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Franck: Symphony in D Minor; Stravinsky: Petrouchka

Pierre Monteux (Artist) | Format: Audio CD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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4. Petrouchka: Scene I: The Shrovetide Fair: Vivace
5. Petrouchka: Scene I: The Shrovetide Fair: The Magic Trick
6. Petrouchka: Scene I: The Shrovetide Fair: Russian Dance
7. Petrouchka: Scene II: Petrouchka's Room:
8. Petrouchka: Scene III: The Moor's Room: Feroce Stringendo
9. Petrouchka: Scene III: The Moor's Room: Dance Of The Ballerina
10. Petrouchka: Scene III: The Moor's Room: Valse
11. Petrouchka: Scene IV: The Fair Toward Evening: Con Moto
12. Petrouchka: Scene IV: The Fair Toward Evening: Wet Nurses' Dance
13. Petrouchka: Scene IV: The Fair Toward Evening: Peasant With Bear
14. Petrouchka: Scene IV: The Fair Toward Evening: Gypsies
15. Petrouchka: Scene IV: The Fair Toward Evening: Dance Of The Coachmen
16. Petrouchka: Scene IV: The Fair Toward Evening: Masqueraders
17. Petrouchka: Scene IV: The Fair Toward Evening: Scuffle
18. Petrouchka: Scene IV: The Fair Toward Evening: Death Of Petrouchka
19. Petrouchka: Scene IV: The Fair Toward Evening: Petrouchka's Ghost

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Franck's only symphony (1890) came from nowhere in his output but led to a whole generation of French symphonies. Although his only such work, its logic and control, the main themes developing intently over its 35-minute duration, suggest an experienced symphonist in full flight: a pity time ran out soon afterwards. There have been many recordings, but few really successful ones. As a conductor equally at home with the ballet as with the symphony, Pierre Monteux was ideally placed to do it justice, and his 1961 recording does just that. The Fritz Reiner-trained Chicago SO respond with obvious enjoyment: whether in the brooding opening pages, the slow movement's gentle charm, or the finale's heart-on-sleeve emotion, there's a life-enhancing quality that no other performance has bettered. Monteux brings a lifetime's experience conducting Petrushka to his 1959 account with the Boston SO. This isn't a high-powered virtuoso reading, but it conveys the music's passion and pain like few others. An unexpected coupling, but a mandatory purchase. --Richard Whitehouse

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Recording Feb 28 2002
By D. A Wend
Format:Audio CD
This is a nice disc of two heavily recorded favorite pieces. Pierre Monteux, through his long association with this music, has an authority that is justified here. The Frank Symphony is rousing. The CSO performs the music flawlessly. I had not heard it for some time and it was great to make its acquaintance again. This recording of Petrouchka uses the 1911 score, which may take some listeners by surprise since the drum rolls between the scenes are absent. The ballet is beautifully recorded and Pierre Monteux and the Boston Symphony are in top form. It is interesting to know that the conductor, who premiered this work, never ceased making small tempo changes here and there, always trying to give a different presentation of the ballet.

This disc is part of the remastered Living Stereo series and has transferred remarkably well. Even if you have other recordings of these works, these should be part of your collection.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Marvelous performance, lousy remastering April 16 2001
By Edward Qubain
Format:Audio CD
Monteux and the CSO give the best recording I have heard of the Franck symphony-- it is justly famous. However, the remastering is awful. I have compared this cd with an earlier cd issue from the library and this new remastering has removed the power and fullness of the music. Some new detail emerges in this remastering but the price is too high. I have found the same problem with other RCA "Living Sterio" discs like the Reiner/CSO recording of Also Sprach Zarathustra or the Pines of Rome. My advice is to look for older used cds with these recordings.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Towering, majestic, etc. Feb 22 2001
By Gregory M. Zinkl
Format:Audio CD
.... The conducting is amazing--such rubato! There is hardlytwo beats that are the same duration--and yet the music justflows!

Chicago forces give a pumped-up performance that fitsMonteux's view superlatively--and really makes waste of Monteux's SanFrancisco forces, ... nothing like the excellent group that residesthere now!

It's quite an experience.

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