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Review title: An authentic Les Noces
Product review: For those not familiar with the work, it is subtitled "Scenes of Pagan Russia" and is Stravinsky's portrait of several tableaus from a traditional Russian pagan wedding. I found this recordng years ago after performing the work with a mid-sized university choir. While our performance was correct, this one captures the "pagan" sound which, in retrospect, seems every bit as important as the notes and rhythms. Here we find an energetic, gutsy vocal sound which now seems inseperable from the musical structure. While originally orchestrated for four pianos and percussion, this recording is sequenced using computers, and it seems to work reasonably well (i.e. it doesn't come off sounding mechanical, but the tone is not that of real instruments). There is plenty else on this recording that is not Stravinsky but is equally exciting, all on the theme of Russian wedding music. This is the best recording of Les Noces that I have come across.
