Stravinsky — Petrouchka / Scènes de ballet — Bernard Haitink, Berlin Philharmonic (CD) — Used

Igor Stravinsky — Petrouchka / Scènes de ballet | Bernard Haitink, Berlin Philharmonic

Two colorful ballet scores by Igor Stravinsky are brought vividly to life by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Bernard Haitink. Petrouchka, presented in its richly orchestrated original 1911 version, follows a puppet's tragic adventures at a Russian Shrovetide fair. The companion Scènes de ballet showcases Stravinsky's sparkling rhythmic wit and brilliant orchestral writing in a series of short dance scenes. This Philips Classics recording is an excellent choice for collectors of twentieth-century orchestral and ballet music.

Complete CD Track Listing — 17 Tracks

1. Petrouchka: The Shrovetide Fair — The Crowds — The Conjuring-Trick
2. Petrouchka: Russian Dance
3. Petrouchka: Petrouchka's Room
4. Petrouchka: The Moor's Room — Dance of the Ballerina
5. Petrouchka: Waltz (The Ballerina and the Moor)
6. Petrouchka: The Shrovetide Fair — The Wet-nurses — The Peasant and the Bear — The Merchant and the Gipsies — The Coachmen and the Grooms — The Masqueraders — Petrouchka's Death
7. Scènes de ballet: Introduction
8. Scènes de ballet: Danses (corps de ballet)
9. Scènes de ballet: Variation (Ballerina)
10. Scènes de ballet: Pantomime
11. Scènes de ballet: Pas de deux
12. Scènes de ballet: Pantomime
13. Scènes de ballet: Variation (Dancer)
14. Scènes de ballet: Variation (Ballerina)
15. Scènes de ballet: Pantomime
16. Scènes de ballet: Danses (corps de ballet)
17. Scènes de ballet: Apothéose

Five Interesting Facts

1. Petrouchka was premiered in Paris in 1911 by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.
2. This performance uses Stravinsky's original 1911 version of Petrouchka, rather than his later 1947 revision.
3. Scènes de ballet was composed in 1944 for a Broadway revue commissioned by Billy Rose.
4. The music contrasts Petrouchka's Russian fairground scenes with the sharply etched dance miniatures of Scènes de ballet.
5. The Berlin Philharmonic and Bernard Haitink recording was issued by Philips Classics in 1991.

CD Details

Composer: Igor Stravinsky

Works: Petrouchka (1911 version); Scènes de ballet

Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Berliner Philharmoniker)

Conductor: Bernard Haitink

Label: Philips Classics

Catalog: 422 415-2

Format: Audio CD

Condition: Used

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