The Cleveland Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly - Stravinsky: Ballets (2003) CD-Rip

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Title: Stravinsky: Ballets
Year Of Release: 2003
Label: Decca
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 148:42
Total Size: 652 Mb
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Tracklist:

CD 1
Petrouchka
01. Fête populaire de la Semaine grasse - 00:06:51
02. Danse russe - 00:02:48
03. Chez Petrouchka - 00:04:29
04. Chez le Maure - 00:03:20
05. Valse - 00:03:20
06. Fête populaire de la Semaine grasse (vers le soir) - 00:01:12
07. Danse des nourrices - 00:02:38
08. Le montreur d'ours avec sa bête - 00:01:31
09. Un marchand fêtard avec deux tziganes - 00:01:08
10. Danse des cochers - 00:02:01
11. Apparition des masques - 00:01:36
12. La rixe: le Maure et Petrouchka - 00:00:49
13. Mort de Petrouchka - 00:00:59
14. La police et le charlatan - 00:01:15
15. Apparition du double de Petrouchka - 00:00:52

Le Sacre du printemps
16. Introduction - 00:03:19
17. Les augures printaniers - 00:03:19
18. Jeu du rapt - 00:01:18
19. Rondes printanières - 00:03:41
20. Jeux des cités - 00:01:53
21. Cortège du sage - 00:01:04
22. Danse de la terre - 00:01:11
23. Introduction - 00:04:01
24. Cercles mystérieux des adolescentes - 00:02:55
25. Glorification de l'élue - 00:01:30
26. Évocation des ancêtres - 00:00:39
27. Action rituelle des ancêtres - 00:03:20
28. Danse Sacrale: l'élue - 00:04:26

CD 2
L'Oiseau de feu - Suite
01. Introduction - 00:02:54
02. L'Oiseau de feu et sa danse - 00:01:26
03. Pantomime I - 00:00:22
04. Pas de deux: L'Oiseau de feu et Ivan Tsarvitch - 00:04:22
05. Pantomime II - 00:00:21
06. Danse des princesses - 00:02:30
07. Pantomime III - 00:01:09
08. Ronde des princesses (Khorovod) - 00:04:27
09. Danse infernale du roi Kachtchei - 00:04:22
10. Berceuse: L'Oiseau de feu - 00:03:23
11. Finale - 00:03:10

Jeu de cartes
12. Première donne: Musique d'introduction, Pas d'action, Danse du joker, Petite valse - 00:05:35
13. Deuxième donne: Musique d'introduction (alla breve), Marche, Variation des quatre reines, Variation du valet de cœur, Coda (più mosso), Reprise de la marche et danse d'ensemble - 00:09:09
14. Troisième donne: Musique d'introduction (alla breve), Valse, Presto (Combat des piques et des cœurs), Danse finale (Triomphe des cœurs) - 00:07:55

Apollon musagète
15. Naissance d'Apollon - 00:04:32
16. Variation d'Apollon: Apollon et les Muses - 00:03:09
17. Pas d'action: Apollon et les trois Muses, Calliope, Polyhymnie et Terpsichore - 00:04:32
18. Variation de Calliope (l'Alexandrin) - 00:01:26
19. Variation de Polymnie - 00:01:18
20. Variation de Terpsichore - 00:01:36
21. Variation d'Apollon - 00:02:16
22. Pas de deux: Apollon et Terpsichore - 00:03:56
23. Coda: Apollon et les Muses - 00:03:21
24. Apothéose - 00:03:41

Performers:
The Cleveland Orchestra
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly - conductor

This set contains some of the best versions of these classics around. The "Rite" and "Petrushka" are excellent, lively performances in spectacular sound, but it is the three on the second disc--"Firebird," "Card Party," and "Apollo"-- which really stand out in a special way, especially the last two, which often sound very objective and "distant" in many other recordings, particularly Stravinsky's own, which frequently feature fine playing, but which were given very dry interpretations recorded in a very dry acoustic. Chailly shows how purely beautiful Stravinsky's music can sound, particularly in works such as "Apollo," which he wrote in his American period. "The Card Party" is also really special here, because the music is saved from seeming trivial by the sheer excellence of the playing and recording , and instead, is revealed as witty and brilliant as a Mozart divertimento.