Bournemouth SO - Khachaturian: Karabits (Spartacus/ Gayaneh Ballets Selections) on CD

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Product description Classica balletti - KACIATURIAN Aram: Spartacus (1943) (sel); Gayaneh (1942 rev 1952) (sel) Review Not a hair of a note was out of place; this was a performance by a world-class orchestra --The Times The new ONYX relationship between the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and its principal conductor Kirill Karabits has more nourishing fare in the offing than these extracts from Khachaturian's ballets Spartacus and Gayaneh. Recordings of Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky are due out next year, but in the meantime this Khachaturian disc does showcase the dynamic spirit, the warmth and the sonorous glow that Karabits instils in the BSO's playing......the consistently rewarding feature is the way Karabits so astutely guides the BSO in terms of colour, rhythm and shapely phrasing, bringing admirable delicacy to these scores as well as the ripness for which they are renowned. Classical CD of the Week **** --The Daily Telegraph 13.11.2010 Kirill Karabits included extracts from Spartacus and Gayaneh in the unforgettable 2009 Prom that marked the start of his tenure as the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's principle conductor, so it seems appropriate that his first disc with the BSO for ONYX should give us an expanded survey of the same territory. The Spartacus highlights , in particular, leave you wanting the complete score. Karabits is notably good on the contrast between Roman decadence and revolutionary nobility. The shy tenderness at the start of the famous adagio for Spartacus and Phrygia speaks volumes when juxtaposed with the full-on erotics of the music for Crassus and Aegina, and though Karabits is more interested in love than armies, the one fight scene he includes is electrifying. The folk-based Gayaneh extracts showcase the BSO's virtuosity. The dances are ordered so Karabits can end, as at the Prom, with the Gopak, the national dance of his native Ukraine. But it's the hair-raising Lezginka, placed earlier, that leaves you open-mouthed. **** --The Guardian 12.11.2010 This is now easily the best disc of Khachaturian's ballet music in the catalogue,full of vibrant life and seductive lyricism,and the recording is first class in every aspect.Not to be missed. EDITOR'S CHOICE --Gramophone,Feb'11 Kirill Karabits included extracts from Spartacus and Gayaneh in the unforgettable 2009 Prom that marked the start of his tenure as the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's principle conductor, so it seems appropriate that his first disc with the BSO for ONYX should give us an expanded survey of the same territory. The Spartacus highlights , in particular, leave you wanting the complete score. Karabits is notably good on the contrast between Roman decadence and revolutionary nobility. The shy tenderness at the start of the famous adagio for Spartacus and Phrygia speaks volumes when juxtaposed with the full-on erotics of the music for Crassus and Aegina, and though Karabits is more interested in love than armies, the one fight scene he includes is electrifying. The folk-based Gayaneh extracts showcase the BSO's virtuosity. The dances are ordered so Karabits can end, as at the Prom, with the Gopak, the national dance of his native Ukraine. But it's the hair-raising Lezginka, placed earlier, that leaves you open-mouthed. **** --The Guardian 12.11.2010 Artistically satisfying. --IRR,Jan'11 Kirill Karabits included extracts from Spartacus and Gayaneh in the unforgettable 2009 Prom that marked the start of his tenure as the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's principle conductor, so it seems appropriate that his first disc with the BSO for ONYX should give us an expanded survey of the same territory. The Spartacus highlights , in particular, leave you wanting the complete score. Karabits is notably good on the contrast between Roman decadence and revolutionary nobility. The shy tenderness at the start of the famous adagio for Spartacus and Phrygia speaks volumes when juxtaposed with the full-on erotics of the music for Crassus and A