The music and the players
Claude Debussy: Estampes, L. 100: 1. Pagodes; 3. Jardins sous la pluie
François-Joël Thiollier, piano
The gamelan music is Ladrang Wilujeng, slendro manyura specially recorded for Cacophony by Southbank Gamelan Players.
Claude Debussy: Prélude à “L’après-midi d’un faune” (Afternoon of a faun), L.86
Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra
Ali Rahbari, conductor
Toro Takemitsu: Spirit Garden
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Parlez-moi d’amour (Speak to me of love) written by Jean Lenoir, sung by Lucienne Boyer
Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla-symphonie 6. Jardin du sommeil
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit, orchestra
Maurice Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose): 5. Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes (Laideronnette, Empress of the pagodas); 6. Le jardin féerique (The fairy garden)
Lyon National Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor