Please guys, any recommendations?
Interesting, the only version I have of just the Suite--not for any particular reason--is Chailly's with the Concertgebouw. It's excellent, very well played and recorded.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31VC0JYATQL._AA130_.jpg)
If you do want the entire ballet, I like these, off the top of my head:
Gergiev/Kirov
Dutoit/Montréal
Dorati/Detroit
Jansons/Oslo
--Bruce
Quote from: bhodges on February 07, 2008, 12:02:25 PM
Interesting, the only version I have of just the Suite--not for any particular reason--is Chailly's with the Concertgebouw. It's excellent, very well played and recorded.
If you do want the entire ballet, I like these, off the top of my head:
Gergiev/Kirov
Dutoit/Montréal
Dorati/Detroit
Jansons/Oslo
Bruce prefers the Fireball.
Quote from: MN Dave on February 07, 2008, 12:06:50 PM
Bruce prefers the Fireball.
Oh right...I forgot that one. ;D
(PS, I should have bookmarked that eBay listing, just to see who snapped it up.)
--Bruce
Suite - Chailly, Gergiev/VPO (DVD), Stravinsky.
Complete - Dutoit.
I own Dorati and Detroit.
Can't be bad. 8)
My favorite.
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=4586
Myung-Whun Chung & Orchestre de la Bastille - a good, full-bodied performance and recording.
I don't recommend Michael Tilson Thomas' recording (which is coupled with Persephone). Normally I like MTT (and his recording of the Symphony of Psalms/Symphony in C/Symphony in Three Movements is excellent), but for some reason, his recording of the Firebird comes off rather thin and anemic to my ears... :-\
Quote from: bhodges on February 07, 2008, 12:02:25 PM
Interesting, the only version I have of just the Suite--not for any particular reason--is Chailly's with the Concertgebouw. It's excellent, very well played and recorded.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31VC0JYATQL._AA130_.jpg)
Chailly's is the one I have too but in it's new two-fer packaging. And I agree - it's fabulous!
Regarding the 1919 Suite, I prefer the beautiful and very dynamic version of Boulez with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
I like more the Suite than the complete ballet, but this one has a remarkable version of Dorati with the LSO.
I never heard the Suites made in 1911 and 1945.
Quote from: Brewski on February 07, 2008, 12:02:25 PM
Interesting, the only version I have of just the Suite--not for any particular reason--is Chailly's with the Concertgebouw. It's excellent, very well played and recorded.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31VC0JYATQL._AA130_.jpg)
If you do want the entire ballet, I like these, off the top of my head:
Gergiev/Kirov
Dutoit/Montréal
Dorati/Detroit
Jansons/Oslo
--Bruce
All I keep hearing is Dutoit in the Full Original? I can see that being just a little bit "better" recorded than Dorati? I'm also hearing Gergiev goes for broke?
I am listening to Rattle. It's a bit raucous, and I could see me liking Dutoit better. However, I do hear a Black Gothic streak in Rattle, like 'Firebird' is the last gasp of "Graveyard Romanicism"?? Does anyone bring out the creepy the best?
Quote from: snyprrr on March 03, 2017, 02:06:54 PM
All I keep hearing is Dutoit in the Full Original? I can see that being just a little bit "better" recorded than Dorati? I'm also hearing Gergiev goes for broke?
I am listening to Rattle. It's a bit raucous, and I could see me liking Dutoit better. However, I do hear a Black Gothic streak in Rattle, like 'Firebird' is the last gasp of "Graveyard Romanicism"?? Does anyone bring out the creepy the best?
Get Gergiev. You'll thank me later. :)