MARGARET PRICE, SOPRANO; SALVATORE ACCARDO, VIOLIN, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RAVEL: TZIGANE, SHEHERAZADE, ALBORADA DEL GRACIOSO, UNE BARQUE SUR L'OCEAN; LA VALSE Deutsche Gramophone

From: The Boston Globe | Date: January 21, 1993| Author: Richard Dyer, Globe Staff | Copyright information

Browsing through the bins, you might pass over one of the most interesting facts about this record. Everybody knows that Claudio Abbado is one of today's great conductors, that the patrician Salvatore Accardo is one of today's most underrated violinists, at least in America, that Margaret Price, too, is one of today's most underrated singers, at least in America. In this beautifully planned all-Ravel record, Accardo plays "Tzigane" with just the right drop-dead virtuosity and elegance. Pric...

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