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Stravinsky: The Firebird, Petrushka.(Sound Recording Review)
Stravinsky: The Firebird; Petrushka. Robert Craft, Philharmonia Orchestra. Naxos SACD 6.110081.
The benefits of this issue are that you get both the Firebird and Petrushka ballets complete, some seventy-nine minutes' worth of music, on a single, dual-layered hybrid CD/SACD, playable in both two-channel stereo and five-channel surround sound. And all at a most-reasonable mid price.
Moreover, the Firebird is a world premiere recording of Stravinsky's original 1910 version as never heard before. Conductor Robert Craft tells us in the accompanying booklet insert that "This is the first recording of the Complete Original Version of Stravinsky's most popular work.... Among the many differences between the present recording and its predecessors is the restoration of two long, valveless trumpets on stage, each playing a single note standing out above the entire orchestra." The Firebird was recorded in 1996 and first released on the MusicMasters label, and Petruchka was recorded a year later, 1997, both in multichannel.
All well and good, but unfortunately what one also has to endure are fairly lax performances of both ballets. The Firebird, especially, seems rather lethargic ...
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