MG-50058: STRAVINSKY: Petrouchka - Burlesque in Four Scenes (complete)
Minneapolis Symphony, Dorati

	Label Type :	Maroon Mercury Olympian Series Living Presence High Fidelity
	Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG50058A FR2    A2    I
		SIDE-B	MG50058B FR1    A1    I

Comments

FR pressing: sound/press quality is nice. Although this copy is not the very first variation (earliest copies should have matrix imprints with “YMG” prefixes and MF suffix), this still can deliver great monaural sound!

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

This is the first Mercury recording of Petrouchka by MSO and Dorati - recorded in monaural only. Four years later they re-recorded this one both in stereo and monaural.

As most of Dorati's performances show, this is also “straightahead” conducting - he is probably very good at conducting such modern compositions. A nice performance.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

8 out of 10

Track Listing

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati (cond).
Recorded at Northrop Memorial Auditorium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN on April 6, 1955.

Jackets

Front	Back

Labels

Side A	Side B