Post by fausto K January 20, 2015 (1 of 1)
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I wholeheartedly second Castor's site review. Finally found the opportunity to listen to this disc. It's a stupendous recording, both qua performance and qua sound. Great to hear, for the first time, the late, dodecaphonic piece "Movements". Thoroughly transfixing.
As to the "bonus" revised version of "Petrushka": the sound is obviously good, but I'm not sure, on first listening, whether I don't prefer the recent recording by Gatti with the Orch. Nat. de France, even though it being a RBCD (but on Sony, so very decent). For the preferable earlier version (1911), the one to go to on SACD is Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Petrushka - Litton
Anyway, for the main course of "Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments", "Cappricio" and "Movements", this one is a no-brainer, if you like this music.
Btw, the cool picture of Stravinsky on the front cover is him in Rio de Janeiro. Very apt given the provenance of the recording.
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