A great work, which inspired many later works by Bartok, Orff etc. In terms of ballet there's not much better then Nijinska's original choreography, which is wonderful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vVHV9-mYTg
In terms of musical performances, one version stands out - the close-mic'd Pokrovsky Ensemble. Very Russian vocals. Love it or hate it, it's compelling. Here's the first tableau, but it's all on YT. Tempo is a consistent 120bpm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efQP5PjS5-Q
In terms of live performances I like Gergiev. He uses a nicely rapid tempo around 120bpm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAXanZ1B7wI&t=180s
Bernstein is slower at 110bpm, too slow for me. Stravinsky himself is also around 110bpm in 1934 and a touch slower in the later version. I don't rate the Bernstein, but Stravinsky is a reference.
Review of versions by Dave Hurwitz. Quite useful - he likes Reuss which is good and clean but a trifle bland, but his reference is Ancerl. Ancerl is good, a little slower at 117bpm but pretty authentic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyiLDxny67U
Do you guys have favourites?
A great work, which inspired many later works by Bartok, Orff etc. In terms of ballet there's not much better then Nijinska's original choreography, which is wonderful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vVHV9-mYTg
In terms of musical performances, one version stands out - the close-mic'd Pokrovsky Ensemble. Very Russian vocals. Love it or hate it, it's compelling. Here's the first tableau, but it's all on YT. Tempo is a consistent 120bpm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efQP5PjS5-Q
In terms of live performances I like Gergiev. He uses a nicely rapid tempo around 120bpm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAXanZ1B7wI&t=180s
Bernstein is slower at 110bpm, too slow for me. Stravinsky himself is also around 110bpm in 1934 and a touch slower in the later version. I don't rate the Bernstein, but Stravinsky is a reference.
Review of versions by Dave Hurwitz. Quite useful - he likes Reuss which is good and clean but a trifle bland, but his reference is Ancerl. Ancerl is good, a little slower at 117bpm but pretty authentic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyiLDxny67U
Do you guys have favourites?
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