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Les Noces: Russian Village Wedding Songs
 
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Les Noces: Russian Village Wedding Songs

~ Dimitri Pokrovsky
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  • Conductor: Dmitri Pokrovsky
  • Composer: Igor Stravinsky, Russian Traditional
  • Audio CD (13 Jun 1994)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Warner
  • ASIN: B000005J2L
  • Other Editions: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 173,504 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Play, SkomoroshekPokrovsky Ensemble 2:01£0.69
Listen  2. RiverPokrovsky Ensemble 3:16£0.69
Listen  3. TrumpetPokrovsky Ensemble 2:35£0.69
Listen  4. Les Noces, First TableauPokrovsky Ensemble 4:59£0.69
Listen  5. Les Noces, Second TableauPokrovsky Ensemble 5:24£0.69
Listen  6. Les Noces, Third TableauPokrovsky Ensemble 3:17£0.69
Listen  7. Les Noces, Fourth TableauPokrovsky Ensemble 9:11£0.69
Listen  8. Cosmas and DemianPokrovsky Ensemble 1:12£0.69
Listen  9. The DrinkerPokrovsky Ensemble 1:45£0.69
Listen10. Green ForestPokrovsky Ensemble 2:42£0.69
Listen11. God Bless, JesusPokrovsky Ensemble 1:04£0.69
Listen12. My White PeasPokrovsky Ensemble 2:43£0.69
Listen13. SteambathPokrovsky Ensemble 1:41£0.69
Listen14. BerryPokrovsky Ensemble 2:08£0.69
Listen15. Black BeaverPokrovsky Ensemble 1:32£0.69
Listen16. In the HousePokrovsky Ensemble 2:13£0.69
Listen17. Bunny with Short LegsPokrovsky Ensemble 1:27£0.69
Listen18. The BedPokrovsky Ensemble 1:32£0.69
Listen19. Birch TreePokrovsky Ensemble 3:23£0.69

On this CD:
  1. Les noces
    Composed by Igor Stravinsky
    Performed by Pokrovsky Ensemble

  2. Russian Village Wedding Songs
    Composed by Traditional
    Performed by Pokrovsky Ensemble

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5.0 out of 5 stars Stravinsky - Les Noces (Pokrovsky Ensemble), 5 April 2003
This is a quite breathtaking CD. Pokrovsky uses skilfully chosen Russian singers to create an authentic folk sound. That sound is then used to stunning effect in 'Les Noces' which achieves a vibrancy unlike any performance I have ever heard. I would recommend this CD to anyone who enjoys the music of Stravinsky's "Russian period". What's more, the genuine Russian wedding songs which frame 'Les Noces' place it firmly in its social and aesthetic context in a unique way.
Although the computer controlled pianos lack a little of the bell-like resonance I think the composer wanted at the end of the piece, they also add a tempered sense of mechanical urgency to the rough and joyful voices.
On the whole - you must buy this CD!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Aaargh!, 4 Mar 2009
By J. H. Bines - See all my reviews
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This is an infuriating disc, and I honestly don't know how to rate it.

The sound of these raucous, rough, spunky voices singing Les Noces is one of the wonders of my listening life so far - from now on, this is the only way I'll hear Les Noces sung in my head. It brings something completely ageless to the piece and moved me to tears. Extraordinary. And it's all at something like Stravinsky's tempi (which other recordings usually fall quite short of). The Russian is loose and raw with flattened vowels, which, though maybe not "high" Russian, makes it totally comprehensible and clear. On many of the recordings I've heard, I have to listen to quite some time before I can work out if they're singing in Russian, English or French....

But the logic of tying a vocal performance of such life and energy to a MIDI sampling of the pianos and percussion is just perverse. Whoever produced this disc has shot themselves in the foot in a big way. It drives me out of my mind. The electronic pianos and especially the electronic snare drums sound dead dead dead and you can spot them a mile away. I find it difficult to listen to all the way through. Was it really going to bankrupt the ensemble to pay for 10 players, piano hire and a couple of rehearsals?! How much did they have to pay someone to sequence the whole thing?

The whole piece is presented without any dynamic variety. The vocal balance is over-engineered and certain groups are suddenly brought to the front or turned right down for no apparent reason. It is all sung forte - OK, if you're using "folky" voices, this goes with the territory to some extent - and was almost certainly recorded in tiny tiny snippets.

So - 6/5 for the new life these guys have brought to the singing of Les Noces. The voices sound elemental, amazing, and it'll change what you thought of the piece. But 0/5 for the cackhanded decision to turn the surging, thrashing ensemble into a series of ones and zeros before the microphones get into the room. On balance, buy the record as your second Les Noces. The thought that this ensemble were so close to producing what would have been the perfect Les Noces by a country mile, but then scored an epic own goal with this MIDI nonsense breaks my heart.
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