Description
Stravinsky - Les Noces - Свадебка (The 1917 And 1923 Version) / Peter Eötvös / Hungaroton LP 1988 Stereo
SLPD 12989
Les Noces (French; English: The Wedding; Russian: Свадебка, Svadebka) is a ballet and orchestral concert work composed by Igor Stravinsky for percussion, pianists, chorus, and vocal soloists. The composer gave it the descriptive title "Choreographed Scenes with Music and Voices" and dedicated it to impresario Sergei Diaghilev. Though initially intended to serve as a ballet score, it is often performed without dance.
The ballet premiered under the musical direction of Ernest Ansermet at the Ballets Russes with choreography by Bronislava Nijinska on 13 June 1923, in Paris. Several versions of the score have been performed, either substituting orchestra for the percussion and pianos or using pianolas in accordance with a version of the piece that Stravinsky abandoned without completing.
Tracklist:
| Menyegző 1923-as Változat = The Wedding The 1923 Version | |||
| A1 | 1. Kép: Menyasszony-fésülő = Scene 1: The Bride's Chamber |
5:03 | |
| A2 | 2. Kép. Vőlegénynél = Scene 2: At The Bridegroom's |
5:32 | |
| A3 | 3. Kép: A Menyasszony Búcsúztatása = Scene 3: The Bride's Departure |
2:54 | |
| A4 | 4. Kép: A Lakodalmas Asztalnál = Scene 4: The Wedding Feast |
9:29 | |
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Menyegző 1917-as Változat = The Wedding The 1917 Version |
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| B1 | 1. Kép: Menyasszony-fésülő = Scene 1: The Bride's Chamber |
5:10 | |
| B2 | 2. Kép. Vőlegénynél = Scene 2: At The Bridegroom's |
5:50 | |
| B3 | 3. Kép: A Menyasszony Búcsúztatása = Scene 3: The Bride's Departure |
2:54 | |
| B4 | 4. Kép: A Lakodalmas Asztalnál = Scene 4: The Wedding Feast |
9:30 |
- Bass Vocals – Anatoly Safiulin, Anton Kúrňava (tracks: A)
- Chorus – Slovak Philharmonic Chorus
- Chorus Master – Pavol Procházka
- Conductor – Peter Eötvös
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Ludmilla Ivanova
- Orchestra – Savaria Symphony Orchestra (tracks: B)
- Percussion – Amadinda Percussion Ensemble* (tracks: A), Aurél Holló (tracks: A), Benedek Tóth
- Piano – Adrienne Hauser (tracks: A), Pi-Hsien Chen* (tracks: A), Imre Rohmann (tracks: A), Zoltán Kocsis (tracks: A)
- Soprano Vocals – Alla Ablaberdyeva
- Tenor Vocals – Alexey Martinov
