toccata)

Angela Hewitt (piano)

HYPERION cda67341 67341

CD1 T19

L ??Enfant et les sortilèges [excerpt]

Pamela Helen Stephen (L ??Enfant)/ Rinat Shaham (squirrel)/ New London Children ??s Choir/ London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / André Previn (cond)

DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 457589 2

CD1 T22

Including Vocalise; Chanson espagnole; Ma mere l'oye; Rapsodie espagnole.

Sites Auriculaires: Entre cloches

Stephen Coombs and Christopher Scott (pianos)

GAMUT cd 517

CD1 T6

L ??Heure Espagnole (extract)

Jane Berbie (Concepcion)/ Jean Giraudeau (Torquemada)/ Gabriel Bacquier (Ramiro)/ Orchestre National de la R.T.F/ Lorin Maazel (cond)

DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 423719 2

CD1 T3

Gaspard de la nuit

Angela Hewitt (piano)

HYPERION CDA 67341

CD2 T3

Bolero

LSO/ Pierre Monteux (cond)

PHILIPS 420869 2

CD1 T1

Entre cloches; L'heure espagnole (excerpt); Gaspard de la nuit; Bolero.

Sainte & Sur l ??herbe

Francois le Roux (tenor)/ Pascal Rogé (piano)

CHANT DU MONDE LDC 2781131

CD1 T4 & T13

Miroirs

Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

DECCA 433515 2

CD1 T8

Histoires Naturelles

Franck Leguérinel (baritone)/ Irène Aïtoff (piano)

ARION arn 68215

CD1 T14

Donald Macleod explores the importance for Ravel of the poets he read and knew.

Aoua! [Chansons Madecasses]

Sarah Walker (soprano)/ The Nash Ensemble

VIRGIN CLASSICS vc545016 2

CD1 T9

Daphnis et Chloé [Interlude and Part 2]

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/ Simon Rattle (cond)

EMI cdc754303 2

CD1 T8

La Valse

Berliner Phiharmoniker/ Pierre Boulez (cond)

DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 447057 2

CD1 T14

Piano concerto for the Left Hand

Pascal Rogé (piano)/ Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal/ Charles Dutoit (cond)

DECCA 410230 2

CD1 T5

Including Daphnis et Chloe (excerpts); La valse; Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.

Sérénade grotesque

Paul Crossley (piano)

CRD crd 3384

CD1 T11

A la manière de Borodine, Chabrier

Roger Muraro (piano)

ACCORD 476 0941

CD2 T11

Berceuse for Gabriel Fauré

Regis Pasquier (vln)/ Brigitte Engerer (piano)

HMC 901364

CD1 T8

Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé

Dawn Upshaw (soprano)/ Carmit Zori, Robert Rinehart (violins)/ Sarah Clarke (viola)/ Eric Bartlett (cello)/ Fenwick Smith, Laura Gilbert (flutes)/ Thomas Hill, Mitchell Weiss (clarinets)/ Randall Hodgkinson (piano)

ELEKTRA/NONESUCH 55979262 2

CD1 T2

Sonata for violin and piano

Jean-Jacques Kantorow (vln)/ Jacques Rouvier (piano)

ERATO ECD 71569

CD1 T3

Don Quichotte à Dulcinée

Jose van Dam (baritone)/ BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Pierre Boulez (cond)

SONY CLASSICAL Sl64 107

CD1 T7

Donald Macleod looks at Ravel in the context of his contemporaries.

Ravel is a musical genius ... with an image problem. Thanks to the efforts of Torvill and Dean (not to mention Bo Derek and Dudley Moore), his is a place in popular culture unmatched by any composer of the 20th century. And all for a piece, Bol退ro, that he joked to friends 'had no music in it' ... Compared to his fellow musical 'impressionist' Debussy, Ravel's music is sometimes unfairly characterised as rather shallow - all brilliant artifice and sumptuous detail, but no heart. That reputation's not helped by the man himself. Famously private, Ravel projected the image of a rarefied dandy, whilst keeping his own private emotional world a tightly-kept secret. This week, Donald Macleod seeks to break through the shell of this musical enigma to discover the vast depths beneath.

We begin the week with Ravel's happy childhood and prodigious musical development in fin-de-si耀cle Paris of the late 1800s.

Bol退ro (extract)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Simon Rattle, conductor

Piano Concerto in G (2nd movt. Adagio assai)

Yuja Wang, piano

Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich

Lionel Bringuier, conductor

Un Grand sommeil noir

Gerald Finley, baritone

Julius Drake, piano

Violin Sonata in A minor, Op posth

Alina Ibragimova, violin

Cedric Tiberghien, piano

Pavane pour une infant d退funte

Khatia Buniatishvili (piano).

Donald Macleod on Ravel's happy childhood and musical development in late-1800s Paris.

Ravel is a musical genius ... with an image problem. Thanks to the efforts of Torvill and Dean (not to mention Bo Derek and Dudley Moore), his is a place in popular culture unmatched by any composer of the 20th century. And all for a piece, Bol退ro, that he joked to friends 'had no music in it' ... Compared to his fellow musical 'impressionist' Debussy, Ravel's music is sometimes unfairly characterised as rather shallow - all brilliant artifice and sumptuous detail, but no heart. That reputation's not helped by the man himself. Famously private, Ravel projected the image of a rarefied dandy, whilst keeping his own private emotional world a tightly-kept secret. This week, Donald Macleod seeks to break through the shell of this musical enigma to discover the vast depths beneath.

In the early years of the first decade of the 20th century, Ravel cultivated a reputation as French music's most talented - and fashionably-dressed - young composer, as he divided his time between the Paris Conservatoire and the boutiques of the Grands Boulevards. Yet his failure to win the Prix de Rome - the most prestigious prize in French music - scandalised France's musical establishment. Donald Macleod takes up the story, and explores the composer's relationship with his closest musical rival, Claude Debussy.

Lonlon (after Ravel's Bolero)

Angelique Kidjo, vocals

Jeux d'eaux

Bernard Chamayou, piano

String Quartet in F major

Dante Quartet

Introduction and Allegro

Melos Ensemble.

Focusing on the notorious Ravel Affair of 1905 and Ravel's relationship with Debussy.

Ravel is a musical genius ... with an image problem. Thanks to the efforts of Torvill and Dean (not to mention Bo Derek and Dudley Moore), his is a place in popular culture unmatched by any composer of the 20th century. And all for a piece, Bol退ro, that he joked to friends 'had no music in it' ... Compared to his fellow musical 'impressionist' Debussy, Ravel's music is sometimes unfairly characterised as rather shallow - all brilliant artifice and sumptuous detail, but no heart. That reputation's not helped by the man himself. Famously private, Ravel projected the image of a rarefied dandy, whilst keeping his own private emotional world a tightly-kept secret. This week, Donald Macleod seeks to break through the shell of this musical enigma to discover the vast depths beneath.

As the fallout from the scandalous 'Ravel Affair' faded, Ravel settled into a comfortable life dividing his time between professional life in Paris and summers in his Basque homeland, where he dreamed of composing a Basque musical fantasy - sadly never realised. Donald Macleod explores Ravel's often neglected support for musical modernism, showcasing his daring Three Poems of St退phane Mallarm退 - a work with the double misfortune of being composed in the same year as Stravinsky's iconic 'Rite of Spring', and a work with the exact same title by his rival Claude Debussy.

Jeff Beck / Jimmy Page: Beck's Bol退ro

Scarbo (Gaspard de la Nuit), arr. Marius Constant

Orchestra Nationale de Lyon

Leonard Slatkin

Trois Po耀mes de St退phane Mallarm退

Janet Baker, mezzo

Melos Ensemble

Piano Trio

Trio Wanderer.

Donald Macleod focuses on Ravel's happy years prior to the First World War.

Ravel is a musical genius ... with an image problem. Thanks to the efforts of Torvill and Dean (not to mention Bo Derek and Dudley Moore), his is a place in popular culture unmatched by any composer of the 20th century. And all for a piece, Bol退ro, that he joked to friends 'had no music in it' ... Compared to his fellow musical 'impressionist' Debussy, Ravel's music is sometimes unfairly characterised as rather shallow - all brilliant artifice and sumptuous detail, but no heart. That reputation's not helped by the man himself. Famously private, Ravel projected the image of a rarefied dandy, whilst keeping his own private emotional world a tightly-kept secret. This week, Donald Macleod seeks to break through the shell of this musical enigma to discover the vast depths beneath.

At the outbreak of the First World War, Ravel was nearly 40 and physically tiny compared to his peers. Yet he was determined to serve his country. Repeatedly requesting enlistment after being rejected by the authorities, the composer was finally called up in 1915, and his bravery and doggedness in the face of horror was praised by his officers. Yet on returning, he famously rejected the L退gion d'Honneur, France's highest accolade, claiming he didn't want the praise and limelight the honour would bestow.

Bol退ro [1984 arrangement for Torvill and Dean]

Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis (Trois Chansons)

Accentus

Laurence Equilbey, conductor

Fugue; Toccata (Le Tombeau de Couperin)

Bertrand Chamayou, piano

La Valse

Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Charles Dutoit

Tzigane [original version for violin and luth退al piano]

Daniel Hope, violin

Sebastian Knauer, luth退al piano

Trois Chansons mad退casses

Nora Gubisch, mezzo

Magali Mosnier, flute

Jer䀀me Pernoo, cello

Alain Altinoglu, piano.

How Ravel - long deemed unfit for the army - was determined to serve his nation at war.

Ravel is a musical genius ... with an image problem. Thanks to the efforts of Torvill and Dean (not to mention Bo Derek and Dudley Moore), his is a place in popular culture unmatched by any composer of the 20th century. And all for a piece, Bol退ro, that he joked to friends 'had no music in it' ... Compared to his fellow musical 'impressionist' Debussy, Ravel's music is sometimes unfairly characterised as rather shallow - all brilliant artifice and sumptuous detail, but no heart. That reputation's not helped by the man himself. Famously private, Ravel projected the image of a rarefied dandy, whilst keeping his own private emotional world a tightly-kept secret. This week, Donald Macleod seeks to break through the shell of this musical enigma to discover the vast depths beneath.

In the 1920s Ravel seemed to be at the very height of his powers, cementing his place as France's leading composer after the deaths of Debussy and Faur退. Yet his place at the top of the musical firmament was to be cut tragically short, as a neurological disorder slowly and cruelly took away his mental and physical capabilities - leaving Ravel with music in his head that he couldn't physically write. Donald Macleod explores Ravel's last works, ending with a radical new performance of Bol退ro by the Belgian orchestra Anima Eterna.

Fumio Hayazaka: Rashomon (extract)

Menuet antique

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Seji Ozawa, conductor

Don Quichotte

Maurice Ravel is one of France's most enigmatic, original and beloved composers. While less prolific than some of his contemporaries, Ravel was a master of detail - his works are elegant and exquisitely crafted, and precision was a guiding force in both his creativity and personality. He is often linked with impressionism for his painterly approach to orchestration and vivid sound worlds of his piano writing, but his distinctive voice bears influences from the baroque, to the exotic, to jazz. Over the course of this week, Donald Macleod drops five pins on the map of Ravel's life story, discovering the places that were important to him and what they reveal about his character.

Today, the place Ravel called `my country` - the Basque region in Southwest France, which had a strong sentimental pull over him. Although he only lived there for the first few weeks of his life, he returned time and time again to his coastal motherland, where a key part of his personal and creative identity was formed. We'll step into Ravel's holiday snaps, meet the most important woman in his life, and hear how Basque culture coloured some of his best-loved works.

Habanera

London Symphony Orchestra

Francois-Xavier Roth, conductor

Pavane pour une infante defunte

Louis Lortie, piano

Alborada del Gracioso (Miroirs)

Piano Trio

Florestan Trio

Don Quichotte a Dulcin退e

Jose van Dam, baritone

Orchestre de l'Op退ra National de Lyon

Kent Nagano, conductor

Produced in Cardiff by Amelia Parker

Maurice Ravel is one of France's most enigmatic, original and beloved composers. While less prolific than some of his contemporaries, Ravel was a master of detail - his works are elegant and exquisitely crafted, and precision was a guiding force in both his creativity and personality. He is often linked with impressionism for his painterly approach to orchestration and vivid sound worlds of his piano writing, but his distinctive voice bears influences from the baroque, to the exotic, to jazz. Over the course of this week, Donald Macleod drops five pins on the map of Ravel's life story, discovering the places that were important to him and what they reveal about his character.

Today, Ravel's youthful escapades and many addresses in Paris, a city which he loved but didn't always love him back. We'll join the aspiring composer as he tries to make his mark on the exclusive salon circuit, spends too many hours in front of the mirror, forms a secret society, and becomes the centre of a musical scandal.

D'Anne jouant de l'espinette

Anne Sofie von Otter, soprano

Bengt Forsberg, piano

Jeux d'eau

Martha Argerich, piano

String Quartet (1st and 2nd movements)

Quatuor Eb耀ne

Miroirs (III. Une barque sur l‘oc退an; V. Vall退e des cloches)

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet

Skaila Kanga, harp

Philippa Davies, flute

Michael Collins, clarinet

Nash Ensemble

Produced in Cardiff by Amelia Parker

Maurice Ravel is one of France's most enigmatic, original and beloved composers. While less prolific than some of his contemporaries, Ravel was a master of detail - his works are elegant and exquisitely crafted, and precision was a guiding force in both his creativity and personality. He is often linked with impressionism for his painterly approach to orchestration and vivid sound worlds of his piano writing, but his distinctive voice bears influences from the baroque, to the exotic, to jazz. Over the course of this week, Donald Macleod drops five pins on the map of Ravel's life story, discovering the places that were important to him and what they reveal about his character.

Today - not a place, but rather the lack of one - Donald charts Ravel's years of homelessness and disorientation during the First World War and its aftermath. His harrowing experiences as a truck driver in Verdun left an indelible mark on him, physically and psychologically. But the biggest blow of his life was yet to come, away from the battlefield - and it would take four years to put down new roots and regain his musical voice.

Valses nobles et sentimentales, or Ad退lade (I. Mod退r退 - tres franc)

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Seiji Ozawa, conductor

Trois beaux oiseaux

Monteverdi Choir

John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

Deux m退lodies h退braques (I. Kaddisch)

Mischa Maisky, cello

Daria Hovora, piano

Le Tombeau de Couperin

Steven Osborne, piano

La Valse

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Yannick Nezet-S退guin, conductor

Produced in Cardiff by Amelia Parker

Maurice Ravel is one of France's most enigmatic, original and beloved composers. While less prolific than some of his contemporaries, Ravel was a master of detail - his works are elegant and exquisitely crafted, and precision was a guiding force in both his creativity and personality. He is often linked with impressionism for his painterly approach to orchestration and vivid sound worlds of his piano writing, but his distinctive voice bears influences from the baroque, to the exotic, to jazz. Over the course of this week, Donald Macleod drops five pins on the map of Ravel's life story, discovering the places that were important to him and what they reveal about his character.

In today's programme, we set sail for America, on Ravel's greatest journey. We'll hear about his concert-hall capers on a tour spanning 17 cities and 25 towns, and the ridiculous extent of his over-packing. This itinerary wasn't enough to tire out Ravel, who would only go to bed `when every other possibility had been exhausted`, and it seems fitting that his twilight years were some of the most adventurous of his life. As a jazz lover, Ravel was in his element when Gershwin took him club hopping in Harlem, and the many colourful encounters he had in the States would have a lasting influence on his music.

Daphnis et Chlo退: Part III (Lever du jour)

Orchestre et Choeur de l'Op退ra National de Paris,

Philippe Jordan, conductor

Sonatine (II. Mouvement de minuet)

Steven Osborne, piano

Violin Sonata in G major

Janine Jansen, violin

Itamar Golan, piano

Piano Concerto in G major

Krystian Zimerman, piano

Cleveland Orchestra

Pierre Boulez, conductor

Produced in Cardiff by Amelia Parker

Maurice Ravel is one of France's most enigmatic, original and beloved composers. While less prolific than some of his contemporaries, Ravel was a master of detail - his works are elegant and exquisitely crafted, and precision was a guiding force in both his creativity and personality. He is often linked with impressionism for his painterly approach to orchestration and vivid sound worlds of his piano writing, but his distinctive voice bears influences from the baroque, to the exotic, to jazz. Over the course of this week, Donald Macleod drops five pins on the map of Ravel's life story, discovering the places that were important to him and what they reveal about his character.

Today, Donald takes us through the keyhole of Ravel's eccentric house, Le Belvedere. After the trauma of war and grief, settling here heralded a period of refuge and recovery as he created a very personal nest where he could be himself. This bizarre, impractical dwelling, was described as a `toy surprise`, and through the house Ravel created an outward version of his inner, often child-like world. As the backdrop for some of his happiest memories, we'll meet Ravel the lively host, cat-parent, and unsung interiors guru.

Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Faur退

James Ehnes, violin

Wendy Chen, piano

Ma Mere L'Oye Suite

Rotterdam Philharmonic

Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

Tzigane

Itzhak Perlman, vioin

Myor Rosen, harp

New York Philharmonic

Zubin Mehta, conductor

L'enfant et les sortil耀ges: Duo miaul退 (Cat Duet)

David Wilson-Johnson, baritone

Jacqueline Miura, soprano

London Symphony Orchestra

Andre Previn, conductor

Bolero

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Pierre Boulez, conductor

Produced in Cardiff by Amelia Parker

Donald Macleod steps into Ravel's beloved home and the inner world he created there.

The music of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) is much loved for its remarkable orchestral colours and brilliant virtuosity, heard vividly in works like Bolero, Daphnis and Chloe and Gaspard de la Nuit. But his chamber music, intimate, crystalline, and beautiful, is often overlooked. This week Donald Macleod puts that right, as he introduces every one of Ravel's works for small instrumental ensemble; an array of work that spans the composer's colourful life and career.

He begins in turn of the century Paris - as the young, unfulfilled dandy turns a corner: and quickly becomes the hottest property in French music. We hear a wistful, early violin sonata lost for several decades - as well as a remarkable later arrangement of the composer's String Quartet to which the composer gave his blessing: for not one, but FOUR ondes Martenot!

Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Faur退

Nathalia Milstein (violin)

Maria Milstein (piano)

Violin Sonata no.1 in A Minor, op posth

Philippe Graffin (violin)

Claire D退sert (piano)

Site Auriculaires, for two pianos: Entre Cloches

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

Vovka Ashkenazy (piano)

Chanson du Rouet

Si morne!

Jessye Norman (Soprano)

Dalton Baldwin (piano)

Overture: Sh退h退rezade

Les Si耀cles

Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor)

String Quartet in F major (1st mvt) - arr. for 4 ondes Martenot

Ondes Martenot Ensemble of Montreal

Produced by Steven Rajam

Donald Macleod explores Ravel's meteoric rise to fame.

The music of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) is much loved for its remarkable orchestral colours and brilliant virtuosity. But his chamber music - intimate, crystalline, and beautiful - is often overlooked. This week, Donald Macleod introduces every one of Ravel's works for small instrumental ensemble; an array of work that spans the composer's colourful life and career.

By the first years of the 20th century, Ravel was the hottest property in French music. Surely it was just a matter of time before he won the most famous composition prize in France, the Prix de Rome? Alas not - and his repeated failures caused a national scandal, with fingers pointed at the very heart of the French establishment. Donald Macleod investigates, with music that includes Ravel's much-loved String Quartet.

No뀀l Des Jouets

Christane Karg (soprano)

Gerold Huber (piano)

Deux Epigrammes de Clement Marot

Gerald Finley (baritone)

Julius Drake (piano)

String Quartet in F Major (mvts 2-4)

Quatuor Eb耀ne

Miroirs: Une Barque Sur l'Ocean

Beatrice Rana (piano)

Introduction and Allegro

Emmanuel Pahud (flute)

Wenzel Fuchs (clarinet)

Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp)

Christophe Horak (violin)

Simon Roturier (violin)

Ignacy Miecznikowski (viola)

Bruno Delepelaire (cello)

Produced by Steven Rajam

The story of Ravel's scandalous failure to win France's most famous composition prize.

The music of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) is much loved for its remarkable orchestral colours and brilliant virtuosity. But his chamber music - intimate, crystalline, and beautiful - is often overlooked. This week, Donald Macleod introduces every one of Ravel's works for small instrumental ensemble - an array of work that spans the composer's colourful life and career.

When war broke out in 1914, Ravel was keen to do his bit and eagerly awaited his call-up for military service. But a series of delays thwarted his ambitions; it was more than a year before he was finally sent to the front at Verdun to drive a tank. Donald Macleod takes us through the composer's poignant experiences of World War I, weaving the story around the movements of the composer's Piano Trio.

Deux Melodies Hebraques: Kaddisch

Nora Gubisch (mezzo)

Alain Altinoglu (piano)

Piano Trio in A Minor (1st mvt)

Merz Trio

Trois chansons, for mixed choir

Ensemble Philippe Caillard

Philippe Caillard (conductor)

Piano Trio in A Minor (2nd mvt)

Prelude; Rigaudon (Le Tombeau De Couperin, arr Jones)

Les Vents Francais

Piano Trio in A Minor (3rd and 4th mvts)

Deux Melodies Hebraques: L'enigme eternel

Produced by Steven Rajam

Donald Macleod explores Ravel's early war years and military service.

The music of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) is much loved for its remarkable orchestral colours and brilliant virtuosity. But his chamber music - intimate, crystalline, and beautiful - is often overlooked. This week, Donald Macleod introduces every one of Ravel's works for small instrumental ensemble - an array of work that spans the composer's colourful life and career.

After the trauma of World War One, Ravel barely composed for nearly two years. What he could create - including the little-known `Frontispice` for piano five hands - was strange and jarring. Donald Macleod tells the story of how he slowly came back to life, with a full performance of his sinuous, and rarely-heard, Sonata for Violin and Cello.

Frontispie

Ingrid Thorson

Julian Thurber

David Gardiner (piano five hands)

L'Heure Espagnole (excerpt)

Scenes 17-19: `Oh! la pitoyable aventure`... `mon oeil anxieux interroge`

Isabelle Druet (Concepcion, mezzo-soprano)

Fr退d退ric Antoun (Gonzalve, tenor)

Marc Barrard (Ramiro, baritone)

Nicolas Courjal (Don Inigo, bass)

Orchestre National de Lyon

Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

La Valse (version for 2 pianos)

Martha Argerich (piano)

Sergio Tiempo (piano)

Christophe Horak (violin)

Brune Delepelaire (cello)

Debussy, orch Ravel: Sarabande, from Pour Le Piano

Basle Symphony Orchestra

Armin Jourdan (Conductor)

Produced by Steven Rajam

Donald Macleod untangles the musical repercussions of Ravel's war experience.

The music of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) is much loved for its remarkable orchestral colours and brilliant virtuosity. But his chamber music - intimate, crystalline, and beautiful - is often overlooked. This week, Donald Macleod introduces every one of Ravel's works for small instrumental ensemble - an array of work that spans the composer's colourful life and career.

In the spring of 1927, Ravel toured the USA at the height of the Roaring Twenties. He was delighted by what he found - but took the careful preparation of packing no fewer than twenty pairs of pyjamas for the trip! Donald Macleod tells a story of mutual excitement, as Maurice Ravel and America fell in love with each other, with a complete performance of the composer's jazz-tinged Violin Sonata.

Fanfare for `L'Eventail de Jeanne`

New York Philharmonic

Pierre Boulez (Conductor)

Tzigane [original version for violin and luth退al]

Sarah Nemtanu, violin

Romain Descharmes, piano

L'Enfant et les Sortil耀ges (excerpts)

Duo miaul退 - Ronde des chauves-souris

Jane Berbi退 (the cat), mezzo-soprano

Camille Maurane (the tom-cat), baritone

Francoise Ogeas (the child), soprano

Sylvaine Gilma (the nightingale), soprano

Jeannine Collard (the dragonfly), mezzo-soprano

Colette Herzog (the bat), soprano

R.T.F. National Orchestre

R.T.F. Choeur De Radio France

R.T.F. Maitrise De Radio France

Rene Alix, chorus master

Lorin Maazel, conductor

Trois Chansons Mad退casses

Cyrielle Ndjiki Nya (soprano)

Kaoli Ono (piano)

Sarah Van Der Vlist (flute)

Alb退ric Boullenois (cello)

Violin Sonata no 2 in G Major

Roberts Balanas, violin

Siqian Li, piano

Produced by Steven Rajam

Donald Macleod tells the story of Ravel's thrill at first visiting the USA.