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| ARTIST: | Andrey Pavlovich Petrov, Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky, Yuri Temirkanov, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | RCA |
| TYPE: | Ballet, Classical, Orchestral |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Petrouchka (Burlesque In Four Scenes): Scene 1: The Shrove-Tide Fair, Petrouchka (Burlesque In Four Scenes): Scene 1: Focus, Petrouchka (Burlesque In Four Scenes): Scene 1:Russian Dance, Petrouchka (Burlesque In Four Scenes): Scene 2:Petrouchka At Home, Petrouchka (Burlesque In Four Scenes): Scene 3: The Moor At Home, Petrouchka (Burlesque In Four Scenes): Scene 3: Dance Of The Ballerina, Petrouchka (Burlesque In Four Scenes): Scene 3: Waltz (Ballerina And The Moor), Petrouchka (Burlesque In Four Scenes): Scene 4: The Shrove-Tide Fair (Near Evening), Petrouchka (Burlesque In Four Scenes): Scene 4: Dance Of The Wet Nurses, Petrouchka (Burlesque In Four Scenes): Scene 4: Dance Of The Peasant And The Bear, Petrouchka (Burlesque In Four Scenes): Scene 4: Dance Of The Gypsy Girls, Petrouchka (Burlesque In Four Scenes): Scene 4: Dance Of The Coachmen And Grooms, Petrouchka (Burlesque In Four Scenes): Scene 4: The Masqueraders, Petrouchka (Burlesque In Four Scenes): Scene 4: Entrance Of Petrouchka Followed Bye The Moor, Petrouchka (Burlesque In Four Scenes): Scene 4: Petrouchka's Death, Petrouchka (Burlesque In Four Scenes): Scene 4: The Guard And The Juggler, Petrouchka (Burlesque In Four Scenes): Scene 4: Apparition Of Petrouchka's Double, The Creation Of The World: Chaos And Satan, The Creation Of The World: The Dance Of The Angels, The Creation Of The World: Hymn Of Eve, The Creation Of The World: The Creation, Daphnis Et Cloe: Ste No.2: Daybreak, Daphnis Et Cloe: Ste No.2: Pantomine, Daphnis Et Cloe: Ste No.2: |
| UPC: | 743213204420 |
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Customer Reviews of Stravinsky: Petrushka; Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
WOW!! It's odd that the listing for this disc mentions Ravel's music first (seeming, in fact, to imply that Daphnis was written by Stravinsky!), because far and away the main reason to own it is for the electrifying 1974 rendition of Stravinsky's Petrushka, a performance and a recording that have never been surpassed.
You'll swear that each and every member of the Leningrad Philharmonic had a whole pot of strong coffee just prior to sitting down to make this recording, but the overcaffinated playing wouldn't mean much if it were just aimlessly frenetic. Yuri Temirkanov keeps a firm grip on his outstanding ensemble and on the "line" of this masterwork, such that where some moments have the thrilling feel of a headlong rush that may just end in disaster (but doesn't), others unfold with unhurried beauty. Truthfully this type of performance will simply be too bracing for the tastes of some, but I like my Russian music articulated with a strong Russian accent, and this orchestra understands Stravinsky's idiom and temperament as a matter of instinct, because - like him - they were born to it.
For an early-1970s Soviet recording the audio engineering is exceptional - mostly quite clean and clear, if not as full-bodied as Western recordings of a comparable vintage. And again, the sound, like the performance, will simply be too brittle for some ears. For me, both are entirely in keeping with the spirit of early Stravinsky.
Regretably the other contents of this disc do not come nearly as highly recommended. What makes Stravinsky great here is not as kind to Ravel; many versions of the Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2 are preferable to this one. And the Petrov work, I'm sorry to say, is simply undistinguished; it does not deserve to reside in this company.
But this hardly matters. The CD is worth the price, and much more, for the opening half-hour of soaring, ecstatic brilliance.