Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky [BOX SET] [ENHANCED] [LIMITED EDITION]

Don Christlieb (Performer), George Neikrug (Performer), Benny Goodman (Performer), Charles Russo (Performer), Jack Kreiselman (Performer), Kalman Bloch (Performer), Paul E. Howland (Performer), Roy d'Antonio (Performer), John Stafford Smith (Composer), Igor Stravinsky (Composer), Igor Stravinsky (Conductor), Columbia Chamber Ensemble (Performer), Arthur Gleghorn (Performer), Louise di Tullio (Performer), Laurindo Almeida (Performer), Dorothy Remsen (Performer), Adrienne Albert (Performer), Cathy Berberian (Performer), Shirley Verrett (Performer), CBC Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

Product Details

• Performer: Don Christlieb, George Neikrug, Benny Goodman, Charles Russo, Jack Kreiselman, et al.
• Orchestra: CBC Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Igor Stravinsky
• Composer: John Stafford Smith, Igor Stravinsky
• Audio CD (December 7, 1999)
• SPARS Code: ADD
• Number of Discs: 9
• Format: Box set, Enhanced, Limited Edition
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000031X11
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #50,756 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars serious editing error., June 2, 2002

By	Kekevan "kekevan" (York, PA) - See all my reviews

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.

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

By	Keith Peters (North St. Paul, MN USA) - See all my reviews

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Packaging or Plenty, August 21, 2007

By	The Aeolian - See all my reviews

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?