Pétrouchka is so familiar and, like Stravinsky's other two big ballets from the period, The Firebird and The Rite of Spring, needs either a fresh approach or a brilliant performance to keep it from sounding stale. In the hands of Maazel and the VPO, a combination of both is achieved here, though the conductor's somewhat individual interpretation can also have a downside.The Vienna players turn in splendid work, even if this music is supposed to be out of their tradition. Maazel's reading harkens back to his Cleveland days ...
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Pétrouchka is so familiar and, like Stravinsky's other two big ballets from the period, The Firebird and The Rite of Spring, needs either a fresh approach or a brilliant performance to keep it from sounding stale. In the hands of Maazel and the VPO, a combination of both is achieved here, though the conductor's somewhat individual interpretation can also have a downside.The Vienna players turn in splendid work, even if this music is supposed to be out of their tradition. Maazel's reading harkens back to his Cleveland days when it comes to clarity: everything sounds transparent and open, with inner voices rarely buried in blended textures and main lines front-and-center. Of course, I'm not sure Maazel ever abandoned this approach, but here it seems more in evidence than in his recent efforts in Sibelius and Strauss.Tempos tend to be centrist except for the "Wet Nurses' Dance" near the beginning of the fourth Tableau. Here Maazel's tempo is so fast that some detail is lost and the gaiety begins to turn...
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