RECORD OF THE WEEK
... When L'Oiseau de Feu was first produced in Paris in 1910 it was atriumph for Stravinsky, and I have no hesitation in saying that the present recording on Decca K 1574-1576 is a triumph for Decca recording engineers, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Ernest Ansermet, who came over here originally with the Diaghilev company in 1920. Particularly was I taken by the smooth delight of ...