Five O’Clock Foxtrot (arr. Christopher Palmer)
Boléro
Pavane for a Dead Princess
Tzigane for Violin and Orchestra
La Valse
Piece in the form of a Habanera (arr. Arthur Hoérée)
Daphnis and Chloé, Suite II

Ravel grew up in Paris during la belle epoque, the thirty-odd years prior to 1914 when Paris was the unquestioned artistic centre ofthe world. The fin de siecle years saw him enter the Paris Conservatoire. He was an immensely gifted youth, and one by one his early compositions began to show a real mastery ofconception and execution-before the 1800s were out, he had produced such assured works as Habenera, Menuet antique, several fine songs, and Pavane pour une infante defunte.

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Recorded at St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead, London, from 8-12 February 1991, Boléro recorded at All Saints Church, Tooting, London from 16-17 April 1986.