Ravel’s much-loved Mother Goose Suite vividly portrays familiar fairy tales such as Sleeping Beauty and Hop-o’-my-Thumb, and is heard here in its expanded ballet version with a scene-setting Prélude. 1920s Paris was a hotbed of creative collaboration, and the children’s ballet L’Éventail de Jeanne (Jean’s Fan) brought together composers including members of Les Six to create a joyous mélange of influence and individuality, from Ferroud’s Stravinsky-tinted Marche to Poulenc’s catchy Pastourelle, and from Ravel’s glorious opening Fanfare to Schmitt’s truly grand Carnival Waltz finale. This is the first recording of the complete L’Éventail de Jeanne to be made by a French orchestra.

Track listing:

1-7. Maurice Ravel - Ma Mère l’Oye (ballet, 1912)

L’Éventail de Jeanne (ballet, 1927):
8. Maurice Ravel - Fanfare
9. Pierre-Octave Ferroud - Marche
10. Jacques Ibert - Valse
11. Alexis Roland-Manuel - Canarie
12. Marcel Delannoy - Bourrée
13. Albert Roussel - Sarabande
14. Darius Milhaud - Polka
15. Francis Poulenc - Pastourelle
16. Georges Auric - Rondeau
17. Florent Schmitt - Kermesse-Valse (Finale)