Prom 58: New York Philharmonic / Maazel, Royal Albert Hall, London (Independent)

Published on: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:16:06 GMT

One movement from Ravel's Mother Goose ? "Beauty and the Beast" ? might have described the first half of the New York Philharmonic's second Prom. But Ravel's ballet should by rights have made a starker contrast with Bartok's The Miraculous Mandarin, also given in its truncated suite form. More »