Anyone who loves the music of Igor Stravinsky will have to hear this set of discs. True, the music included isn't among his most popular works, but the works included are nevertheless among his most appealing -- The Symphony in Three Movements, the Ebony Concerto, and the Concerto in D -- his funniest -- the Circus Polka and the Scherzo à la russe -- his most spiritual -- the Pater Noster and Ave Maria -- and his most profane -- L'histoire du soldat. And true, the performances included aren't among the greatest ever made, ...
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Anyone who loves the music of Igor Stravinsky will have to hear this set of discs. True, the music included isn't among his most popular works, but the works included are nevertheless among his most appealing -- The Symphony in Three Movements, the Ebony Concerto, and the Concerto in D -- his funniest -- the Circus Polka and the Scherzo à la russe -- his most spiritual -- the Pater Noster and Ave Maria -- and his most profane -- L'histoire du soldat. And true, the performances included aren't among the greatest ever made, but then Stravinsky wasn't among the greatest conductors ever to take up the baton. But while there have been better conductors, few have the authority and insight that Stravinsky brings to his own music and that counts for more than baton technique.But the real reason anyone who loves the music of Stravinsky will have to hear this set of discs is that Andante has done a superb job of remastering these classic performances from the '40s. Even Pearl and Sony have not done so fine a...
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