I agree about Rattle, it's very good and the recording is fine too. I have the Bernstein 1919 suite which I've loved since its LP days but the Stravinsky ballet scores really benefit from modern sound.
BaL 11.05.24 - Stravinsky: The Firebird
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Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post[Holding post for further information/comments.]
I see only a Suite recommendation in the BaL spreadsheet: maybe Darloboy can clue us in.
The complete Firebird was covered by Bal in November 1986 (Roger Nichols reviewer - I don't know what he recommended) and in January 1979 when Noel Goodwin chose Stravinsky's 1961 version with the Columbia SO. Goodwin also recommended Boulez/Cleveland and Abbado/LSO - although the BaL book published in 1979 lists Boulez/NYPO and Ansermet/SRO as the also recommendeds...
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Originally posted by Darloboy View Post
Yes, the Suite was covered by William Mival in March 2013. The top recommendation was Stravinsky with the NYPO from 1946 (the 1945 version). According to my note of the programme, other recommendations included Boulez/BBC PO & Stokowski/Berlin 1957 for the 1910 version; Abbado/LSO for the 1919 version; and Svetlanov/Philharmonia and Chailly/Concertgebouw for the 1945 version.
The complete Firebird was covered by Bal in November 1986 (Roger Nichols reviewer - I don't know what he recommended) and in January 1979 when Noel Goodwin chose Stravinsky's 1961 version with the Columbia SO. Goodwin also recommended Boulez/Cleveland and Abbado/LSO - although the BaL book published in 1979 lists Boulez/NYPO and Ansermet/SRO as the also recommendeds...
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Bumping in preparation for this afternoon's programme.
Still finding my ideal performance elusive.
Kate joining 'down the line' from Edinburgh.
I wonder if she and Andrew can see each other: might make Andrew's interruptions a bit awkward if they can't!Last edited by Pulcinella; 11-05-24, 14:07.
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Originally posted by Ein Heldenleben View PostSo it’s Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra the winner . Doesn’t surprise me . Their first trumpet is little sort of sensational.
Stravinsky: The Firebird. Decca: 4144092. Buy Presto CD or download online. Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit
No mention of Ansermet (either performance), nor, for a second week running, of Boulez' earlier Sony recording.
And the part of the piece I find problematic (Berceuse to Finale transition) seemed to get skipped over; I must see how Dutoit handles it.
Some cheap s/h copies available here:
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Originally posted by Ein Heldenleben View PostSo it’s Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra the winner . Doesn’t surprise me . Their first trumpet is little sort of sensational.
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Originally posted by Roger Webb View Post
Yes, someone with the guts to choose a Dutoit/Montreal recording - which is more the reviewer had for Daphnis....although KM made it plain that the award was for the orchestral players not 'the man on the podium'. Well, yes, up to a point - but it is a collaborative enterprise isn't it Kate.
Kate's winner was the Montreal Orchestra with (Charles Dutoit) [ brackets intended] with the CBSO / Rattle and Les Siècles / Roth [period instruments] being runners up.
A decent BaL which left me feeling that, despite the crowded field, tĺhere is room for a newly-fashioned supreme winner.
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Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
Described as a Decca CD, but I think only available in CD form as a Presto CD reissue.
Stravinsky: The Firebird. Decca: 4144092. Buy Presto CD or download online. Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit
No mention of Ansermet (either performance), nor, for a second week running, of Boulez' earlier Sony recording.
And the part of the piece I find problematic (Berceuse to Finale transition) seemed to get skipped over; I must see how Dutoit handles it.
Some cheap s/h copies available here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stravinsky-Firebird-Scherzo-Fantastique-Fireworks/dp/B0000041Q9/ref=sr_1_1?crid=J78N742RBR61&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.m4u9 6ViKyz1BefIUxm9CyA.G33ksVdh0Pv3fuAruFKTu0kH_fRhD2Q khsIrr8wsDrg&dib_tag=se&keywords=Dutoit+firebird&q id=1715439528&s=music&sprefix=dutoit+firebird%2Cpo pular%2C73&sr=1-1
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Originally posted by Roger Webb View PostJust playing the Qobuz stream of the winning F/B.....absolutely fabulous Decca sound by Andrew Cornall (producer) John Dunkerley (engineering).
I remember sitting in the choir seats for a performance of the 1945 suite (I imagine) in the RFH in the early 1980s under Frühbeck de Burgos (the concert included Robert Cohen as soloist in the Dvorak) and being bowled over as layer upon layer joined in the finale! The overall brass glow was just wonderful.
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