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Debussy's Paris - Yan Pascal Tortelier

Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier chooses music from Paris in the Belle Epoque as part of the celebration of 'Debussy's Paris', including music by Debussy, Ravel and Lili Boulanger.

Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier chooses music from Paris in the Belle Γ‰poque as part of "Debussy's Paris" marking the 100th anniversary of the death of Debussy this weekend. His choices include music by Maurice Ravel, Paul Dukas, Florent Schmitt, Jacques Offenbach, Camille Saint-Saens, Lili Boulanger, and Claude Debussy.

1.30-1.40 Debussy's Paris 4: "The Paris Expositions and Art Nouveau"
Georgia Mann continues her journey through fin-de-siècle Paris at the Eiffel Tower and the Grand Palais with French art curator Emanuel Coquery and a look at the impact of the Great Paris Expositions and the explosion of the Art Nouveau.

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Sat 24 Mar 2018 13:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Lili Boulanger

    Psalm 24

    Singer: Neil MacKenzie. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Boulanger: Faust Et Helene Etc. - Soloists/CBSC/ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Phil./Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chloe (Interlude and Dance Guerrière)

    Choir: CBSO Chorus. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • Paul Dukas

    Polyeucte

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Claude Debussy

    La plus que lente

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.3: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 19.

  • Claude Debussy

    12 Studies for Piano, No 7; Pour les degrΓ©s chromatiques

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.

  • Royal Javanese Court Gamelan

    Ladrang Liwung

    • Java Gamelan Music Volume 1.
    • Air Mail Music.

  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque No 2 in G major

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 17.

  • Florent Schmitt

    Psalm 47 (excerpt)

    Choir: SΓ£o Paulo Symphony Orchestra Choir. Orchestra: SΓ£o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos.

  • Ernest Chausson

    Poeme de l'amour et de la mer (conclusion)

    Singer: Susan Graham. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    Wedding-Cake: Caprice-Valse in A flat Major, Op 76

    Performer: Marie de la Pau. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis FrΓ©maux.
    • EMI.

  • Gabriel FaurΓ©

    Cello sonata No 1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Paul Tortelier. Performer: Jean Hubeau.
    • Erato.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Duo du Concerto (OrphΓ©e aux enfers, Act I, excerpt)

    Performer: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Singer: Mady MesplΓ©. Singer: Michel SΓ©nΓ©chal. Orchestra: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • EMI.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Valses nobles et sentimentales arr for orchestra

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick NΓ©zet‐SΓ©guin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.

  • Claude Debussy

    Le matin d'un jour de fete (Iberia, 3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos.

Broadcast

  • Sat 24 Mar 2018 13:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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