‘The music of Roger-Ducasse has both elegance and atmosphere. The Nocturne de printemps and the fragmentary but imaginative Prélude d’un ballet show a post-impressionist, Debussy-like figure with a refined feeling for the orchestra; elsewhere, in Orphée for example, the influence of d’Indy can be discerned. There are touches of Ravel and in the Épithalame something of the high spirits of Les Six. Segerstam has a good feeling for this repertoire and gets atmospheric and sensitive performances from his Baden-Baden forces and good, serviceable recordings from the Marco-Polo and radio engineers.’
Penguin Guide to Compact Discs
