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Stravinsky: Pulcinella; The Fairy's Kiss
 
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Stravinsky: Pulcinella; The Fairy's Kiss

~ Mark Beesley (Bass), Igor Stravinsky (Composer), Robert Craft (Conductor), Diana Montague (Mezzo Soprano), London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), et al.
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  • Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra of London
  • Conductor: Robert Craft
  • Composer: Igor Stravinsky
  • Audio CD (3 Jan 2006)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Naxos
  • ASIN: B000CEVU4E
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 79,451 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Pulcinella: I. OvertureRobin Leggate 1:54£0.69
Listen  2. Pulcinella: II. Serenata: Mentre l'erbettaRobin Leggate 2:28£0.69
Listen  3. Pulcinella: III. Scherzino - Allegro - Andantino - AllegroRobin Leggate 5:59£0.69
Listen  4. Pulcinella: IV. Allegretto: Contento forse vivereRobin Leggate 1:41£0.69
Listen  5. Pulcinella: V. Allegro assaiRobin Leggate 1:55£0.69
Listen  6. Pulcinella: VI. Allegro (alla breve): Con queste parolineRobin Leggate 3:32£0.69
Listen  7. Pulcinella: VII. Largo: Sento dire no' nce paceRobin Leggate 1:01£0.69
Listen  8. Pulcinella: VIII. Chi Disse Ca La FemmenaRobin Leggate0:26£0.69
Listen  9. Pulcinella: IX. Allegro: Nce sta quaccuna po'Robin Leggate0:32£0.69
Listen10. Pulcinella: X. Presto: Una te fa la 'nzempreceRobin Leggate 1:03£0.69
Listen11. Pulcinella: XI. LarghettoRobin Leggate0:25£0.69
Listen12. Pulcinella: XII. Allegro alla breveRobin Leggate 1:10£0.69
Listen13. Pulcinella: XIII. Allegro Moderato: TarantellaRobin Leggate 1:10£0.69
Listen14. Pulcinella: XIV. Andantino: Se tu m'amiRobin Leggate 2:08£0.69
Listen15. Pulcinella: XV. ToccataRobin Leggate0:55£0.69
Listen16. Pulcinella: XVI. Allegro moderato: Gavotta with 2 Variations: Allegretto - AllegroRobin Leggate 3:58£0.69
Listen17. Pulcinella: XVII. VivoRobin Leggate 1:34£0.69
Listen18. Pulcinella: XVIII. Minuet: Pupillette - FiammetteRobin Leggate 2:13£0.69
Listen19. Pulcinella: XIX. Finale: Allegro assaiRobin Leggate 2:16£0.69
Listen20. Le baiser de la fee (The Fairy's Kiss): Scene ILondon Symphony Orchestra 7:57£0.69
Listen21. Le baiser de la fee (The Fairy's Kiss): Scene IILondon Symphony Orchestra10:48£0.69
Listen22. Le baiser de la fee (The Fairy's Kiss): Scene IIILondon Symphony Orchestra18:31£0.69
Listen23. Le baiser de la fee (The Fairy's Kiss): Scene IVLondon Symphony Orchestra 4:35£0.69


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5.0 out of 5 stars Two of Stravinsky's Most Popular Works, Beautifully Done, 4 Feb 2006
By J Scott Morrison (Middlebury VT, USA) - See all my reviews
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These mid-90s performances of Pulcinella and The Fairy's Kiss (Baiser de la Fée) conducted by Robert Craft were previously issued on Koch International with different couplings. But issuing them together is a good idea because they are two of Stravinsky's most tuneful, most easily assimilated works based as they are on music of earlier composers and they are given sensational readings here. (I will admit that these works are two of my very favorites by Stravinsky.) One immediately thinks of Pulcinella, based on music by Pergolesi and other early Italians, as being brash and witty, and The Fairy's Kiss as elegant. But in fact each of the works has both of those qualities albeit in somewhat different proportions. Pulcinella is often recognized by folks who don't otherwise know the work well when the 'Vivo' movement is played; that's the section with those sassy trombone smears and the mock-melancholic double bass figures. The Fairy's Kiss, on the other hand, taken as it is from Tchaikovsky themes, sounds in spots almost like an echt-Tchaikovsky ballet until Stravinsky does his witty things with meter and instrumentation. Throughout, though, this is music that could not have been written by anyone other than Stravinsky.

Robert Craft has known this music for fifty years and more. He was, as most know, Stravinsky's acolyte and nearly constant companion in his latter years. He is sometimes thought of as a somewhat pedantic conductor, but in actuality he is not so much pedantic as true to his master, observing all there is in the score - rhythm, nuance, balances, dynamics. And in these two works he conducts them with all the juice they contain. These are lovely, artful, sophisticated performances with immediacy and vitality. Although I own Stravinsky's own recordings of these works, I actually think I prefer these performances, not least because they are in modern sound. But also because they don't hesitate to throw in a little cholesterol which Stravinsky tended to eschew.

It should be pointed out that the fine soloists in Pulcinella are the lovely-voiced soprano Diana Montague (who can forget her recording of Gluck's Iphigenia in Tauris?), tenor Robin Leggate and basso Mark Beesley. The brashly vital orchestral playing for Pulcinella is by the Philharmonia. The elegant playing for The Fairy's Kiss is by the London Symphony Orchestra.

You cannot go wrong with this CD.

Scott Morrison

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Value, 6 Dec 2007
By maximus (manchester, uk) - See all my reviews
  
The full length Pulcinella ballet coupled with the complete Fairy's Kiss makes this a very generous CD and therefore superb value for money because at the price. Some of the singing on the Pulcinella is not always spot on in my opinion (in terms of technique) but the interpretation and general humour of the piece is brought out very well. The orchestra and conductor are excellent.
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