Here are the correct answers for “What are the best performances of Ravel’s Boléro on disc?”
In case Spotify goes out of business by the time you’re reading this, here’s a text-only list of the same, sequenced least best (but still quite good) to best:
- John Wilson / Sinfonia of London (Chandos, 2022)
- Claudio Abbado / London Symphony Orchestra (Deutsche Gramophone, 1985)
- Seiji Ozawa / Boston Symphony Orchestra (Deutsche Gramophone, 1974)
- Simon Rattle / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (EMI, 1990)
- Eiji Oue / Minnesota Orchestra (Reference, 2000)
- Pierre Boulez / Berliner Philharmoniker (Deutsche Gramophone, 1994)
- Jean Martinon / Orchestre de Paris (EMI/Warner Classics, 1974)
- Charles Dutoit / Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (Decca, 1982)
- Jos Van Immerseel / Anima Eterna (2006)
- Pierre Boulez / New York Philharmonic (Sony/Columbia, 1974)