I. STRAVINSKY- Portrait (CD)
From the Russian fairy-tale enchantment of The Firebird to the austere ritual at the end of his Requiem Canticles composed over half a century later, Stravinsky's extraordinary creativity embraces a range of styles and tributes to composers of the past. He started under the guidance of Rimsky-Korsakov in pre-revolutionary St Petersburg and ended his life in America having made a very special kind of peace with the rigorous (serial) techniques of Schoenberg and Webern. Yet his homage's are always heartfelt, and he always remains himself: truly the most comprehensive and wide-ranging musical genius of the twentieth century.
Tracklist:
- Introduction
- Scene I: Night. Kashchey's Enchanted Garden
- Scene I: The Firebird Enters, Pursued By Ivan Tsarevich
- Scene I: The Firebird's Dance
- Movement 1: Danse Russe
- Movement 2: Chez PacTrouchka
- Part I: The Adoration of the Earth. Introduction
- Part I: The Adoration of the Earth. the Augurs of Spring (Dance of the Young Girls)
- Part I: The Adoration of the Earth. Ritual of Abduction 1
- Part I: The Adoration of the Earth. Spring Rounds 1
- Part I: The Adoration of the Earth. Ritual of the Rival Tribes 1
- Part I: The Adoration of the Earth. Procession of the Sage 1
- Part I: The Adoration of the Earth. the Sage 1
- Part I: The Adoration of the Earth. Dance of the Earth 1
- No. 1 1
- No. 2 1
- On the Stove 1
- At Home 1
- Dodo 2
- The Cat Has 2
- Tango 2
- Valse 2
- Ragtime 2
- Scene 4: The Wedding Feast 2
- Act
- Polidoro. Il Flaminio (Serenata - Larghetto) 2
- Act
- Trio Sonata. Movement 2 (Scherzino) 2
- Act
- Trio Sonata. Movement 3 (Allegro) 2
- Act
- Trio Sonata. Movement 8 (Andantino) 2
- Act
- Vanella. Lo Frante 'Nnammorato. (Allegro) 3
- Movement 2: Adagietto 3
- Epilogue 3
- Pas de Deux: Apollo and Terpsichore 3
- Coda: Apollo and the Muses 3
- Movement 3: Psalm 150 3
- Movement I: Con Moto 3
- Movement 3: Aria 3
- Movement I: Tempo Giusto 3
- March - Introduction 3
- Movement 3: Con Moto 4
- Movement 2: Arioso 4
- Sanctus 4
- Scene 3: Apotheosis 4
- I Was Never Saner 4
- I Burn! I Freze! 4
- Second Pas de Trois: Bransle Simple 4
- Bransle Gay 4
- Bransle Double (Bransle de Pitou) 4
- Movement
- Surge, Aquilo 4
- Libera Me 5
- Postlude
From the Russian fairy-tale enchantment of The Firebird to the austere ritual at the end of his Requiem Canticles composed over half a century later, Stravinsky's extraordinary creativity embraces a range of styles and tributes to composers of the past. He started under the guidance of Rimsky-Korsakov in pre-revolutionary St Petersburg and ended his life in America having made a very special kind of peace with the rigorous (serial) techniques of Schoenberg and Webern. Yet his homage's are always heartfelt, and he always remains himself: truly the most comprehensive and wide-ranging musical genius of the twentieth century.
Tracklist:
- Introduction
- Scene I: Night. Kashchey's Enchanted Garden
- Scene I: The Firebird Enters, Pursued By Ivan Tsarevich
- Scene I: The Firebird's Dance
- Movement 1: Danse Russe
- Movement 2: Chez PacTrouchka
- Part I: The Adoration of the Earth. Introduction
- Part I: The Adoration of the Earth. the Augurs of Spring (Dance of the Young Girls)
- Part I: The Adoration of the Earth. Ritual of Abduction 1
- Part I: The Adoration of the Earth. Spring Rounds 1
- Part I: The Adoration of the Earth. Ritual of the Rival Tribes 1
- Part I: The Adoration of the Earth. Procession of the Sage 1
- Part I: The Adoration of the Earth. the Sage 1
- Part I: The Adoration of the Earth. Dance of the Earth 1
- No. 1 1
- No. 2 1
- On the Stove 1
- At Home 1
- Dodo 2
- The Cat Has 2
- Tango 2
- Valse 2
- Ragtime 2
- Scene 4: The Wedding Feast 2
- Act
- Polidoro. Il Flaminio (Serenata - Larghetto) 2
- Act
- Trio Sonata. Movement 2 (Scherzino) 2
- Act
- Trio Sonata. Movement 3 (Allegro) 2
- Act
- Trio Sonata. Movement 8 (Andantino) 2
- Act
- Vanella. Lo Frante 'Nnammorato. (Allegro) 3
- Movement 2: Adagietto 3
- Epilogue 3
- Pas de Deux: Apollo and Terpsichore 3
- Coda: Apollo and the Muses 3
- Movement 3: Psalm 150 3
- Movement I: Con Moto 3
- Movement 3: Aria 3
- Movement I: Tempo Giusto 3
- March - Introduction 3
- Movement 3: Con Moto 4
- Movement 2: Arioso 4
- Sanctus 4
- Scene 3: Apotheosis 4
- I Was Never Saner 4
- I Burn! I Freze! 4
- Second Pas de Trois: Bransle Simple 4
- Bransle Gay 4
- Bransle Double (Bransle de Pitou) 4
- Movement
- Surge, Aquilo 4
- Libera Me 5
- Postlude