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| 1. Petrouchka (1947 version) | |||
| 2. Scene I: The Shrovetide Fair | |||
| 3. Scene II | |||
| 4. Scene III: The Moor's Cell | |||
| 5. Scene IV: The Fair (toward evening) | |||
| 6. The Rite of Spring | |||
| 7. Part I: The Adoration of the Earth | |||
| 8. Part II: The Sacrifice | |||
| 9. Vivace | |||
| 10. The Magic Trick | |||
| 11. Russian Dance | |||
| 12. Petrouchka's Cell | |||
| 13. L'istesso tempo | |||
| 14. Dance of the Ballerina | |||
| 15. Waltz | |||
| 16. Tempo giusto | |||
| 17. Wet Nurses' Dance | |||
| 18. Peasant with Bear | |||
| 19. Gypsies and a Rake Vendor | |||
| 20. Dance of the Coachmen | |||
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I have 8 renditions of Stravisnky's Rite in total and now I can finish my search: I've found one I am completely happy with. It has the seething raw energy that the piece deserves and delivers it in a more controlled manner (in my opinion) than Bernstein's celebrated 1958 recording. Brilliant exhilarating stuff.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I completely agree with the review above. A remarkable recording and one of my favourates. Ozawa has pulled it off with staggering precsision and pace without loosing any of the chaos and rawness, and with the bmg hp remastering (originally recorded 1968) it sounds fresher than most modern recordings.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
RECORDING QUALITY: Amazingly good, considering the age of the recording. To be frank, it sounds better than the much more recent recordings that I have. Since I'm using Quad electrostatics, I'd expect any flaws in the recording to shine through. There are no flaws.
INTERPRETATION: Unique. Listen to this with a full score in front of you and you soon realise that everything is there, in its place, with professional precision, and yet THE ENERGY! There are a number of good performances on the market and I thought that I'd heard the best of them, including various other five star rated issues. They don't touch this one, not by a long way. This performance made me SHIVVER. It almost frightened me. It made my spine tingle. As for the final dance, it is the only rendition I have ever heard in which I could genuinely believe that a poor lass was being forced to dance herself to death. It left me gasping for breath and I was only LISTENING to it, not dancing it!
WHAT ABOUT THE COMPETITION? I won't comment on the competition. I have most of the recordings available and I simply don't listen to them any more.
INTERPRETATION: Unique. Listen to this with a full score in front of you and you soon realise that everything is there, in its place, with professional precision, and yet THE ENERGY! There are a number of good performances on the market and I thought that I'd heard the best of them, including various other five star rated issues. They don't touch this one, not by a long way. This performance made me SHIVVER. It almost frightened me. It made my spine tingle. As for the final dance, it is the only rendition I have ever heard in which I could genuinely believe that a poor lass was being forced to dance herself to death. It left me gasping for breath and I was only LISTENING to it, not dancing it!
WHAT ABOUT THE COMPETITION? I won't comment on the competition. I have most of the recordings available and I simply don't listen to them any more.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Very Disappointing
I first heard the Rite of Spring over 25 years ago and bought this recording in 2009 on the strength of some of the other reviews - what a disappointment. Read more
Published 3 months ago by David Mac
Terrific, but fragmented by Amazon!
The music is superb but I wonder if we could persuade Amazon to resist the urge to split everything up into 79p "songs"? Read more
Published 5 months ago by S. J. Ware
Stravinsky - Ballet to Blow You Away!
Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) is best remembered for his ballet music, and he is to the dainty classical form what Picasso is to cat portraits. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. N. Hazell
Astonishingly virulent, barbaric - and yes, beautiful, too
This disc presents an inspired coupling of two extraordinarily fine recordings by Ozawa in his Young Turk days before he got too comfortable. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Ralph Moore
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