Andris Nelsons - Stravinsky: The Firebird & A Symphony of Psalms (2015)

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Artist: Andris Nelsons
Title: Stravinsky: The Firebird & A Symphony of Psalms
Year Of Release: 2010 (2015)
Label: Orfeo
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:08:20
Total Size: 305 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

1. The Firebird: The Firebird Enters, Pursued by Ivan Tsarevich 2:23
2. The Firebird: Introduction 2:35
3. The Firebird: Round Dance. The Princesses' Khorovod 4:54
4. The Firebird: Kastchei Awakens 1:03
5. The Firebird: The Firebird Enters 0:36
6. The Firebird: The Entrance of Kastchei the Immortal 1:11
7. The Firebird: Ivan Tsarevich Appears 1:18
8. The Firebird: The Firebird's Lullaby 2:46
9. The Firebird: Profonds Tenebres 1:42
10. Symphony of Psalms: III. Alleluia. Laudate Dominum 11:18
11. The Firebird: Daybreak 1:22
12. The Firebird: Magic Carillon - Appearance of Kastchei's Guardian Monsters - Capture of Ivan Tsarevich 1:26
13. The Firebird: The Firebird Begs to Be Released 5:44
14. The Firebird: Night. Kastchei's Enchanted Garden 1:54
15. The Firebird: The Firebird's Dance 1:24
16. The Firebird: Scherzo. The Princesses Play With the Golden Apples 2:29
17. Symphony of Psalms: II. Expectans expectavi, Dominum 6:49
18. The Firebird: Dialogue Between Kastchei and Ivan Tsarevich 1:09
19. Symphony of Psalms: I. Exaudi orationem meam, Domine 2:55
20. The Firebird: Entrance of the Thirteen Enchanted Princesses 2:13
21. The Firebird: Ivan Tsarevich, Entering Kastchei's Palace 0:4
22. The Firebird: The Princesses Plead for Mercy 1:08
23. The Firebird: Kastchei's Spell Is Broken, His Palace Disappears, and the Petrified Knights Return to Life. General Thanksgiving 3:07
24. The Firebird: Kastchei's Death 0:6
25. The Firebird: Ivan Tsarevich Captures the Firebird 0:54
26. The Firebird: Infernal Dance of Kastchei and His Subjects Under the Firebird's Magic Spell 4:44
27. The Firebird: Dance of Kastchei's Retinue Under the Firebird's Magic Spell 0:49

Performers:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor

A certain amount of acoustic reverberation is welcome in orchestral recordings, if it has been controlled for a particular effect, but it is omnipresent in Andris Nelsons' 2009 recordings of Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird and the Symphony of Psalms. From the very beginning of the complete music for The Firebird, resonance dominates and creates an aural haze that is so thick that details only emerge as if from a dense fog, and the timbres of certain instruments are blurred into an echoic cloud that seems almost artificially engineered. Other recordings made in Birmingham Symphony Hall by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra certainly have a vibrant acoustic quality, but it is so strong here, it must be a product of microphone placement, mixing, or both. Be that as it may, The Firebird survives this soft-focus reproduction much better than Symphony of Psalms, because its impressionistic colors and intensely lush, chromatic harmonies are already somewhat dream-like and mysterious, whereas the dry sonorities and punchy rhythms of the symphony need a much crisper presentation than they get here. The blurred textures and harmonies that are tolerable in The Firebird become a distraction in the Symphony of Psalms, and the work's dissonant counterpoint and lean, staccato chords bleed into each other in an unsatisfactory way, despite the impressive wall of sound that's created in fortissimo sections and the glorious sound that Nelsons and the orchestra produce on cadences.

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platico
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gracias....

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olga1001
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Back cover is on amazon.com

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71bIA8TxJeL._SL1200_.jpg

Tracklist above is confusing but contents I downloaded have no problem :)

Unbeatable !
I praise his CBSO era most !!
Shostakovich No. 7 and Alpensinfonie are the mark of genius !?
This Stravinsky also amazing :)
Many thanks