Stravinsky: Pulcinella

[Nick Armstrong]

Abbado, with Teresa Berganza, Ryland Davies and John Shirley-Quirk, has given me much pleasure over the years.

Me too - one of the first cassettes I bought, great stuff!

[Belgrove]

Hickox with the City of London Sinfonia. The perfect mix of elegance and vulgarity. A glorious rendition of a glorious work.

[Petrushka]

I heard Abbado and the LSO perfiorm Pulcinella live in 1980 and had completely forgotten the recording which I don't have. I shall investigate.

[Barbirollians]

I am rather fond of that Northern Sinfonia /Rattle recording.

[jayne lee wilson]

Rattle gave a marvellous complete performance of it with the Berlin Phil in Sept/Oct, 2010, it featured in the DCH. Should be in the archive there, hopefully at 320 kbps, but they've changed their system twice this year and I'll need a Mac OS upgrade to ever watch it again.

Lovely performance though, as I recall.

Otherwise, I second HD's commendation of Kreizberg in Monte Carlo, Gunter Wand's NDR account of the Suite is very pleasant, and of course Stravinsky's own are both hard to surpass...

[jayne lee wilson]

Well, if it's not true, it certainly should be!

Poulenc in serial mode could have been interesting... The Book of the Hanging Onions, perhaps?

He may have been most true to himself in his religious music, from the Gloria to the sensuous refinements of the Litanies a la Vierge Noire...

I'm not sure Poulenc could've composed anything without Stravinsky first having composed ...

(A vicious rumour, no doubt, but isn't IS supposed to have said after adopting Serial practices, "Let's see what Poulenc writes now!")

[Barbirollians]

Picked up the Abbado for 25p in a charity shop on a Classikon disc coupled with his Rite of Spring - as witty and pointed as the young Rattle's recording was the soloists on this especially Berganza and JSQ are far superior and this has more charm .

[Pulcinella]

Picked up the Abbado for 25p in a charity shop on a Classikon disc coupled with his Rite of Spring - as witty and pointed as the young Rattle's recording was the soloists on this especially Berganza and JSQ are far superior and this has more charm .

I wasn't aware of this thread, but I am aware of this recording!
My copy is in the Galleria incarnation, coupled with Jeu de cartes.

[Barbirollians]

The Bernstein /NYPO version of the suite is very good IMO .

[Pulcinella]

The Bernstein /NYPO version of the suite is very good IMO .

Certainly better than Boulez with the same orchestra (on Sony), if memory serves.

[Bryn]

Certainly better than Boulez with the same orchestra (on Sony), if memory serves.

Bernstein was very good with Stravinsky in general, I reckon.

[Barbirollians]

Bernstein was very good with Stravinsky in general, I reckon.

Agreed