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Clockwork precision and sparkle in Dutoit's all-Ravel program in Los Angeles

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“Dutoit allowed the silky, diaphanous strings of the Los Angeles Phil to virtually steal the show”
Reviewed at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles on 10 November 2017
Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel, Piano Concerto in G major
Ravel, L'Heure espagnole
Charles Dutoit, Conductor
Isabel Leonard, Concepción
Benjamin Hulett, Gonzalve
François Piolino, Torquemada
Jean-Luc Ballestra, Ramiro
David Wilson-Johnson, Don Iñigo Gomez
Los Angeles Philharmonic
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