Claudio Abbado/London Symphony Orchestra - Stravinsky: Petrushka (The Original Source Series) - LP

100% Pure Analogue 180g Virgin Vinyl LP — The Original Source Series

Petrushka is one of three innovative ballets Igor Stravinsky composed during his 'Russian' period, bringing a colourful street crowd of magicians, puppets, and merchants to the ballet stage. This 1980 Deutsche Grammophon recording with Claudio Abbado and the London Symphony Orchestra is presented in purely analogue form for the first time, remastered and cut from the original analogue 8-track master at Emil Berliner Studios for The Original Source series.

Features

• The Original Source Series
• 100% Pure Analogue (AAA)
• 180g Virgin Vinyl LP
• Mixed by Rainer Maillard & Cut by Sidney C. Meyer Directly from the Original 1-inch 8-Track Tapes at Emil Berliner Studios
• Pressed by Optimal
• Deluxe Gatefold
• Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
• Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Track Listing

Side A:

1. Scene 1, Ia. The Shrovetide Fair - The Crowds - The Conjuring-Trick
2. Scene 1, Ib. Russian Dance
3. Scene 2, II. Petrushka's Room

Side B:

1. Scene 3, IIIa. The Moor's Room - IIIb. Dance of the Ballerina
2. Scene 3, IIIc. Waltz. The Ballerina and the Moor
3. Scene 4, IVa. The Shrovetide Fair (Evening)
4. IVb. Dance of the Wet-Nurses
5. IVc. Dance of the Peasant and the Bear
6. IVd. The Jovial Merchant with 2 Gypsy Girls
7. IVe. Dance of the Coachmen and the Grooms
8. IVf. The Masqueraders
9. IVg. The Scuffle
10. IVh. Death of Petrushka
11. IVi. The Police and the Charlatan
12. IVj. Apparition of Petrushka's Ghost