This week’s program features recordings of Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Ravel’s Noble and Sentimental Waltzes. We’ll also hear Berlioz’s Harold in Italy as well as his song-cycle, Summer Nights. Sir Colin Davis, Kurt Masur, Pierre Boulez and Leonard Bernstein conduct The New York Philharmonic.
BERLIOZ: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7
Ian Bostridge, Tenor
Sir Colin Davis, Conductor
DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (L. 86)
Jeanne Baxtresser, Flute
Kurt Masur, Conductor
RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Pierre Boulez, Conductor
BERLIOZ: Harold en Italie, Op. 16, H. 6
William Lincer, Viola
Leonard Bernstein, Conductor
00:00:00 Opening and Introduction to Summer Nights
00:03:09 Berlioz - Summer Nights
00:35:18 Introduction to Debussy
00:36:40 Debussy - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
00:48:09 Introduction to Ravel
00:50:03 Ravel - Noble and Sentimental Waltzes
01:05:55 End Part 1
01:06:12 Introduction to Harold in Italy
01:07:50 Berlioz - Harold in Italy
01:49:29 Closing and Credits
The New York Philharmonic This Week 19-07
Host: Alec Baldwin
Producer: Mark Travis
Executive Producer: Vince Ford
Underwriters: Kaplan Brothers Fund; Audrey Love Charitable Foundation; The National Endowment for the Arts; MetLife Foundation
Photo: Leonard Bernstein and William Lincer circa 1960. Courtesy of the New York Philharmonic Archives.
