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 his Basque heritage.
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 lâOye
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
LâEnfant et les sortilèges [excerpt]
Pamela Helen Stephen (LâEnfant)/ Rinat Shaham (squirrel)/ New London Childrenâs Choir/ London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / André Previn (cond)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 457589 2
CD1 T22
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Maurice Ravel
Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera/ Chanson populaires no 1: Chanson espagnole
Performers: Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano)/ Dalton Baldwin (piano)
- EMI 569299 2.
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Maurice Ravel
Ma mère l'Oye
Performers: Pascal Rogé and Denise-Francoise Rogé (piano)
- EMI 569299 2.
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Maurice Ravel
Rapsodie espagnole
Performers: Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Seiji Ozawa (cond)
- DECCA 440836 2.
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Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin (extract: Toccata)
Performers: Angela Hewitt (piano)
- HYPERION cda67341 67341.
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Maurice Ravel
L'Enfant et les sortilèges [excerpt]
Performers: 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.
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