Igor Stravinsky's 1913 ballet Le Sacre du printemps is most often heard in its full orchestral version, though the composer's arrangement for piano four-hands has become increasingly popular, thanks to the greater availability of recordings. However, it is rare to find both versions in one package, and it is even rarer when both performances feature the same musician. Because Dennis Russell Davies is equally gifted as a conductor and pianist, and possesses the skills to master the technical and interpretive difficulties in ...
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Igor Stravinsky's 1913 ballet Le Sacre du printemps is most often heard in its full orchestral version, though the composer's arrangement for piano four-hands has become increasingly popular, thanks to the greater availability of recordings. However, it is rare to find both versions in one package, and it is even rarer when both performances feature the same musician. Because Dennis Russell Davies is equally gifted as a conductor and pianist, and possesses the skills to master the technical and interpretive difficulties in Le Sacre, he makes both performances cohere and complement each other in ways that different musicians probably couldn't. In the orchestral performance with the Sinfonieorchester Basel, Davies gives a meticulous reading, albeit a little under tempo for the sake of clarity, and the pacing is comparable in the piano version, which he plays with Maki Namekawa. Both recordings are quite close in the track timings, and they share a similar feeling of rhythmic flow and accentuation, which...
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