5.0 out of 5 stars
A Valuable Time Machine!, July 2, 2011
This review is from: Maurice Ravel: Orchestral Music (Audio CD)
I began collecting the earlier incarnations of these performances with a Polydor dealers' sample of Ravel conducting Bolero on two 78s. Others followed on LP and then CD, but none sounded as good as these restorations. I am particularly impressed by the Koussevitzky Boston Symphony recordings. The Pictures at an Exhibition sounds like it was recorded at least 10 years later than the first sessions under Koussevitzky in October of 1930. The notes and performer biographies are all valuable background to the great music making. This is how historical reissues should ideally be done. One of the greatest bargains on line! If you love impressionist music, don't let this one get away!
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