{"product_id":"stravinsky-le-sacre-du-printemps-petrushka-import","title":"STRAVINSKY: LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS; PETRUSHKA - ERICH LEINSDORF","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/ABOUT_THIS_RECORDING_W._WORLD_2_480x480.png?v=1596125360\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStravinsky began work on ‘Petrushka’in the summer of 1910, shortly after the successful première of his first ballet, ‘The Firebird’. Like ‘The Firebird’, and ‘The Rite of Spring’ which came later, ‘Petrushka’ was written for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. The choreographer was Mikhail Fokine and the title role was danced by the mercurial, Vaslav Nijinsky. Nijinsky was also involved with this production of ‘Rite’ but as the choreographer rather than dancer. The choreography, in keeping with the ballet’s subject matter and the composer’s use of dissonance and complex rhythms, made a complete break with tradition. Looking back on the tumultuous première, Stravinsky described the curtain as rising on ‘rows of knock-kneed Lolitas’. The first performance which took place on 29 May 1913, was of course one of the most famous scandals in musical history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth of the Stravinsky ballet scores here recorded by Erich Leinsdorf in the 1970s, were released on Decca’s then super-sonic Phase 4 imprint. Decca’s lurid cover for ‘Petrushka’ caused a stir and is reproduced here on this Eloquence reissue – the first release on Decca CD. Thomas Rajna, solo pianist for the ‘Petrushka’ recordings, has contributed his own reminiscences for this release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/REVIEWS_CS_WORLD_7ad42b8b-2188-414f-9c17-0e66da4d836d_480x480.png?v=1595264361\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘always interesting, sympathetic and never forced […] and an excellent contribution from Thomas Rajna at the piano’ (Petrushka) Gramophone, March 1971\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘by no means inconsiderable as a performance, and often very clearly recorded’ (Le Sacre du printemps) Gramophone, October 1975\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/TRACK_LISTING_WITH_WORLD_1_81beb09d-4c29-4149-bf73-0d3740fd1d73_480x480.png?v=1595264371\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIGOR STRAVINSKY\u003cbr\u003eLe Sacre du printemps (1921 version)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLondon Philharmonic Orchestra\u003cbr\u003eErich Leinsdorf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePetrushka (1911 version)*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew Philharmonia Orchestra\u003cbr\u003eThomas Rajna, piano\u003cbr\u003eErich Leinsdorf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*FIRST INTERNATIONAL RELEASE ON CD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DECCA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32273981997143,"sku":"028948234448","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/71a32Ql2zUL._SL1209.jpg?v=1596131926","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/products\/stravinsky-le-sacre-du-printemps-petrushka-import","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}