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This is an absolutely terrible performance of Daphnis et Chloé. Naturally the Lyon orchestra has the notes down pat, but in every other respect Jun
Richard Strauss’ Alpine Symphony was a Mitropoulos specialty, and listening to this superbly recorded mono broadcast from the 1956 Salzburg Festival it’s easy to understand
Árpád Joó leads a highly enjoyable Ravel program that features stellar playing by the London Symphony Orchestra. Joó’s Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 sports
André Cluytens was a great conductor, but these wretchedly played performances do little justice to his reputation. Both of the orchestras involved were simply not
In most respects Philippe Entremont’s 2003/04 Ravel recordings significantly improve upon his older cycle available on Sony Essential Classics. He’s still rather a hard-toned player,
Lovely music, classic performances. Arthur Grumiaux’s Ravel and Debussy violin sonatas have style, taste, and a nicely “sec” quality that suits this music perfectly. In
To program a substantial 20th-century piece for violin and cello duo followed by a Baroque transcription is like playing an overture at the end of
This compilation is taken from Seiji Ozawa’s 1974-75 stellar Ravel cycle with the Boston Symphony–one of the finest of the Ozawa/BSO projects for Deutsche Grammophon.
Eat your heart out, Simon Rattle. Just listen to the quality of the orchestral playing in the Prelude, or La Mer, and compare this to
Hans Vonk’s view of La mer may be a bit lacking in sheer sensuality, but it’s immaculately played and vibrant–and it’s particularly nice to hear
