Composer of the Week - Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - Mother: Spain and Visions of Childhood

Donald Macleod surveys the music Ravel wrote in connection with the people around him, beginning with pieces associated with the composer's mother and the Basque heritage which was so important to him. 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) EMI 569299 2 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