Krzysztof Urbanski - Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps

Styles: Classical
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:06
Size: 84,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:40)  1. Le Sacre du Printemps: L'Adoration de la terre: Introduction
(3:23)  2. Le Sacre du Printemps: L'Adoration de la terre: Les augures printaniers - Danses des adolescentes
(1:17)  3. Le Sacre du Printemps: L'Adoration de la terre: Jeu du rapt
(3:52)  4. Le Sacre du Printemps: L'Adoration de la terre: Rondes printanieres
(1:43)  5. Le Sacre du Printemps: L'Adoration de la terre: Jeux des cites rivales
(0:40)  6. Le Sacre du Printemps: L'Adoration de la terre: Cortege du Sage
(0:19)  7. Le Sacre du Printemps: L'Adoration de la terre: Le Sage
(1:12)  8. Le Sacre du Printemps: L'Adoration de la terre: Danse de la terre
(4:36)  9. Le Sacre du Printemps: Le Sacrifice: Introduction
(3:46) 10. Le Sacre du Printemps: Le Sacrifice: Cercles mysterieux des adolescentes
(1:32) 11. Le Sacre du Printemps: Le Sacrifice: Glorification de l'elue
(0:43) 12. Le Sacre du Printemps: Le Sacrifice: Evocation des ancetres
(3:58) 13. Le Sacre du Printemps: Le Sacrifice: Action rituelle des ancetres
(5:17) 14. Le Sacre du Printemps: Le Sacrifice: Danse sacrale (L'elue)

The centenary of Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps was widely celebrated in 2013, and since then recordings have increased dramatically, suggesting that this groundbreaking ballet has lost none of its power to intrigue and enthrall. Alpha's 2017 recording of a concert by Krzysztof Urbanski and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester offers a vivid performance that is astonishing for its fine details and wonderful sonorities, which make it a recording that serious Stravinsky fans should experience. In terms of tempos, dynamics, and pacing, Urbanski's interpretation is mainstream and fairly predictable, though his attention to the myriad instrumental combinations, subtle inner parts, and colorful effects makes this performance stand out. Listeners who know Le Sacre du printemps well may anticipate every rhythm and accent, but they will be surprised to hear something new in virtually every measure. Urbanski is alert to the varieties of tones and timbres at his disposal, and the orchestra plays at many levels, at times creating the impression of a tapestry with layers of sound that are almost translucent. This is a performance for connoisseurs of the orchestration who seek a fresh approach, and Urbanski's focused reading of the score makes it extraordinary. Included with the CD is a Blu-ray disc of the performance, filmed at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg on February 17, 2017. Highly recommended.~ Blair Sanderson https://www.allmusic.com/album/stravinsky-le-sacre-du-printemps-mw0003143691

Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps

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Krzysztof Urbanski - Urbanski

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:29
Size: 127.0 MB
Styles: Classical, Symphony Orchestra
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[ 7:23] 1. Szarmancki Lawirant
[10:12] 2. Giant Steps
[ 6:23] 3. Touch Her Soft Lips And Part
[10:59] 4. Your History
[ 7:11] 5. You Must Dance To My Music
[ 4:00] 6. When Frank Dances Funk
[ 9:17] 7. B.H. Blues

Krzysztof Urbański is music director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, main conductor and artistic leader of the Trondheim Symfoniorkester as well as the first guest conductor of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. During the 2015 / 2016 season he was the first guest conductor of NDR Sinfoniorchester – the symphonic orchestra of North German Radio. He looks more like a teen idol than a grizzled maestro and his interpretations are suffused with a youthful freshness and frankness – Tagesspiegel wrote in January 2013 about a performance of Lutosławski – His left hand’s gesture targeting the orchestra is obvious: ‘Ladies and Gentleman – let’s rock!’ Musicians eagerly picked up the gauntlet: rarely do they play with such a spontaneity, precision and virtuosity as they did performing the breakneck Lutosławski concert – it was a storm which left no space for signs of musical lassitude or sluggishness.

In 2007 he graduated from the Conducting Faculty of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw under Professor Antoni Wit. He honed his skills in masterclasses with Kurt Masur. He has only taken part in two conducting contests - he placed second and received an award for Most Outstanding Artistic Personality at the 4th Witold Lutosławski International Review of Young Conductors in Białystok, Poland, and won the International Conducting Contest in Prague in 2007 (part of Prague Spring Festival / Pražské Jaro Festival).

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