The pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja entertains.
Ravel: 'Valses nobles et sentimentales'
Enescu: Piano Sonata in F sharp minor, Op 24 No 1
Debussy: 'Le vent dans la plaine' (Préludes, Book 1 No 3)
Debussy: 'La fille aux cheveux de lin' (Préludes, Book 1 No 8)
Debussy: 'Feux d'artifice' (Préludes, Book 2 No 12)
Brahms: Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor, Op 5
(The Georgian-born pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja showcases three very different composers from the early twentieth century, Ravel, Enescu and Debussy. The second half is devoted to Brahms's finest piano sonata, a five-movement work of immense range, influenced by the strength of Beethoven and the tenderness of Schumann.)