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Interpretations on Record

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Pictures from an Exhibition
Ravel's vivid orchestration of Mussorgsky's score has been a popular concert showpiece from the moment it appeared in 1922. Geoffrey Norris assesses the 50 or so versions on disc, including the very first, made by Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony in 1930. Producer NIGEL WILKINSON
(Ashkenazy conducts his own orchestration of 'Pictures' in Monday evening's 's Prom)

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Norris
Producer:
Nigel Wilkinson
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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