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'Lovers of Stokowski's performances will not expect every score to be
played quite as written, especially when he is presenting some of his
favourite Russian repertory, and with Mussorgsky and Borodin his
opinions on applying the cosmetics must be just as valid as those of
Rimsky-Korsakov, Liadov, Glazunov, and several later composers who
have "helped the scores into the light of day". Stokowski's vigorous
enthusiasm may, to some ears, get the better him, though I am sure
Mussorgsky, being around now, would enjoy his "Night on a Bare
Mountain" as much as ever.'
- Patric Standford, writing in today's Music & Vision magazine
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