Title: Some things should not be done...
Product review: ...such as remaking Gone With The Wind, writing another book on the battle of Gettysburg, and another orchestration of Pictures At An Exhibition. Ravel got it right the first time. The Finnish Radio Symphony's playing on this recording is uninspiring, perhaps because they knew that if this were the only orchestration of the Moussourgsky's piano piece, Pictures would never have become an all-time concert favorite. Save big bucks and avoid this version. Instead, buy the venerable Reiner/Chicago Symphony recording to get the Ravel orchestration and Adolph Herseth, the greatest orchestral trumpeter of all time, playing in his prime.
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