麻豆社

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

• 00:00

  Charles Trenet

  Route Nationale No 7

  Performer: Charles Trenet

  • Columbia/EMI 7465672.

• Charles Tomlinson

  La Rochelle read by Jonathan Firth

• Heather Phillipson

  Le Parc read by Haydn Gwynne

• 00:03

  D茅odat de S茅verac

  En Languedoc, A Cheval Dans La Prairie

  Performer: Izumi Tateno, piano

  • Finlandia 8573-87181-2.

• Elizabeth David

  French Country Cooking (extract from introduction) read by Haydn Gwynne

• 00:09

  Maurice Ravel

  Matin茅e de Provence

  Performer: Choeur & Orchestre de Paris-Sorbonne, Dennis Rouger (Chorus-Master), Jacques Grimbert (Conductor)

  • Marco Polo 8.223755.

• Duncan Forbes

  Gironde July read by Jonathan Firth

• 00:14

  Michel Legrand

  Les Parapluies de Cherbourg

  Performer: The Flemish Radio Orchestra, Michel Legrand (Conductor)

  • Silva Screen Records SILCD1185.

• Gustave Flaubert

  Madame Bovary (extract) read by Haydn Gwynne

• 00:21

  Traditional - Wie Sch枚n Bist Du (Comme Tu Es Belle)

  Performer: L鈥橢nsemble National de France

• Arthur Rimbaud, translated by Martin Sorrell

  To Music read by Jonathan Firth

• 00:25

  Darius Milhaud

  Suite Fran莽aise Op. 248, Bretagne

  Performer: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Georges Pr锚tre (Conductor)

  • Brilliant Classics 9007/2.

• Peter Mayle

  A Year in Provence (extract) read by Jonathan Firth

• 00:30

  Jean鈥怌laude Petit

  Jean de Florette

  Performer: Jean Claude Petit

  • Milan CD CH241.

• Kate Bingham

  Beaujolais read by Haydn Gwynne

• 00:34

  Henri Dutilleux

  Timbres, Espaces, Mouvement avec Interlude, Interlude

  Performer: 麻豆社 Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (Conductor)

  • Milan CD CH241.

• Guillaume Apollinaire, translated by Oliver Bernard

  Autumn Crocuses read by Jonathan Firth

• Mary O鈥橠onnell

  Caf茅 Terrace at Night, 1888 read by Haydn Gwynne

• 00:39

  Georges Bizet

  L'Arl茅sienne 鈥� Suite No 1, Minuet

  Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham (Conductor)

  • EMI CDC-7 47794 2.

• Paul Verlaine

  The Noise of Bars read by Jonathan Firth

• Pascalle Monnier, translated by Cole Swensen

  Summer read by Haydn Gwynne

• 00:44

  Olivier Messiaen

  Chronochromie, Introduction

  Performer: The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, (Conductor)

  • Deutsche Grammophon 445 827-2.

• Jacques Dupin, translated by Paul Auster

  Even If the Mountain read by Jonathan Firth

• 00:50

  C茅cile Chaminade

  La Lune Paresseuse

  Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo-Soprano), Bengt Forsberg (Piano)

  • Deutsche Grammophon 471 331-2.

• Paul de Roux, translated by Stephen Romer

  The Cold Again read by Jonathan Firth

• 00:53

  D茅odat de S茅verac

  Le Chant De La Terre, Prologue

  Performer: Izumi Tateno (Piano)

  • Finlandia 8573-87181-2.

• Jacques R茅da, translated by Stephen Romer

  Autumn Distance read by Haydn Gwynne

• 00:56

  Joseph Canteloube

  Obal, Din Lou Limouzi

  Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano), Orchestre de Concerts Lamoureux, Jean-Pierre Jacquillat (Conductor)

  • EMI 7243 5 66978 2 9.