Tag: Igor Stravinsky
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Jewels of Russian Ballet
“Consistently, one registers the idiomatic feeling as well as of the finesse … If anyone thought that to get these players … would result in a routine account, that is the opposite of what has happened … they have responded with both refinement and red-blooded commitment … sound is exceptionally full and open” (Gramophone) “There’s…
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Stravinsky & Prokofiev Conduct Their Works
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Wartime Music, Vol. 15 (1941-1945)
The Wartime Music CD series includes symphonic opuses of several Russian composers created in the years of terrible ordeals undergone by Russia in the Great War. The main goals of the unique project are to preserve the creative heritage of outstanding figures of Russian culture, and to restore historic justice in respect of undeservedly forgotten…
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Russian Folk Songs in Choir Arrangements
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Petrushka
Igor Stravinsky was already a popular and controversial firebrand of the orchestra avant-garde brfore the premiere of Le Sacre du Printemps. His score for Diaghilev’s ballet Petrushka was alive with rhythm, colorful orchestration, and modernist music drawing on the sounds of Russian folk music and much fearless dissonance. Le Sacre set off a literal riot,…
