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Stravinsky: The Firebird, complete; Fireworks; Tango; Scherzo a la russe; The Song of the Nightingale.(Sound Recording Review)
Stravinsky: The Firebird, complete; Fireworks; Tango; Scherzo a la russe; The Song of the Nightingale. Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra. Mercury SACD 470 643-2.
Dorati's complete Firebird ballet on this hybrid SACD from Mercury is self-recommending. Recorded in 1959, it has been among the two or three top choices in this repertoire for nearly half a century. Presented on this disc in a new three-channel mix and in the two-channel stereo CD transfer supervised by its original recording director, Wilma Cozart Fine, in the early nineties, the sound is exceptionally lucid, dynamic, and well spread out. There is some very slight background noise that intrudes occasionally upon the quieter moments, but it is not at all objectionable.
Accompanying the Firebird are three short works, Fireworks, Tango, and Scherzo a la russe, all nicely recorded in 1964. But the big surprise for anyone who hasn't heard it is The Song of the Nightingale. It is nothing short of astonishing. For me, there has only been one other performance the Nightingale worthy of mention alongside Dorati's, and that is Reiner's earlier account on RCA Living ...
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