Stravinsky - Petrushka
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer
Natural balances spotlight Fischer's hard work with textures, and how well he conjures the orchestral harmonica...The flecks of light over Liadov's Enchanted Lake are nicely caught, too
Stravinsky - Petrushka
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer
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Natural balances spotlight Fischer's hard work with textures, and how well he conjures the orchestral harmonica...The flecks of light over Liadov's Enchanted Lake are nicely caught, too
About
Petrushka follows the last year’s release of Stravinsky’s Firebird on Signum and is the second in a three-part series of works from Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes, performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer. These recordings encapsulate the vivacity and passion of Stravinsky’s tale of three life-sized puppets, seemingly brought to life.
The disc also features three works by fellow Russian and Ballet Russes composer Anatoly Liadov: dark and dramatic tone-poems on Slavic witches and demons in Baba-yaga and Kikimora, and a tranquil and fairytalelike portrait of the Russian countryside in The Enchanted Lake.
Contents and tracklist
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales with Thierry Fischer
- Thierry Fischer
Scene 1
Track length10:05
This track is only available as an album download.
Scene 4
Track length14:07
This track is only available as an album download.
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales with Thierry Fischer
- Thierry Fischer
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales with Thierry Fischer
- Thierry Fischer
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales with Thierry Fischer
- Thierry Fischer
Awards and reviews
March 2011
Natural balances spotlight Fischer's hard work with textures, and how well he conjures the orchestral harmonica...The flecks of light over Liadov's Enchanted Lake are nicely caught, too
November 2010
Responding to Stravinsky's macabre scenario of a fairground puppet springing to life, Thierry Fischer's re-imagining of the orchestra as a mechanical pianola or orchestrion is a winning strategy.
1st August 2010
Recorded Petrushkas abound — and Fischer’s is more than decently played...but the three Liadov pieces, which take up almost a third of this disc’s playing time, are rarities...Liadov’s character portraiture and colouristic orchestrations are admirably served in these BBC recordings.
8th July 2010
Both composers benefit from Fischer's trademark refinement. His Petrushka, notably beautiful, is graciously touching rather than violent or eruptive, and the clean-textured, superbly detailed playing from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales reminds us just how startlingly original Stravinsky's sonorities are.
