Stravinsky's 1921 The Rite of Spring and Petrushka conducted by Leinsdorf

Two of Stravinsky’s most spectacular scores in vibrant and exciting accounts, though with some instrumental detail artificially exaggerated by Decca’s gimmicky 1970s ‘Phase 4 stereo’.

Daniel Jaffé

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Daniel Jaffé

Published: September 28, 2018 at 2:42 pm

COMPOSERS: Igor Stravinsky
LABELS: Eloquence
ALBUM TITLE: Stravinsky
WORKS: The Rite of Spring (1921 version); Petrushka (1911 version)*
PERFORMER: LPO; *New Philharmonia Orch/Leinsdorf
CATALOGUE NO: 482 3444 (1970/73)

Two of Stravinsky’s most spectacular scores in vibrant and exciting accounts, though with some instrumental detail artificially exaggerated by Decca’s gimmicky 1970s ‘Phase 4 stereo’.

Daniel Jaffé

Daniel Jaffé

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Daniel Jaffé has been associated with BBC Music Magazine since 2004 when he was the reviews editor, working in that post until he went freelance in 2011. Previously he was on the editorial teams of Classic CD and Gramophone. A specialist in both Russian and 20th-century British music, he has also written articles and programme notes for various orchestras and festivals both in the UK and abroad, published two books – Sergey Prokofiev (Phaidon), and a Historical Dictionary of Russian Music (Scarecrow Press) – and contributed extensively to the Cambridge Stravinsky Encyclopedia (CUP).
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