The baritone Christopher Maltman, accompanied by pianist Christopher Glynn, performs some of Ravel's finest songs, including the cycle 'Histoires naturelles' with its vivid and witty depiction of the lives of five animals. The programme also includes songs by Ravel's pupil, Vaughan Williams, and one of the French composer's most vibrant and characterful evocations of his Spanish ancestral home: 'Don Quichotte à Dulcinée'.