FRANCK: Piano Quintet & Trio No. 1, Violin Sonata; VIERNE: Piano Quintet - Trio Wanderer, Catherine Montier, Christophe Gaugué

Continuing their exploration of Ravel’s output, François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles offer us two works linked by his love of Spain. Alongside the famous Bolero, which regains its original flavour here on period instruments, is Ravel’s first opera, which flirted with libertinism: though its outstanding cast consists entirely of native French-speakers, this caustic ‘Hour’ remains quintessentially Spanish!