Stravinsky – Petrushka - Ernest Ansermet (2LP, 45 tours)
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Igor Stravinsky – Petrushka (ballet)
L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet conductor
2LP, Double gatefold jacket
Numbered limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 45RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : Original Recordings Group (ORG)
Original label : London Records
Recorded on Oct. 23 - Nov. 9, 1957 at Victoria Hall, Geneva
Engineered by Roy Wallace
Remastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Originaly released in 1960
To be reissued in 2022
Tracks:
Side A : 1st Tableau: The Shrovetide Fair
Side B : 2nd Tableau: In Petrushko's Room
Side C : 3rd Tableau: In The Moor's Room
Side D : 4th Tableau: The Shrovetime Fair (Evening)
Awards :
TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Classical
Reviews :
Stravinsky initially conceived the music for Petrushka as a kind of burlesque combat between the piano and orchestra. The piano was to play the role of the puppet that exasperated the orchestra with its diabolical sequences. The accompanying orchestra was to retaliate in force leading finally to a climax in which the puppet collapses. The music that ultimately emerged elaborated a story of puppets that were actually more human than their puppetmaster ever imagined. Although the primitive rhythms and kaleidoscopic colors initially gave the conductor and ballet troupe difficulty, the work was premiered June 13, 1911.
Although Pierre Monteux conducted the premiere, Ernest Ansermet has always been closely associated with Stravinsky's music. He was among Stravinsky's circle of friends in Paris prior to World War I and first played excerpts from Petrushka in Geneva on January 12, 1915. This performance of Stravinsky's Petrushka was recorded at Victoria Hall in Geneva between October and November of 1957. The Decca engineers, led by Roy Wallace, set up a tree with three Neumann KM-56 microphones. The signal was routed through a three-channel vacuum tube mixer, without noise processing or gain riding, to an Ampex stereo vacuum tube recorder.
Ratings :
Discogs : 4.34 / 5