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STRAVINSKY, I.: Petrushka / Chant du rossignol (Seattle Symphony, Schwarz)

Composer(s):Stravinsky, Igor
Artist(s) Schwarz, Gerard, Conductor • Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Period(s) 20th Century
Genre Classical Music
Category BalletOrchestral
Catalogue 8.571222
Label Naxos
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
MP3
USD 6.99
 

 


Paris was one of the great centres of European art, and Sergey Dyagilev and his Ballet russes brought to the city a succession of epoch-shattering productions that revolutionised ballet. Whilst composing The Rite of Spring for Diaghilev, Stravinsky broke off its composition to write Petrushka, the story of a puppet suddenly brought to life. Choreography was by Fokin and Nijinsky danced the title role. It remains one of the twentieth century’s greatest ballets. Using music from Acts I and II of his opera Le rossignol, Stravinsky’s Song of the Nightingale is a brilliantly orchestrated symphonic poem, richly evoking Chinese music and the allure of the Orient.


   




Review By Phil Muse,Audio Video Club of Atlanta,January 2013

This Petrushka has a lot of things going for it. Using the original 1911 score…provides Gerard Schwarz a rich, deeply-hued canvas to work with. It also gives ample scope to every family of the orchestra, and in particular the woodwinds. There are many incidents in Stravinsky’s ballet in four scenes, but the score is surprisingly economical for all that, and Schwarz keeps a firm rein on the continual changes of tempo and texture that make Petrushka what it is.

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Review By Karl Lozier,Positive Feedback Online,January 2013

…Petrushka is one of the greatest ballets of the twentieth century and deserves consideration and at least some listening time. As has been true for many years now, which ever company has recorded Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony, the audible results have typically been quite excellent and still true here with a particularly solid deep bass response. © 2013 Positive Feedback Online Read complete review








 

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