Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky: Petroushka

by Igor Stravinsky / Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky: Petroushka cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 April 1962
  • Label: Columbia Masterworks
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:03:08
  • Community rating: 3.93/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A historic document capturing the composer conducting his own 1947 revised score of 'Petroushka', this recording is prized for its definitive interpretive insight. Stravinsky leads the Columbia Symphony Orchestra through the ballet's shifting, polytonal rhythms with sharp, unsentimental precision. The album stands as a critical reference point for understanding the composer's mature vision of his early Russian-period masterpiece.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, suite, dissonant, complex, technical

Tracklist

  1. Petrushka (Revised 1947 Version): The Shrove-Tide Fair
  2. Petrushka (Revised 1947 Version): Petroushka's Room
  3. Petrushka (Revised 1947 Version): The Moor's Room
  4. Petrushka (Revised 1947 Version): The Shrove-Tide Fair鈥擡vening

Credits

  • Igor Stravinsky - primary artist, composed by, conductor, sleeve notes
  • Columbia Symphony Orchestra - primary artist, orchestra

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