Most Helpful Customer Reviews
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
serious editing error., June 2, 2002
This review is from: Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky (Audio CD)
For those interested in Stravinsky's 1959 Movements for piano and orchestra, there is a major disappointment here. Sony has mangled the first movement by ignoring a repeat, then plowing through the second ending immediately after the first ending. It makes me sick to hear it. Seeing the "Recent Stravinsky" LP in its miniature CD form was a delightful blast of nostalgia, but I'm still waiting for a CD issue of Movements. And an apology from Sony.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The best option for those who can't get the whole legacy, January 27, 2001
This review is from: Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky (Audio CD)
If you can't afford the three hundred bucks or so to have the entire recorded legacy of Stravinsky on Sony Classical CDs,(and apparently the complete set is now out of print) this boxed set may be the next best thing. This collection of recordings in their "original jackets" is very interesting. Having them available in this way once again brings back a little of the joy I had in the 60s and early 70s buying a brand new Stravinsky album to hear his latest recordings. And that's also the one disadvantage with this set. Having these pieces in the original order of the LPs means that the timing on all of the CDs is significantly shorter than what you normally get for a CD.(Le Sacre du Printemps comes in at a little less than 32 minutes) So is it worth it? Oh, yes. There's nothing like Stravinsky conducting his own music. Stravinsky collaborator Robert Craft contributes informative liner notes for the boxed set and, if you have a magnifying glass, you can read some of the original liner notes for each individual album. All in all, definitely worthwhile. Now, when will Sony reissue Orpheus, Persephone, Oedipus Rex, and all of the others in the Recorded Legacy individually? We can always hope.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Packaging or Plenty, August 21, 2007
This review is from: Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky (Audio CD)
When this set was first issued it offered a conveniently packaged survey of Stravinsky by Stravinsky for those who didn't feel the need for, or didn't wish to spend the money for, a comprehensive compilation. The "Original Jacket Collection" concept was beguiling in a way--having those miniature LP jackets like something that Barbie and Ken might collect after taking a Music Appreciation course--and it sort of made sense in the case of the George Szell/Cleveland Orchestra Beethoven set: the symphonies were arranged chronologically, without a symphony being cut short on one CD and continuing on another. In this case, however, replicating the LPs meant that the full potential of CD recording time was largely wasted: some of the CDs have less than 45 minutes of music. As noted in other reviews, there are also some inexplicable choices in this set: having the Petruschka Suite but no full ballet score is one of them.
Now, however, the entire Stravinsky by Stravinsky recorded legacy on Sony is available in an absurdly reasonably priced set (ASIN B000PTYUQG.). For about half of what this set would cost a buyer gets more than three times the music. The written material is on the perfunctory side, but that information can be obtained from other sources.
So, would you like those cute little LP jackets or more music?
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
|
