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Jasmine Hyde and Michael Begley read from translations of 脌 La Recherche du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust (10 July 1871 to 18 November 1922), with music evoking the period.

7 volumes, 4,300 pages in one translation, featuring more than 2,000 characters: Proust's A la Recherche du Temps Perdu was first refused by the publisher Gallimard but then, after he paid for it to be published himself and for reviewers to write about it favourably, it became recognised as a literary classic. But the writer had died of pneumonia before he finished his revisions and the final 3 volumes had reached print.
In a series of vignettes featuring each of the five senses, we find ourselves at the salon given by Madame Verdurin, where Swann hears the little musical phrase which fascinates him; we follow the narrator as he views a famous 18th century fountain, before kissing Albertine, who has driven him wild with jealousy. Later, we find him pondering the death of his grandmother, before having the cup of tea with the madeleine cake whose taste triggers in his mind a whole world of memory, presumed lost, but conjured up now without any effort of the will.

The English translation is that by C.K. Scott-Moncrieff, along with passages from a new version of Swann in Love by Lucy Raitz. On the way we hear tributes to Proust from other authors, and a Proustian soundtrack including music by Ravel, Johann Strauss and Schoenberg.
Our readers are Michael Begley and Jasmine Hyde.

Producer: Tony Sellors

Readings:

Marcel Proust: Against Sainte Beuve, 39
Marcel Proust: Du cote de chez Swann
Marcel Proust, C. K. Scott Moncrieff (trans.): Swann鈥檚 Way
Marcel Proust, Lucy Raitz (trans.): Swann in Love
Marcel Proust, C. K. Scott Moncrieff (trans.): Cities of the Plain
Marcel Proust, C. K. Scott Moncrieff (trans.): Within a budding grove
Marcel Proust, C. K. Scott Moncrieff (trans.): The Guermantes Way
James Merill: Synopsis: For Proust, from Water Street (1962)
Elisabeth Kahn: The man who remembered
Marcel Proust, C. K. Scott Moncrieff (trans.): Overture
Clive James: Synopsis: Gate of Lilacs
Brian Bilston: In search of Lost Tomes

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  • Marcel Proust

    Against Sainte Beuve, 39, read by Jasmine Hyde

  • 00:00

    Henri Duparc

    L'invitation Au Voyage

    Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Orchestra: Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie. Conductor: Sir John Pritchard.
    • WARNER 0724358665154.
    • 2.

  • Marcel Proust

    Du cote de chez Swann, read by Andr茅 Dussolier

  • 00:05

    Granville Bantock

    Celtic Symphony

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Hyperion CDA 66450.
    • 1.

  • Marcel Proust, C. K. Scott Moncrieff (trans.)

    Swann聮s Way, read by Jasmine Hyde and Michael Begley

  • Marcel Proust, Lucy Raitz (trans.)

    Swann in Love, read by Jasmine Hyde and Michael Begley

  • 00:13

    Cyril Scott

    Lotus Land

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI 3416822.
    • 19.
  • 00:13

    Cyril Scott

    Lotus land

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Eduard Laurel.
    • ONYX ONYX4038.
    • 9.

  • Marcel Proust, C. K. Scott Moncrieff (trans.)

    Swann聮s Way, read by Jasmine Hyde and Michael Begley

  • Marcel Proust, C. K. Scott Moncrieff (trans.)

    Cities of the Plain, read by Jasmine Hyde and Michael Begley

  • 00:17

    Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'Eau

    Performer: Zhang Zuo.
    • 大象传媒 NGA recording.

  • Marcel Proust, C. K. Scott Moncrieff (trans.)

    Cities of the Plain, read by Jasmine Hyde and Michael Begley

  • 00:23

    Ottorino Respighi

    Fontane di Roma

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI CDC7 47316 2.
    • 6.

  • Marcel Proust, C. K. Scott Moncrieff (trans.)

    Cities of the Plain, read by Jasmine Hyde

  • Marcel Proust, C. K. Scott Moncrieff (trans.)

    Within a budding grove, read by Michael Begley

  • Marcel Proust, C. K. Scott Moncrieff (trans.)

    The Guermantes Way, read by Jasmine Hyde and Michael Begley

  • 00:32

    Claude Debussy

    Pelleas et Melisande

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Jonathan Nott. Conductor: Jonathan Nott.
    • Pentatone PTC5186782.
    • 1.

  • James Merill

    For Proust, from Water Street (1962), read by Jasmine Hyde

  • 00:36

    Johann Strauss II

    Scherzo-Polka (Op.72)

    Performer: Gaudier Ensemble.
    • Hyperion CDA67169.

  • Marcel Proust, C. K. Scott Moncrieff (trans.)

    Within a budding grove, read by Michael Begley

  • 00:39

    Johann Strauss II

    Rosen aus dem Suden, Op. 388

    Music Arranger: Arnold Schoenberg. Performer: Linos Ensemble.
    • Capriccio C7265.
    • 8.

  • Elisabeth Kahn

    The man who remembered, read by Jasmine Hyde

  • 00:49

    Jehan Alain

    Trois danses: No. 2, Deuils

    Performer: Marie鈥怌laire Alain.
    • WARNER 190295198374.
    • 6.

  • Marcel Proust, C. K. Scott Moncrieff (trans.)

    Cities of the Plain, read by Jasmine Hyde and Michael Begley

  • Marcel Proust, C. K. Scott Moncrieff (trans.)

    Overture, read by Jasmine Hyde and Michael Begley

  • 00:58

    Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Piano Concerto ('Memo Flora'), Op. 67; Movement 2: Petals

    Performer: Kyoko Tabe. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • CHANDOS CHAN9652.
    • 1.

  • Marcel Proust

    Du cote de chez Swann, read by Andr茅 Dussolier

  • Clive James

    Gate of Lilacs, read by Jasmine Hyde

  • 01:08

    Giacomo Puccini

    Tosca, Act 2 - Vissi d'arte

    Performer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Victor de Sabata. Conductor: Victor de Sabata.
    • Warner 3963412.
    • 6.

  • Brian Bilston

    In search of Lost Tomes, read by Michael Begley

  • 01:11

    Zemlinsky

    Lyric Symphony

    Performer: SWF Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen (conductor).
    • Arte Nova G010000476392M.
    • 6.

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