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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Truly historical,
By A Customer
This review is from: Igor Stravinsky: The Recorded Legacy (Audio CD)
This truly historical edition once and for all puts to rest the old putdown that Strawinsky could not conduct. In fact many of the works in this box have never sounded beter, and this includes works like Petrushka, Apollon and La baiser de la Fee. For seeing the real and strong continuity in Strawinskys often chameleontic carreer, there is nothing like listening to these CD's again and again. After some time the differences fade into the background and it becomes clear what all these works have in common: a search for the essence of the European classical tradition. It also becomes clear why the Russians consider Strawinsky not really one of their own. But most of all, this is music by one of the really great composers and recorded by himself.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Treasure Trove,
This review is from: Igor Stravinsky: The Recorded Legacy (Audio CD)
You will never find the majority of these works better played than here. A few minor quibbles though. The set is not absolutely complete as the Fanfare for Two Trumpets and Stravinsky's arr. of The Star-Spangled Banner are missing. They where recorded by Columbia during this period and issued on LP. More serious is that the first note is missing from the sixth of the 8 Instrumental Miniatures. Also I think Sony could have included Robert Craft's performance of Les Noces as it outshines Stravinsky's. Using the original Russian language, as Craft does (the composer's is in English) does give it an extra edge. And why has the producer chosen to place the orchestral Ode on the "Oratorio - Melodrama" album, between Perséphone and Monumentum pro Gesualdo...
Otherwise all is fine and one can only admire the composer's way with the music. The rhythms are knife-sharp, the melodies phrased con amore and you will find none of the sluggishness that that many conductors seem to prefer. A gold-mine indeed!
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Magnificent Achievement,
This review is from: Igor Stravinsky: The Recorded Legacy (Audio CD)
Having been immersed in the study of Stravinsky at university, I have developed a new appreciation and love for this music and the man who composed it. To single out any one work or performance as the finest would be impossible, although certain pieces will need to be taken with a dose of salt as Stravinsky covers more than one style. My own personal favourite is the D major Violin Concerto at the end of the concerto disc- a brilliant piece of music brilliantly performed. If I had to point out what is not good about this album, it is really more a criticism of Stravinsky's work- the "Cantata" is probably the dullest thing he ever wrote (even he admitted not to liking it that much). Nonetheless, this IS his complete music, completely recorded under his watchful gaze. What a magnificent achievement- and how well preserved and mastered by Sony!
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