Stravinsky The Rite of Spring / Ravel Ma Mère l'Oye
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IGOR STRAVINSKY / MAURICE RAVEL
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring / Ravel Ma Mère l'Oye
Pavel Kolesnikov, Samson Tsoy (piano)
[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 13 June 2025
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From the moving farewell to childhood (Ma mère l'Oye) to the savage power of rituals from pre-Christian Russia (The Rite of Spring), Ravel and Stravinsky explore musical horizons of incredible modernity. Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy offer a powerful yet poetic interpretation of these two masterpieces.
"By pairing [the Stravinsky] with Ravel's original Ma mère l'Oye, they magically reveal not only how so much more comes through in Stravinsky's orchestral masterpiece as pared down, but how, at the other end of the scale, musical poetry can fill out the surface simplicity of Ravel's 'pièces enfantines'." BBC Music Five Stars
"Kolesnikov and Tsoy vindicate the piano arrangement [of Le Sacre du printemp] as a concert piece...However many or few piano duet albums you want on your virtual or actual shelves, I'd struggle to recommend any above this one." Gramophone Award Finalist 2026 - Piano
"Admittedly, orchestral subtleties go by the board when the performers are two pianists seated at one piano (Kolesnikov at the top end, Tsoy at the bottom). The compensation is the brute force of 20 fingers hammering away in the wilder sections with awesome precision from a Steinway's 88 keys...Both these fine pianists know exactly what they're doing and why, and the result is a bracing joy." The Times Five Stars
Tracks:
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, K. 015
Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye
