Video Review: Roth’s Mussorgsky/Ravel–Chutzpah, and Little Else

David Hurwitz

Artistic Quality:

4

Sound Quality:

8

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Recording Details:

Reference Recording: Both Works: Cluytens/Paris Conservatory Orchestra (Warner)

MUSSORGSKY, MODEST:
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
RAVEL, MAURICE:
La Valse

Conductor: Roth, Francois-Xavier
Orchestra: Les Siècles

Record Label: Harmonia Mundi - 905282
Medium: CD

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