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List Price: $8.99 | | Label: RCA
Salesrank: 48553
Released: June 22, 2004 |
| Our Price: $7.59 |
| Used Price: $4.38 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Ravel's Greatest Hit: The Ultimate Bolero Track Listing:
1. Bolero [Orchestral (Standard)] - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Münch
2. Bolero - Tomita, Isao Tomita
3. Bolero [Piano Duet] - Mario Braggiotti,
4. Bolero - Nat Shilkret & His Orchestra
5. Bolero - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
6. Bolero [Orchestral (Abridged)] - Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler
7. Bolero (Solo Piano) - Morton Gould
8. Bolero - Canadian Brass
9. Bolero - Evelyn Glennie, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
10. Bolero [Orchestral (Standard)] - Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Eduardo Mata
Ravel's Greatest Hit: The Ultimate Bolero Reviews:
Great Concept, Mediocre Sonic Production-Please Re-Master! 
2008-11-27 - First off, I love the box art by Patrick McDonnell ("Mutts"). This disc just begged to be created. We hear 10 different interpretations of this familiar work. The choices are excellent. What is keeping this at 3 stars is the utter lack of craftsmanship about the older transfers. The liner notes are rather defensive about this. "Radical methods to eliminate all surface noise have not been used...". Translation: we didn't know how, and didn't care enough to find out. The transfers from the 78 masters are mediocre at best. If you compare these with the British transfers of the Armstrong 78s from the 20s (not the junk Columbia peddles) you'll hear what I mean. Memo to Soundbyte Productions: Cutter distortion, disc damage, "needle scratch" all could be reduced with some editing using consumer-level software, like CD Spin Doctor.
That aside, this is a fun disc and the price is right. Be sure to remove the thorns from the roses before you take them between your teeth!
BOLERO: play it again 
2008-07-26 - Bolero is my favorite, so my like of this album is obvious. They are all enjoyable versions. I give this as gifts too, works well!
Raving for Ravel 
2008-04-07 - Bolero is a fantastic piece and this c d has several versions from traditional to large orchestra. I was very pleased and entertained.
Ravel's Greatest Hit - Bolero
2007-10-29 - Interesting mix of all types of interpretations of Bolero. Arrived in good shape in a timely manner.
Entertaining collection
2007-08-31 - I first heard this CD on Sirius radio, and had to have it. The various interpretations of Bolero are fascinating. My favorite is Benny Goodman: his version is only about 3 minutes long, but it's terrific. Great value, both as simply popular music to enjoy and also as an education in how style and arrangement impact a piece of music.
