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| Stravinsky: Works for Piano | 
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| Creators: Igor Stravinsky, Seiji Ozawa, Orchestre De Paris [members Of], Orchestre De L'opera De Paris, Michel Beroff
Label: EMI Classics
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
Buy New: $8.55
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 64038
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 724358607321
EAN: 0724358607321
ASIN: B0002XV2Z2
Release Date: February 15, 2005
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | I. Allegro | | • | II. Vivo | | • | III. Andante | | • | IV. Allegro | | • | Scherzo | | • | 1. Con Moto | | • | 2. Allegro Brillante | | • | 3. Andantino | | • | 4. Vivo | | • | Souvenir D' Une Marche Boche | | • | Valse Pour Les Enfants | | • | 1. Andantino | | • | 2. Allegro | | • | 3. Allegretto | | • | 4. Larghetto | | • | 5. Moderato | | • | 6. Lento | | • | 7. Vivo | | • | 8. Pesante | | • | I. Qt. Note = 112 | | • | II. Adagietto | | • | III. Qt. Note = 112 | | • | I. Hymne | | • | II. Romanza | | • | III. Rondoletto | | • | IV. Cadenza Finala |
Disc 2
| • | 1. Danse Russe: Allegro Giusto | | • | 2. Chez Petrouchka: Stringendo | | • | 3. La Semaine Grasse: Con Moto - Allegretto | | • | Piano Rag Music | | • | Tango | | • | I. Presto Doppio Movimento | | • | II. Andante Rapsodico | | • | III. Allegro Capriccioso, Ma Tempo Giusto | | • | I. Largo - Allegro | | • | II. Largo - Cadenza (Poco Rubato) | | • | III. Allegro | | • | I. Qt. Note = 110 | | • | II. Qt. Note = 52 | | • | III. Qt. Note = 72 | | • | Qt. Note = 80 | | • | Qt. Note = 104 |
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| Customer Reviews:
 parts of it LAME August 21, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
One thing that really pissed me off with this album is how Michel Beroff does his own thing and does NOT follow the tempo markings. People think "oh whatever the heck I feel is the tempo" but it takes away from the character of a piece. For example in "Les cinq doigts" he plays the Lento as an Allegro and everything else the same fast tempo. It makes everything this loud and fast music when there's much more personality in this master gem that Stravinsky composed.
Most of the CD sounds very mechanical, and if any character in his playing it's very one-sided. Does not do Stravinsky's strong compositional personality justice.
 A large sampling of Stravinsky's piano music. March 4, 2005
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
I bought this cd primarily for "Movements for Piano and Orchestra", a short piece (about 9 minutes) using the 12 tone serial technique developed by Arnold Schoenberg. It is intriguing to hear the "neo-classicist" Stravinsky write in this style. To my ears, and I'm a fan of 12 tone, no new ground is broken here by Stravinsky (the piece was written in 1958-9, seven years after Schoenberg's death) but it's a good piece. The rest of the works are tonal.
I'm not knowledgable as to whether this cd contains all Stravinsky's piano compositions but there is a lot here. Michel Beroff is a fine pianist and the recorded sound is very good. The liner notes are lacking but I've come to expect that from "bargain" classical cds.
This is a two cd package. For $12, I'm very glad to have this set in my collection.
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