Stravinsky - Petrushka - Ernest Ansermet
Rarity - Sealed
Igor Stravinsky – Petrushka
L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande
Conducted by Ernest Ansermet
1LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Pallas
Label : Speakers Corner
Original Label : Decca
Recorded in May1958 at Victoria Hall, Geneva
Engineered by Roy Wallace
Produced by James Walker
Lacquer cut by Tony Hawkins
Artwork by Dennis DeMarney
Originally released in 1958
Reissued in July 1993
Tracks :
Side A:
1. First Tableau: The Shrovetide Fair
2. Second Tableau: In Petrushka's Room
Side B:
1. Third Tableau: In The Moor's Room
2. Fourth Tableau: The Shrovetide Fair (Evening)
Reviews :
DECCA is certainly to be congratulated for winning Ernest Ansermet for the present recording. No other conductor was granted the opportunity of following so closely all his life the creative process of this great composer. With its infallible perception of Stravinsky’s compositional language, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande – long regarded by connoisseurs as one of the very best ensembles – admirably presents the varied colouring of the highly complex score, from the picturesque trills and slurs, to the lyrical, cantabile wind passages, and on to the unrelenting, hammering ostinati. Right from its very first release, the music and the performance have ensured that this recording has been dubbed “legendary”.
Ratings :
Discogs : 4.5 / 5