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Stravinsky - Petrushka, Firebird Suite | LPO LPO0105

Stravinsky - Petrushka, Firebird Suite

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Label: LPO

Cat No: LPO0105

Barcode: 5060096760177

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 29th March 2018

Contents

Artists

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Klaus Tennstedt

Works

Stravinsky, Igor

Petrushka (1947 version)
The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu): Suite no.2 (1919)

Artists

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Klaus Tennstedt

About

The two works on this disc were conducted by the late Klaus Tennstedt who had a long and close association with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, including serving as Principal Conductor from 1983–87. Tennstedt rarely conducted ballet music, but his physical exuberance shines through in these rare recordings.

This is the first ever release of Stravinsky’s works conducted by Klaus Tennstedt and it adds to a growing collection of his critically acclaimed live performances on the LPO label. Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony (LPO-0085) is a Gramophone Editor’s Choice and was described as ‘a visionary performance’. Of the collection of Mahler’s symphonies (LPO-0100), Classic FM Magazine said ‘musically it sweeps away everything before it’.

The pieces come from early in Stravinsky’s career. The Firebird was the first full-length score Stravinsky wrote for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. Based on an old Russian folk tale, it tells the story of a young prince who battles an evil demon-king with the help of the mysterious and magical Firebird.

Following the success of The Firebird Stravinsky began work on his second ballet. Petrushka once again occupies a typically Russian setting, a fair in St Petersburg’s Admiralty Square bustling with revellers and popular Russian melodies. In the centre of the scene, three puppets brought to life dance and squabble as the mesmerised audience looks on.

This release coincides with the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s year-long celebration of the life, work and inspirations of Igor Stravinsky in Changing Faces: Stravinsky’s Journey.

‘The phenomenon that was Tennstedt in concert will never, can never, be recreated.’
- Gramophone

Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, on 5 May 1992 (Petrushka) and 10 May 1992
(Firebird)

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