Stravinsky: Feu d'artifice Op4; Song of the Nightingale
On this CD:
1. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version)
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
with Rainer Keuschnig
Conducted by Lorin Maazel
2. Chant du rossignol (The Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
with Rainer Keuschnig
Conducted by Lorin Maazel
3. Fireworks (Feu D'artifice), fantasy for orchestra, Op. 4
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
with Rainer Keuschnig
Conducted by Lorin Maazel
Stravinsky: Feu d'artifice Op4; Song of the Nightingale, Music, Igor Stravinsky, Lorin Maazel, Wiener Philharmoniker, Rainer Keuschnig, 20th/21st Century Ballet, 20th/21st Century Tone Poem/Symphonic Poem, Ballet, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Orchestral, Orchestral & Symphonic
Average customer rating:
- It's a staccato! Not a tenuto! Stravinsky would have cried if he heard this CD.
- Outstandingly Beautiful
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Stravinsky: Feu d'artifice Op4; Song of the Nightingale
Manufacturer: RCA
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ASIN: B000046Q8M
Release Date: 2000-03-07 |
Tracks:
- Premier Tableau (Original Version): Burlesque In Four Scenes: Fete Populaire De La Semaine Grasse...
- Premier Tableau (Original Version): Burlesque In Four Scenes: Deuxieme Tableau: Chez Petrouchka
- Premier Tableau (Original Version): Burlesque In Four Scenes: Troisieme Tableau: Chez Le Maure...
- Premier Tableau (Original Version): Burlesque In Four Scenes: Quatrieme Tableau: Fete Populaire...
- Le Chant Du Rossignol: Presto
- Le Chant Du Rossignol: Marche Chinoise
- Le Chant Du Rossignol: Chant Du Rossignol
- Le Chant Du Rossignol: Jeu Du Rossignol Mecanique
- Feu D'artifice
Customer Reviews:
It's a staccato! Not a tenuto! Stravinsky would have cried if he heard this CD........2005-07-04
This is the most frustrating CD of Stravinsky recordings I have ever heard! I own the score to all of these pieces. The only good recording on this CD is the one of Fireworks. I think Maazel needs to take a course in music theory. In the first scene of Petrushka, there is a solo note on the contrabassoon. It has a staccato and a fermata. The note is an eighth note. In the recording the instrumentalist holds it to the length of a half note! Stravinsky wouldn't have put a staccato on the note if he wanted it to be held that long! Also, the ending pizzicato in the strings aren't together at all.
In the song of the Nightingale, several of the orchestra hits aren't together. Also, the chinese march is conducted way to slow.
The only thing good on this CD is Fireworks.
So if you want to listen to the most retarded recording of Petrushka or the worst recording of song of the nightingale OR you just want an extra coaster around the house, Buy, BUY, BUY! But if you want a good recording, look elsewhere. Any recording is better than this.
Outstandingly Beautiful.......2002-05-22
Is there a better example of recorded orchestral sound anywhere? Probably not. Maazel's Vienna Philharmonic pulls out all the stops and the RCA recording team catches it all in wrap-around silk.
Petroushka is really amazing; using the original scoring, Maazel conjures sublime balances and manages the very rhythmic score without over-emphasizing its difficulty. The whole thing comes off very much like a Punch and Judy routine, which is what it's supposed to be. The first theme in the last movement is something especially special. The tonal opulence here is nearly overwhelming as the melody goes from oboe to horn to full orchestra with its whirlwind revolving counterpoint.
In Le chant du rossingol, Maazel duplicates the intensity of his never-bettered Berlin Philharmonic recording from the sixties. But here, with the Vienna Philharmonic and RCA, the sound is again outrageous. The opening lines burst into flame; the brass tuttis and woodwind runs are fluorescent. The fisherman's song is particularly haunting and lyrical.
Fireworks is, well, fireworks. An early colorist piece, not really up to the standards of the other two here.
So, Maazel has mellowed, and some think that means he's no longer effective. For those critics, check out this disk. He's never been more effective in this repertoire.
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