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Notes and Editorial Reviews
"...Kent Nagano’s vividly detailed LSO recording of the original Stravinsky Firebird score...must go right to the top of the recommended list. From the very opening the clearly delineated kaleidoscope of orchestral colour reminds one of Dorati’s famous Mercury recording (11/91), but the Virgin sound balance produced by Andrew Keener is even finer, slightly softer grained, richer, but with hardly less impact. At the opening, the playing generates a slightly less tension than with Dorati, but the concentration steadily increases, the orchestral colour glows radiantly, and the big set pieces – the spectacular ‘Danse infernale’ of Kashchei, the lovely ‘Princesses’ Round Dance’ and the ‘Berceuse’ – are all superbly played. The final climax
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expands gloriously. Nagano also uses the original 1920 score of the Symphonies of wind instruments and the result is ear-tickling in the best sense, with sonorities juxtaposed most skilfully, textures keenly balanced, and a well-maintained onward flow."
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Works on This Recording
1.
Firebird by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:
Kent Nagano
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: Russia
Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London
Length: 48 Minutes 35 Secs.
Notes: Selection recorded December, 1991 and January, 1992.
Composition written: Russia (1909 - 1910).
2.
Symphonies of Wind Instruments by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:
Kent Nagano
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1920; France
Date of Recording: 01/1992
Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London
Length: 10 Minutes 15 Secs.
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