{"product_id":"horenstein-stravinsky-the-rite-of-spring-symphony-of-psalms-195357-pasc418","title":"HORENSTEIN Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Symphony of Psalms (1953\/57) - PASC418","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D771840\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSTRAVINSKY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eThe Rite of Spring\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D771840\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D771840\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSTRAVINSKY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony of Psalms \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D772E90\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStudio recordings · 1953 \u0026amp; 1957\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 56:57 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eJascha Horenstein, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econductor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eSWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eChoeur et Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cdiv data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775340\" style=\"padding-left: 120px\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFanfare Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fHorenstein’s Le sacre is a potent interpretation578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eJascha Horenstein’s 1957 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eLe sacre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\nhas long been assumed to be a monaural recording, as Vox issued it (on\nLP and on CD), and was once offered in fake-stereo on LP. But this is\nthe real thing: The original stereo recording disappeared, but not\nbefore it was pirated on a pseudonymous stereo Classica Records LP, two\ncopies of which served as Andrew Rose’s sources. This historical\nsituation—the legal copyright holder failing to maintain its protected\nmaterials, and only a pirate (e.g., illegal by copyright law) saving the\nsituation—is not uncommon. I will be presenting an even more egregious\ncase in the near future. It shows today’s horrendous copyright laws to\nbe a farce, abused in practice as much by legal holders as by illegal\nusurpers. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eIt is immediately apparent that the\nstereo is genuine; as was the case with many early stereo recordings,\nthe spread is unnaturally wide, with woodwind instruments coming at the\nlistener from all angles. The sound is very reverberant. Never having\nheard the Classica LP, I can’t say how much of that comes from the\nsource. The recording’s low end is generous but soft. The tight rhythmic\nclimaxes are just not potent enough: the bass drum whacks starting at\nmeasure seven of “Spring Rounds,” 49 in the Dover score, barely\nregister. And 53 to 54 gets pretty messy, as the recording is unable to\ncope with the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003efff \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003etutti. A limited palette of color is more the orchestra than the recording. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eHorenstein’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eLe sacre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\nis very slow (total time 35:11), but it is a potent interpretation. I\nhave railed against the machine-like perfection and ease of several\n21st-century performances, but a certain level of instrumental security\nis required. Tough struggles can add to the effect of a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eSacre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\n(e.g., Stravinsky’s 1940 New York Philharmonic) but at some points\nHorenstein’s troops seem to be taking it easy, not taking enough\nchances. Again and again, rhythmic details are just a touch off. At\nother times, they are firing on all cylinders, with exciting results. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThere is no question that Horenstein\nwas an important conductor. That wasn’t widely enough recognized during\nhis life (and, being a Jew, his career was broken by the Thousand-Year\nReich), so a majority of his recordings were made with second-line\norchestras such as the Vienna Pro Musica (a pseudonym for what?) or\nVienna Symphony rather than the Vienna Philharmonic. Given the London\nSymphony, his 1959 Mahler Eighth is legendary. Sometimes he achieved\nmagnificent performances even with lesser ensembles. I’m afraid that\nisn’t the case here; a lot of the elements are in place, but the\norchestra is not up to the task. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eSymphony of Psalms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\nis a monaural recording from a few years earlier. The orchestra is\nacceptable some of the time, but Horenstein is let down by a weak, shaky\nchorus and a dreadful recording, cold and distorted. Andrew Rose, in\nhis notes, claims that “XR remastering has made a superb job of\nrendering it not only listenable, perhaps for the first time, but also\nvery enjoyable,” I can’t go that far. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eNevertheless, these two recordings have never sounded even this well before. Horenstein fans will not need my endorsement. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMESb\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames H. North\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis article originally appeared in Issue 38:3 (Jan\/Feb 2015) of Fanfare Magazine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC418.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eJascha Horenstein's Rite of Spring finally gets a CD release in its original full stereo version\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis classic 1957 Vox recording has only ever seen mono issues under Horenstein's name\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJascha Horenstein's only recording of \u003cem\u003eThe Rite of Spring\u003c\/em\u003e was made in stereo, alongside his \u003cem\u003eFirebird Suite\u003c\/em\u003e\nand other recordings made in and around April 1957 for Vox. Yet when\nVox issued the original LP - and again when they reissued Horenstein's\nrecording of \u003cem\u003eThe Rite\u003c\/em\u003e fourteen years ago - they did so in mono. To most reviewers this seemed no great surprise, even though the \u003cem\u003eFirebird\u003c\/em\u003e\nwas offered in stereo. The assumed explanation was this: recording\nindustry was at a point of transition, and what passed muster one week\nin mono might be rejected the following week, as the new vogue for\nstereo quickly spread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncredibly, fake stereo LPs of the \u003cem\u003eRite\u003c\/em\u003e were later issued,\nyet this is no fake stereo recording. Something very unusual happened to\nVox's stereo master tape of Horenstein's \u003cem\u003eRite\u003c\/em\u003e, and I suppose it's unlikely we'll ever discover quite what. It appeared on a 1970s stereo LP on the rather suspect \u003cem\u003eClassica Records\u003c\/em\u003e\nlabel in the US (CLAS 108), under a false name: the Rome Symphony\nOrchestra, conducted by one Leonardo Scotti - one of a number of older\nVox or Everest recordings the label issued in disguise. Only recently\nhas the recording been correctly identified as the 1957 Vox by Jascha\nHorenstein - as his cousin, Misha Horenstein (and others) verified to\nme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI managed to source two copies of the Classica \u003cem\u003eRite\u003c\/em\u003e LP to work from, together with a near-mint English pressing of the \u003cem\u003eSymphony of Psalms\u003c\/em\u003e, originally issued by Pathé but released in the US on Angel. The latter, despite being winner of the \u003cem\u003eGrand Prix du Disque\u003c\/em\u003e\nin 1954, was not well-recorded. However the LP was well-pressed, and XR\nremastering has made a superb job of rendering it not only listenable,\nperhaps for the first time, but also very enjoyable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stereo \u003cem\u003eRite\u003c\/em\u003e LP, meanwhile had had its sides reversed and\nsuffered a thin tone with a distinct lack of bass. Both faults, and\nothers, have been rectified for this release. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew 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138\u003cbr\u003eTransfer from Angel ANG 13101\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChoeur et Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eChorus Master: \u003cb\u003eYvonne Gouverné\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePianists: \u003cb\u003eRoger-Jean Boutry, Monique Mercier\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJascha Horenstein\u003c\/b\u003e - 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