Stravinsky: Petrushka & The Firebird

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Tennstedt’s Petrushka has a rugged feel…The orchestra really digs into the score, relishing its earthy, folklike qualities…The 1919 Firebird Suite is – forgive the pun – a slow burn of a performance.... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2018 More…

Release Date: 29th Mar 2018
Catalogue No: LPO0105
Label: LPO
Length: 59 minutes

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Stravinsky: Petrushka, Scene I: The Shrovetide Fair (1947 version)

Work length10:18

$1.60

$1.95

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Klaus Tennstedt
Recorded: 5 May 1992
Recording Venue: Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom

Stravinsky: Petrushka, Scene II: Petrushka's Room (1947 version)

Work length4:40

$1.05

$1.30

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Klaus Tennstedt
Recorded: 10 May 1992
Recording Venue: Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom

Stravinsky: Petrushka, Scene III: The Moor's Room (1947 version)

Work length7:05

$1.60

$1.95

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Klaus Tennstedt
Recorded: 5 May 1992
Recording Venue: Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom

Stravinsky: Petrushka, Scene IV: The Shrovetide Fair (towards evening) (1947 version)

Work length14:16

$2.15

$2.60

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Klaus Tennstedt
Recorded: 5 May 1992
Recording Venue: Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom

Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite

Work length23:16

$7.35

$9.10

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Klaus Tennstedt
Recorded: 10 May 1992
Recording Venue: Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom

Introduction (1919 version)

Track length3:23

$1.05

$1.30

Appearance of the Firebird (1919 version)

Track length0:17

$1.05

$1.30

Dance of the Firebird (1919 version)

Track length1:23

$1.05

$1.30

The Princesses' Khorovod (1919 version)

Track length6:11

$1.05

$1.30

Infernal Dance of the King Kashchei (1919 version)

Track length4:13

$1.05

$1.30

Lullaby (1919 version)

Track length4:08

$1.05

$1.30

Finale (1919 version)

Track length3:41

$1.05

$1.30

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The two works on this disc were conducted by the late Klaus Tennstedt who had a long and close association with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, including serving as Principal Conductor from 1983–87. Tennstedt rarely conducted ballet music, but his physical exuberance shines through in these rare recordings. This is the first ever release of Stravinsky’s works conducted by Klaus Tennstedt and it adds to a growing collection of his critically acclaimed live performances on the LPO label. Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony (LPO-0085) is a Gramophone Editor’s Choice and was described as ‘a visionary performance’. Of the collection of Mahler’s symphonies (LPO-0100), Classic FM Magazine said ‘musically it sweeps away everything before it’. The pieces come from early in Stravinsky’s career. The Firebird was the first full-length score Stravinsky wrote for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. Based on an old Russian folk tale, it tells the story of a young prince who battles an evil demon-king with the help of the mysterious and magical Firebird. Following the success of The Firebird Stravinsky began work on his second ballet. Petrushka once again occupies a typically Russian setting, a fair in St Petersburg’s Admiralty Square bustling with revellers and popular Russian melodies. In the centre of the scene, three puppets brought to life dance and squabble as the mesmerised audience looks on.

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July 2018

Tennstedt’s Petrushka has a rugged feel…The orchestra really digs into the score, relishing its earthy, folklike qualities…The 1919 Firebird Suite is – forgive the pun – a slow burn of a performance. Tennstedt drags the Khorovod out to extreme length, really stretching out the opening phrases, although the LPO woodwind team cope admirably.

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