Stravinsky & Stokowski
Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Another Rite of Spring? Yes, and an absorbing one. Yannick Nezet-Seguin, mercifully, pulls no special stunts upon the listener. His is not an attention-seeking performance, but one which harnesses...
Stravinsky & Stokowski
Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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Another Rite of Spring? Yes, and an absorbing one. Yannick Nezet-Seguin, mercifully, pulls no special stunts upon the listener. His is not an attention-seeking performance, but one which harnesses...
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Introducing the international debut Deutsche Grammophon orchestral album from leading French-Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the distinguished Philadelphia Orchestra.
A powerful musical tribute to the mighty Leopold Stokowski (1882–1977), 35 years after his death, from the young conductor who now continues his legacy. Stokowski spent some of his most important and fruitful years in charge of the orchestra in Philadelphia, in a position that brought him some of his greatest accomplishments. Musical showmanship, free-thinking and a populist approach to contemporary music are characteristics of Stokowski’s distinguished conducting and recording career.
This new album focuses on Stravinsky’s daring, revolutionary and game-changing ballet score, The Rite of Spring – given its American premiere performance by Stokowski and his Philadelphia Orchestra, and a work that reaches its centenary milestone in 2013.
Plus a selection of popular Stokowski transcriptions, including the famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor (J. S. Bach), as heard in its Stokowski version in Disney’s classic Mickey Mouse movie, Fantasia.
Contents and tracklist
- Philadelphia Orchestra
- Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- Recorded: 2013-03-07
- Recording Venue: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Verizon Hall, Philadelphia
- Philadelphia Orchestra
- Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- Recorded: 2013-03-07
- Recording Venue: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Verizon Hall, Philadelphia
- Philadelphia Orchestra
- Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- Recorded: 2013-03-07
- Recording Venue: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Verizon Hall, Philadelphia
- Philadelphia Orchestra
- Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- Recorded: 2013-03-07
- Recording Venue: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Verizon Hall, Philadelphia
- Philadelphia Orchestra
- Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- Recorded: 2013-03-07
- Recording Venue: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Verizon Hall, Philadelphia
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Awards and reviews
April 2014
Another Rite of Spring? Yes, and an absorbing one. Yannick Nezet-Seguin, mercifully, pulls no special stunts upon the listener. His is not an attention-seeking performance, but one which harnesses the exceptional virtuosity of the Philadelphia players towards actually making music of a score too often subjected to the crash-bang-wallop treatment.
January 2014
The opening [of Rite] is especially memorable with a darkly wailing, characterfully intoned bassoon...Thereafter the performance rides a course somewhere between guarded brilliance and elevated routine until we reach the closing 'Sacrificial Dance' which...is granted one of the most balletic performances I've ever heard, edgy, buoyant and viscerally exciting.
29th September 2013
any newcomer needs a strong character and a good context – this has both. Yannick Nézet-Séguin treads well that line in Stravinsky between luscious depth and power and biting clarity and impact...A cunningly constructed, beautifully played programme.
2nd November 2013
Nézet-Séguin’s army of admirers will love the young Canadian conductor’s affectionate homage to Leopold Stokowski, his greatest predecessor as maestro of the Philadelphia Orchestra...The playing is crystal clear in a dry acoustic, though stolid at times.
