Rimsky-Korsakov/Ravel Orchestral Works
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Composer or Director: Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Maurice Ravel
Label: Classics
Magazine Review Date: 1/1989
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 60
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 790729-2

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Boléro |
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Andrew Litton, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Maurice Ravel, Composer |
Scheherazade |
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer
Andrew Litton, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer |
Composer or Director: Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Maurice Ravel
Label: Classics
Magazine Review Date: 1/1989
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 790729-4

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Boléro |
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Andrew Litton, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Maurice Ravel, Composer |
Scheherazade |
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer
Andrew Litton, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer |
Composer or Director: Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Maurice Ravel
Label: Classics
Magazine Review Date: 1/1989
Media Format: Vinyl
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 790729-1

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Boléro |
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Andrew Litton, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Maurice Ravel, Composer |
Scheherazade |
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer
Andrew Litton, Conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer |
Author: Ivan March
The performance of Bolero suffers a little from the resonance, which takes some of the edge off the basic rhythms, but the piece moves to a very powerful climax. Beecham's version of Scheherazade remains in a very special class. It was recorded in 1957 in Kingsway Hall and has incredibly good sound, but of course Litton has the advantage of a modern digital recording, sensitively masterminded by Andrew Keener.'
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