COMPOSERS: Ravel
LABELS: Warner
WORKS: L’enfant et les sortilèges;
PERFORMER: Glyndebourne Festival Opera; London PO/Simon Rattle/Sian Edwards
These affectionate productions of the Ravel double-bill have sumptuous orchestral playing and fine vocal characterisation. Sendak’s distinctive designs are striking, but do not match the music for colour and sparkle in L’enfant. Christopher Dingle