Krivine draws magnificent sounds from the orchestra and I particularly warm to his determination that the full range of Ravel's dynamics shall be heard - pianissimos are mysterious, fortissimos blazing.

There is nothing unusual in the choice of works for this portmanteau CD of central Ravel but Emmanuel Krivine elicits performances of appropriately shimmering sheen and animation from the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg...Without necessarily making you sit up and marvel at the extraordinary originality and daring of Bolero and La valse, Krivine and the orchestra do invest them with a good deal of character