Le Chant du Rossignol

The Collection Alone Is Worthwhile

The collection of four smaller operatic Stravinsky operatic and dance works between 1907 and 1918, an epic period in which The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring revolutionized classical music, makes this album worthy in itself.

Worth it for the Song of the Nightingale alone

Boulez has spoken fondly of Stravinsky's Song of the Nightingale tone poem extracted from the opera.

Stravinsky You Don't Hear Everyday

Igor Stravinsky was, without question, one of the great composers of the 20th century; and fortunately for us, he had dozens of champions in the conducting world, and orchestras that were willing to take on his always-challenging material.

Great!

The real gem here is the Suite from Soldier's Tale.

A fine release, if perhaps not a first choice

I have enjoyed Boulez's Stravinsky for some time, and this recording is really quite impressive despite a few minor drawbacks.

Boulez is unaccountably listless, except in the biting "Rossignol" music

Critics hardly dare to question Pierre Boulez, who is so formidable of intellect and so technically accomplished on the podium that even when his ideas sound wrong, they must be right, somehow.

The Finest Single Recording of these Disparate Stravinsky Works

Pierre Boulez recorded this CD with the Cleveland Orchestra in 2001 and it remains unchallenged as the most definitive of these four unique and decidedly different works from Stravinsky's output.

Boulez conducts Stravinsky

An amazing CD that consists of 4 great pieces of Stravinsky's music.