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| ARTIST: | David Wilson-Johnson, Peter Johnson, Stephen Richardson, Igor Stravinsky, Charles Wuorinen, Oliver Knussen, London Sinfonietta, Marie Power, Mary Power, Antony Townsend |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Polygram Records |
| TYPE: | 20th/21st Century Variations, Choral, Classical, Classical Music, Music Theater, Musical Theater, Orchestral, Orchestral Music, Requiem/Requiem Section, Solo Voice(s) and Small Ensemble, Vocal |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | The Flood: Prelude: 'Te Deum laudamus', The Flood: Melodrama: 'In A Worm's Likeness Will He Wend', The Flood: The Building Of The Ark (Choreography), The Flood: The Catalogue Of The Animals: 'The Lord Bade That I Should Bring', The Flood: The Comedy (Noah And His Wife): 'Wife, Come In!', The Flood: The Flood (Choreography), The Covenant Of The Rainbow: 'A Covenant, Noah, With Thee I Make', Abraham And Isaac - A Sacred Ballad: 'Vay'hi ahar hadvarim ha'eleh v'ha'Elohim' ('After These Things God Tested Abraham'), Abraham And Isaac - A Sacred Ballad: 'Vayikakh Avraham et atze ha'olah' ('And Abraham Took The Wood Of The Burnt Offering'), Abraham And Isaac - A Sacred Ballad: 'Vayi sa Avraham et enav vayat v'hineh' ('And Abraham Lifted Up His Eyes And Looked'), Variations - Aldous Huxley In Memoriam, Requiem Canticles: Prelude, Requiem Canticles: Exaudi, Requiem Canticles: Dies irae, Requiem Canticles: Tuba mirum, Requiem Canticles: Interlude, Requiem Canticles: Rex tremendae, Requiem Canticles: Lacrimosa, Requiem Canticles: Libera me, Requiem Canticles: Postlude, A Reliquary For Igor Stravinsky: Reliquary, A Reliquary For Igor Stravinsky: Variation, A Reliquary For Igor Stravinsky: Lament, A Reliquary For Igor Stravinsky: Variation Continued, A Reliquary For Igor Stravinsky: Reliquary, A Reliquary For Igor Stravinsky: Coda |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 028944706826 |
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Customer Reviews of Stravinsky: The Flood; Wuorinen: A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky
release this you crinimals! the insensativity polygram has displayed in the 'oh so causual' dropping of this; possibly the most needed and best modern collection we have of late starvinsky, borders on crinimal recklesness.
sadly, it used to be EMI that we thought of when it came to tactics like this but polygram is quick on the way to catching up in the reputation of wielding the deletion axe.
too, late straivnsky needs all the friends he can get.
every collection in the world of course had the firebird and one can understand igor's late hatred of it.
when stravinsky went 'serial' protestes of 'sell out' were heard everywhere.
but stravinsky was too much the artist to merely be a follower. his exploration into serial music was much like his exploration into post romanticism; he filtered it through his own artisitc sensabilities.
the huxley memeorial may well be the best late stravinsky and here it is beautiflly played.
knussen obviousely relishes the music and all here give their best.
in a field of very crowded beethoven cycles and mozart concertos we desperately need a great recording like this of stravinsky's most ignored period.
thank you polygram accontants for your depth and understanding regarding art.
god, i hate accountants.
Terrific Recording! But Dunderheaded DGG Dropped It
My title ought really to have trumpeted what a great job Knussen has done in preparing and recording this music. As a composer himself, Knussen has an unusually acute affinity for this literature, which he takes great pains to bring off accurately.
The Flood is more than merely accurate, though; it is here realized as a flowing dramatic narrative. James Wood deserves great credit for expertly preparing the New London Chamber Choir both in this, and in the Requiem Canticles.
The notion of having the voice of God represented by more than one voice singing (and not in unison), inspired related treatment in Wuorinen's Genesis.
The crowning lament in DGG's having dropped this disc, is the Wuorinen Reliquary, built from sketches which Stravinsky left at his death (and what a testimony to an active musical mind, that he was sketching fresh works at such an advanced age). Wuorinen's piece is a fine achievement, a setting for these sketches, the setting itself skilfully woven, largely out of gestures from other serial Stravinsky works.
Write to DGG; tell them they made an artistic mistake in deleting this item from their catalogue.
More please
Despite Stravinsky's reputation as a musical giant of the last century, his later serial compositions often don't get the attention they deserve. So this CD is much appreciated. Without going into the virtues of the CD, which I see other reviewers have amply done, I want to make a different point: It's time we had a new recording of Stravinsky's Threni. Many people say that S's Requiem Canticles is his most successful 12-tone composition. I can't agree. Requiem Can. is too much like a series of independent pieces and not enough like a unified composition. Threni, I want to suggest, is his most successful 12-tone piece. Highly unified, the first chord ultimately ushers in the last. It is a sustained meditation highly focused on a single mood space. Requiem Can. is too much like a compilation of pieces which happen to have some serial links to one another.
My point -- my plea -- is this: If there are any conductors out there listening, please consider recording a new performance of Threni. It's long overdue and would be much appreciated.