Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Stravinsky: Petrouchka ~ Stokowski
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Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovComposer: Igor Stravinsky
Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestra: Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2006-11-14
Music Label: Testament UK
Soundtracks:
- I. The Sea And Sinbad's Ship - Philharmonia Orchestra
- II. The Story Of The Kalender Prince - Philharmonia Orchestra
- III. The Young Prince And The Young Princess - Philharmonia Orchestra
- IV. The Festival Of Bagdad; The Sea; The Ship Goes To Pieces On A Rock... - Philharmonia Orchestra
- Premier Tableau: Fete Populaire De La Semaine Grasse - Philharmonia Orchestra
- Le Tour De Passe-Passe
- Deuxieme Tableau: Chez Petrouchka
- Troisieme Tableau: Chez Le Maure - Danse De La Ballerine
- Troisieme Tableau: Valse: La Ballerine Et Le Maure
- Quatrieme Tableau: Fete Populaire De La Semaine Grasse
- Quatrieme Tableau: Danse Des Nounous
- Quatrieme Tableau: Paysan Et L'Ours
- Quatrieme Tableau: Bohemien Et Marchand Malhonnete
- Quatrieme Tableau: Danse Des Cochers Et Des Palefreniers
- Quatrieme Tableau: Les Desguises
- Quatrieme Tableau: Le Rixe: Le Maure Et Petrouchka
- Quatrieme Tableau: Mort De Petrouchka
- Quatrieme Tableau: Police Et L'Enchanteur - Vociferation Du Double De Petrouchka
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Music Review: Stokowski at his best, but the sound is variable
Rating: 5 Stars
The Scheherazade on this Testament reissue was made in 1951 with the Philharmonia in London, just two years after it begn to make recordings with Karajan. Stokowski was always welcome in England, and this reading is personal and distinctive. Stokowski finds many ways to binrg out phrasing and balance that keeps the listener alert and wanting more. The overall feeling is energetic and romantic but not to the vulgarized extreme of his garish Phase Four stereo recording for Decca in the Sixties. I think this would be one of the very best Scheherazades ever recorded if it weren't for the patchy, dull sound--EMI was still using 78 masters (they were slow about adopting the LP); in any case this sounds like a reasonably good recording from the Forties. Too bad, given that this is a uniquely exciting and theatrical account.
The coupling is a complete Petrushka from NY with a pick-up orchestra called the Leophod Stokowski Sym. Orchestra--the concertmaster of the NY Phil, John Corigliano, is listed as a soloist, so this group was probably the Philharmonic in disguise. Leonid Hambro, the NY Phil.'s pianist, plays a great solo part here, full of wild energy. Stokowski's conducting is as wild as in Le Scare much of the time. Another mesmerizing performance, but the sound is not much better here. Loud tutti passages are distant and dim wihile solo voices sometimes jump out of the speaker. I found it one of the most exhilirating Stavinsky recordings ever, despite the dated sonics. Five stars for both works, with enthusiasm.
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