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Metropolitan Opera, New York, live relay February 14th, 2015. Nadja Michael is the unwitting victim of the diabolical Bluebeard, played by Mikhail Petrenko. The opera was directed by Mariusz Trelinski, who was inspired by classic noir films of the 1940s. The conductor was Valery Gergiev.
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Bernstein Leonard — `Facsimile`, Choreographic Essay for Orchestra (1946)
Artist: Marin Alsop (conductor)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop. Bernstein`s short ballet, composed in 1946 and choreographed by Jerome Robbins.
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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop. Composed in 1980, this delightful work by Bernstein is in 8 short movements: Sennets and Tuckets, Waltz, Mazurka, Samba, Turkey Trot, Sphinxes, Blues and In Memoriam (March: the BSO Forever). BSO is Boston Symphony Orchestra, as the work was written for their centenary.
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Borodin Alexander — AB 24 Symphony No.2 h-moll `Warriors` (1869-76)
Artist: Antal Doráti (conductor)
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. This 1952 mercury Living Presence recording was transferred from a vinyl LP (so please excuse the occasional penetration of surface noise - well worth it to have Dorati`s powerful interpretation).
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Stravinsky Igor — K015 Ballet `The Rite of Spring`s` (1913/1947/1967)
Artist: Antal Doráti (conductor)
This is the 1953 mono recording Dorati made of the `rite` with this orchestra. The performance is abrasive, sharp and very powerful. Transferred from the Mercury Livinng Presence vinyl LP (so please excuse the occasional penetration of surface noise in the quiter moments - its well worth it to experience this amazing interpretation!)
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Stravinsky Igor — K015 Ballet `The Rite of Spring`s` (1913/1947/1967)
Artist: Antal Doráti (conductor)
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. Dorati recorded the `Rite` twice with this orchestra and this 1959 stereo recording on Mercury Living Presence is regarded as the greatest of all `Rite` recordings. Brutal, pagan, violent and totally overwhelming. no other performance comes close!
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The 1952 Mercury Living Presence recording of the `Suite` (4 movements).
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Stravinsky Igor — K012 `Petrouchka`, funny scenes in the 4 paintings by Igor Stravinsky and Alexander Benois, ballet (1911)
Artist: Antal Doráti (conductor)
The classic 1959 Mercury Living Presence recording of Stravinsky`s revised 1947 version.
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Walton William — Suite from the music to the film Henry V (1944), compiled by Christopher Palmer
Artist: Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
This `Henry Vth` suite from the 1943 film was compiled as a Shakespeare Scenario. It includes some spoken text from Shakespeare integrated with Walton`s score. In 10 parts: 1 Prologue; 2 Interlude: At the Boar`s Head; 3 Embarkation; 4 Interlude: `Touch her soft lips and part`; 5 Harfleur; 6 The Night Watch; 7 Upon the King; 8 Agincourt; 9 Interlude: At the French Court; 10 Epilogue. Samuel West (narrator), BBC Singers, Trinity Boys Choir, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Leonard Slatkin.
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