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Stravinsky’s ground-breaking trilogy of Diaghilev-commissions plus a scandalous Bartók ballet, treated to sumptuous late-70s Decca engineering and the Vienna Philharmonic sound.
Christoph von Dohnányi has long been considered one of the most versatile conductors of our time, making a name for himself in particular with the works of Romanticism and the Second Viennese School. From early in his career he established an excellent rapport with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Both in concert and on record he drew from them, playing of unusual transparency and clean attacks, in music from Mendelssohn to Philip Glass.
This generous Eloquence anthology of four complete Decca LPs brings together the Vienna Philharmonic’s only Stravinsky recordings for Decca and finds Dohnányi on home turf with ballets by his countryman Bartók and by Stravinsky that leap from the speakers thanks to both the conductor’s vivid characterisation and to first-class Decca analogue sound. ‘Petrushka’ and ‘The Miraculous Mandarin’ (complete with chorus) were taped in the Sofiensaal in 1977 with ‘The Firebird’ following two years later. In the same 1979 sessions, Dohnányi and the VPO also recorded the pair of Portraits which the young Bartók wrote while in love with the violinist, Stefi Geyer: the solo part here is played with luscious tone by the native-Viennese violinist, Erich Binder then leader of both the VPO and the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra.
The Diaghilev trilogy is completed with Lorin Maazel’s 1974 VPO recording of ‘The Rite of Spring’, done in the grand manner and with the conductor’s typical attention to detail and fine balancing of inner parts. (© Decca Music Group Limited / Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd.)
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The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) - Ballet (1910) (Igor Stravinsky)
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnányi, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer
℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnányi, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer
℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnányi, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer
℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnányi, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer
℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnányi, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer
℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnányi, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer
℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnányi, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer
℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnányi, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer
℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnányi, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer
℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnányi, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer
℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnányi, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer
℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnányi, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer
℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnányi, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer
℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnányi, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer
℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited
Le Sacre du Printemps / Part 1: L'Adoration de la Terre (Igor Stravinsky)
Wiener Philharmoniker - Lorin Maazel, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Michael Woolcock, Recording Producer - Jack Law, Balance Engineer - Gordon Parry, Balance Engineer
℗ 1975 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Lorin Maazel, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Michael Woolcock, Recording Producer - Jack Law, Balance Engineer - Gordon Parry, Balance Engineer
℗ 1975 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Lorin Maazel, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Michael Woolcock, Recording Producer - Jack Law, Balance Engineer - Gordon Parry, Balance Engineer
℗ 1975 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Lorin Maazel, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Michael Woolcock, Recording Producer - Jack Law, Balance Engineer - Gordon Parry, Balance Engineer
℗ 1975 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Lorin Maazel, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Michael Woolcock, Recording Producer - Jack Law, Balance Engineer - Gordon Parry, Balance Engineer
℗ 1975 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Lorin Maazel, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Michael Woolcock, Recording Producer - Jack Law, Balance Engineer - Gordon Parry, Balance Engineer
℗ 1975 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Lorin Maazel, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Michael Woolcock, Recording Producer - Jack Law, Balance Engineer - Gordon Parry, Balance Engineer
℗ 1975 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Lorin Maazel, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Michael Woolcock, Recording Producer - Jack Law, Balance Engineer - Gordon Parry, Balance Engineer
℗ 1975 Decca Music Group Limited
Le Sacre du Printemps / Part 2: Le Sacrifice (Igor Stravinsky)
Wiener Philharmoniker - Lorin Maazel, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Michael Woolcock, Recording Producer - Jack Law, Balance Engineer - Gordon Parry, Balance Engineer
℗ 1975 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Lorin Maazel, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Michael Woolcock, Recording Producer - Jack Law, Balance Engineer - Gordon Parry, Balance Engineer
℗ 1975 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Lorin Maazel, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Michael Woolcock, Recording Producer - Jack Law, Balance Engineer - Gordon Parry, Balance Engineer
℗ 1975 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Lorin Maazel, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Michael Woolcock, Recording Producer - Jack Law, Balance Engineer - Gordon Parry, Balance Engineer
℗ 1975 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Lorin Maazel, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Michael Woolcock, Recording Producer - Jack Law, Balance Engineer - Gordon Parry, Balance Engineer
℗ 1975 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Lorin Maazel, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Michael Woolcock, Recording Producer - Jack Law, Balance Engineer - Gordon Parry, Balance Engineer
℗ 1975 Decca Music Group Limited
Petrouchka - Version 1947 / Scene 1 (Igor Stravinsky)
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer
℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited
Petrouchka - Version 1947 / Scene 2 (Igor Stravinsky)
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer
℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited
Petrouchka - Version 1947 / Scene 3 (Igor Stravinsky)
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer
℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited
Petrouchka - Version 1947 / Scene 4 (Igor Stravinsky)
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor - Igor Stravinsky, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer
℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited
2 Portraits, Op. 5, Sz.37, BB 48b (Béla Bartók)
Erich Binder, Violin - Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor - Béla Bartók, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - James Brown, Balance Engineer
℗ 1981 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor - Béla Bartók, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - James Brown, Balance Engineer
℗ 1981 Decca Music Group Limited
The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Sz. 73 (Op. 19) - Complete ballet - Pantomime in 1 Act by Melchior Lengyel (Béla Bartók)
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor - Béla Bartók, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer
℗ 1981 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor - Béla Bartók, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer
℗ 1981 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor - Béla Bartók, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer
℗ 1981 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor - Béla Bartók, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer
℗ 1981 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor - Béla Bartók, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer
℗ 1981 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor - Béla Bartók, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer
℗ 1981 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor - Béla Bartók, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer
℗ 1981 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor - Béla Bartók, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer
℗ 1981 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor - Béla Bartók, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer
℗ 1981 Decca Music Group Limited
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper - Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor - Béla Bartók, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer
℗ 1981 Decca Music Group Limited
Wiener Philharmoniker - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor - Béla Bartók, Composer - James Mallinson, Recording Producer - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer
℗ 1981 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
Stravinsky’s ground-breaking trilogy of Diaghilev-commissions plus a scandalous Bartók ballet, treated to sumptuous late-70s Decca engineering and the Vienna Philharmonic sound.
Christoph von Dohnányi has long been considered one of the most versatile conductors of our time, making a name for himself in particular with the works of Romanticism and the Second Viennese School. From early in his career he established an excellent rapport with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Both in concert and on record he drew from them, playing of unusual transparency and clean attacks, in music from Mendelssohn to Philip Glass.
This generous Eloquence anthology of four complete Decca LPs brings together the Vienna Philharmonic’s only Stravinsky recordings for Decca and finds Dohnányi on home turf with ballets by his countryman Bartók and by Stravinsky that leap from the speakers thanks to both the conductor’s vivid characterisation and to first-class Decca analogue sound. ‘Petrushka’ and ‘The Miraculous Mandarin’ (complete with chorus) were taped in the Sofiensaal in 1977 with ‘The Firebird’ following two years later. In the same 1979 sessions, Dohnányi and the VPO also recorded the pair of Portraits which the young Bartók wrote while in love with the violinist, Stefi Geyer: the solo part here is played with luscious tone by the native-Viennese violinist, Erich Binder then leader of both the VPO and the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra.
The Diaghilev trilogy is completed with Lorin Maazel’s 1974 VPO recording of ‘The Rite of Spring’, done in the grand manner and with the conductor’s typical attention to detail and fine balancing of inner parts. (© Decca Music Group Limited / Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd.)
Details of original recording : Recordings: Sofiensaal, Vienna, Austria, 25–28 March 1974 (The Rite of Spring), 6, 14 & 15 December 1977 (Petrushka), 22–24 November 1977 (The Miraculous Mandarin), 26 September 1979 (Two Portraits), 27 September & 9 October 1979 (The Firebird)
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 45 track(s)
- Total length: 02:39:37
- Main artists: Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi Lorin Maazel Wiener Staatsopernchor
- Composer: Igor Stravinsky
- Label: Decca
- Genre: Classical Symphonic Music Ballets
- Period: Modern Style
- Collection: Eloquence
© 2019 Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd. ℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
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