John Smyth ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Robert Stumpf writes:
>
>>I listened to a recording of the Kirov, under Gergiev, of Stravinsky's
>>"Rite" and Scriabin's "Poem of Ecstasy" that blew me away.
>
>If you can find it, try Sinopoli's Ecstasy with the NY Phil on DG--an
>amazing performance with a quality I don't usually associate with the
>NY--voluptuousness.

I'll second this: superb - and gorgeous.

deryk barker
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