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Classics Reconsidered: Ravel's Shéhérazade (Janet Baker and John Barbirolli)

Friday, September 6, 2024

Tim Ashley and Mark Pullinger return to Janet Baker’s 1967 recording with Sir John Barbirolli of Ravel’s song-cycle Shéhérazade

Mezzo-soprano Janet Baker and conductor John Barbirolli in the mid-1960s – around the time of their recording of Ravel’s Shéhérazade (photography: EMI Records UK)
Mezzo-soprano Janet Baker and conductor John Barbirolli in the mid-1960s – around the time of their recording of Ravel’s Shéhérazade (photography: EMI Records UK)

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