Browse: Stravinsky - Apollon musagète
Composer: Igor Feodorovich Stravinsky (1882–1971)Genre:
Ballet
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Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex & Apollon Musagète RecommendedJennifer Johnston (Jocasta), Stuart Skelton (Oedipus), Gidon Saks (Creon) & Fanny Ardant (narrator)
Gentlemen of the Monteverdi Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Johnston's superb interpretation lifts the whole performance up a couple of notches...But John Eliot Gardiner's conducting somehow misses the work's elusive power. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th April 2014
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Building a Library, May 2018, Recommended Recording
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the physical impact here of maximum Berlin Philharmonic firepower is part of what the music itself calls for...Compared to the clotted cream sonorities in evidence here, Rattle's CBSO recording... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th May 2013
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, Orchestral Choice
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Offer, Stravinsky: l'Oiseau de Feu, Apollon Musagète Orchestre Philharmonique Du Luxembourg, Gustavo Gimeno
Gimeno and his Luxembourg orchestra turn to the atmospheric Firebird and neoclassical Apollon musagète. The dark fairytale magic of the ballet is missed, but the lean lines of the second come... — More…
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Stravinsky - The Great Ballets
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, London Symphony Orchestra, Igor Markevitch
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Vital and colourful recordings from the 1980s, when Simon Rattle was at the height of his powers with the CBSO. — More…
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Building a Library, November 2014, Recommendation available on double CD set
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Stravinsky
RecommendedPaul Crossley (piano), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), John Aler (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (Jocasta), Vinson Cole (Oedipus), Nicolai Gedda (Shepherd), Hans Sotin (Tiresias), Simon Estes (Messenger), Patrice Chéreau (narrator)
Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Los...
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, July 2019, Recommended Recording
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, etc.
RecommendedCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle
Go for Rattle if it’s detail you’re after and blow the raw primitivism. Very texture-sensitive and atmospheric, for sure, but occasionally also rather indulgent. — More…
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Building a Library, June 2004, Highly Recommended
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There is much to admire here, with flowing lines throughout, giving elegance to the lilting sections of Pulchinella and imbuing much of Apollon Musagète with a suitable stylishness. The latter’s... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2021, Alternative/Hybrid-SACD Recommendation
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The 'rainbow colours' hinted at in Prokofiev's inspiration, lines by the poet Konstantin Balmont, are fully captured in this chameleonic performance. There are mysteries and passing hints of... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Best Chamber Music Recording
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