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| Sir Simon Rattle/Berlin PO. Includes the Symphony Of Psalms, Symphony In Three Movements and Symphony In C. ?Incisive, dynamic playing throughout.? - Independent |
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| 1 Symphony in Three Movements, for orchestra: 1. Quarter note = 160 |
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| 2 Symphony in Three Movements, for orchestra: 2. Andante - Interlude: L'istesso tempo |
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| 3 Symphony in Three Movements, for orchestra: 3. Con moto |
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| 4 Symphony of Psalms, for chorus & orchestra: 1. Exaudi orationem meam |
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| 5 Symphony of Psalms, for chorus & orchestra: 2. Expectans expectavi Dominum |
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| 6 Symphony of Psalms, for chorus & orchestra: 3. Alleluia. Laudate Dominum |
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| 7 Symphony in C, for orchestra in C major: 1. Moderato alla breve |
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| 8 Symphony in C, for orchestra in C major: 2. Larghetto concertante |
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| 9 Symphony in C, for orchestra in C major: 3. Allegretto |
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| 10 Symphony in C, for orchestra in C major: 4. Largo - Tempo giusto, alla breve |
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Album Review
Igor Stravinsky was no natural born symphonist. Great as his ballets are, in comparison with such earlier Russian symphonist like Glazunov or later Soviet symphonists like Shostakovich, Stravinsky was a symphonic lightweight whose scores often sound more episodic than symphonic. Even in this superbly played collection of his Symphony In Three Movements, Symphony Of Psalms, and Symphony In C (the student Symphony In E Flat and the utterly unsymphonic Symphonies Of Wind Instruments are understandably left out), the works sound more like attempts at symphonic argument than truly convincing symphonies. The fault lies not with the Berliner Philharmoniker, which executes Stravinsky's music with unfailing verve and virtuosity, but with music director Simon Rattle, who conducts Stravinsky's scores as if they were sequences of striking musical incidents rather than cogently argued works of symphonic art. The individual parts are all in the right places, but they fail to cohere into a logical, much less a dramatic, form. The result is more a musical variety show than a cogent musical argument. For equally well played but far more coherently structured readings of Stravinsky's symphonies, try Pierre Boulez's 1999 Deutsche Grammophon recording. The Berlin musicians once again deliver virtuosic playing, but Boulez is much better at Rattle at organizing the music into dramatic forms. EMI's recording is clean, hot, and vital. ~ James Leonard, All Music Guide
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