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the audio player below
(you can also download the file –
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Tchaikovsky’s first effort:
The finished product and a touch of nostalgia for us – a performance by Eugene Ormandy & the Philadelphia Orchestra:
Do you agree with Balakirev that the finished product – while still not perfect!! – is a vast improvement on the original?
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The Art of Listening 