Petrushka/Soldier's Tale

Redwood Symphony Orchestra (Artist), Igor Stravinsky (Composer), Eric Kujawsky (Conductor), Redwood Symphony (Orchestra), Ellen Brodsky (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Ellen Brodsky
• Orchestra: Redwood Symphony
• Conductor: Eric Kujawsky
• Composer: Igor Stravinsky
• Audio CD (April 16, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Clarity Records
• ASIN: B00000080T
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #478,674 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Petrushka: First Tableau

2. Second Tableau

3. Third Tableau

4. Fourth Tableau

5. The Soldier's Tale (Suite): The Soldier's March

6. Little Tunes by the Brook

7. Pastoral

8. The Royal March

9. The Little Concert

10. Three Dances (Tango, Waltz and Ragtime)

11. The Devil's Dance

12. Great Chorale

13. Triumphal March of the Devil

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

0 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Missing the spirit of Russia at and prior to the Revolution, May 4, 2003

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Nancy Moran (Baltimore, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Petrushka/Soldier's Tale (Audio CD)

Stravinsky is known for orchestration if not composition.

Patrushka (1911) precedes L'Histoire du Soldat (1918) by seven years and momentous changes in Russian history.

It may be presumptuous of me to review a composer of Stravinsky's stature. Firebird (1910) after all is a summit of achievement. But Petrushka and L'Histoire du Soldat do not measure up to that summit.

Petrushka was done at the time of the notable Ballet Russe. L'Histoire was done at a time Stravinsky and his wife were living in France. L'Histoire is remarkably lacking in the spirit of the Russian Revolution. It contains interesting rhythms and drum rolls, but nothing to inspire.

This is an altogether pleasant CD but I was hoping more of a feel for Russia during those formative years.