Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky: Petrushka / Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) - 1276

Amazon.com Whatever the limitations of Stravinsky's baton technique, no one else on disc conjures the same bustling excitement at the outset of Petrouchka. Overlapping, polyrhythmic textures in Petrouchka and in Le Sacre du Printemps come off with Mozartian lucidity, Mendelssonian lightness, and, well, Stravinsky-esque rhythmic exactitude (notwithstanding a few hesitant entrances). The clarity partly stems from the composer's use of his leaner revised scores, helped by close-up, analytical mike work by CBS. There are, of course, slicker, more sonically opulent versions of these 20th century landmarks. And then there are Stravinsky's. --Jed Distler Product description 1. - 15. Petrushka (Original 1911 Version, recorded at Legion Hall, Hollywood, California, 1960), 16. - 29. Le Sacre Du Printemps - The Rite Of Spring (Recorded in New York City, 1960O
ASIN: B0000026GJ
VSKU: GGV.B0000026GJ.LN
Condition: Like New
Binding: Audio CD