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The orchestra under Andrew Davis fairly reveled in Puccini's opulent, sophisticated scoring, innovative harmonies and seductive surges of melody tinged with Debussyan whole-tone scales.

From Chicago Tribune • Jan. 24, 2011

Debussyan impressionism and Stravinskyan neoclassicism get taken for a mocking ride in this single movement, but it is not quite so witty in this performance as the composer seems to intend.

From Time Magazine Archive