The result was a reading of gripping intensity and full-bodied ardor, passionate, committed and driven with huge dynamics and stunning rhythmic control. The casting is terrific with Hoffmann and Portman leading the way. Local response was ecstatic, far beyond the mere plaudits he had received elsewhere. On the Music of France album (volume 43), the entire 1963 group of Ravel, Poulenc, Faure and Chabrier is wonderfully colorful yet restrained. Note the sweeping generality at the end. Engraved Gems of the Greeks and the Etruscans A History of Greek Art in Miniature.